But races for both Council seats in Ward 1 and three candidates for the Ward 3 Council seat offer voters what promises to be a lively campaign season over the next eight weeks. Results of the mail-in ballots will be announced Nov.1.
OPED: Roybal got action on floodplain, saving neighbors money
SUBMITTED BY: Sid Lucero, Lakewood
I wanted to tell everyone about my neighbor, Pete Roybal, who is running for election to Lakewood City Council. When Pete, his wife Betty and their three kids moved into the Martindale neighborhood 16 years ago, he noticed we all had to pay several hundred dollars a year in flood insurance premiums. This [...]
OPED: School Board’s lobbyist in question by ‘Dads’ supporter
SUBMITTED BY: Maureen Sielaff, Littleton
The Jeffco School District employs a full-time lobbyist to try to influence the state legislature in matters affecting the district administrators and employees, not the students. Direction to the lobbyist is theoretically provided by the board, however, the instructions are highly influenced by the administrator and the teacher unions.
Just this last [...]
OPED: Ward 3 candidate refuses to bow out, sling mud or be silent
SUBMITTED BY: Pete Roybal, Candidate for Lakewood City Council Ward 3
John Fox, Jose Duran and the mayor visited me Saturday to express their displeasure with my exposure of the Green Gables golf course development story. While I can respect their right to support the development (or whatever their goal), I believe the people have a right to know what’s going [...]
DA drops final charge against Dunstan teacher
Dismissal of single remaining charge follows Gary Charles Wegner’s acquittal on 17 other charges stemming from a student’s allegations. The District Court jury’s verdicts in the case came July 18, but they couldn’t reach a decision on the final charge.
Cox gets life plus 30 years in shooting death of Lakewood woman
Britt Cox is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2009 death of Bonni Bergen, whose body was found by firefighters after an explosion and fire at her home in northwest Lakewood.
Council OKs amended rezoning request from Solterra developers
Ward 4 councilman persuades Council and developers to limit reduction of lot frontage sizes and eliminate attached single family housing with up to 10 units from one planning area of the Rooney Valley community.
All America City award recognizes collaboration to meet challenges
National Civic League award based on three local projects: Colfax Urban Renewal project and its light rail components, ‘greening’ of local businesses and O’Connell Middle School-based Boys and Girls Club.
