BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Of the 122 people who signed up to speak publicly at the August 9 Cherry Creek School District board of education meeting, a significant number did so to express their agreement or disagreement with CCSD’s mask policy, which changed four days later from not requiring masks to requiring them for all …
Public speaks its mind at Cherry Creek school board meeting, again Read More »
Few Americans have not had some connection to a person who has struggled with addiction to some type of drug or alcohol. Most experts believe that at least one of the drivers of the swelling homeless population is the pervasiveness of substance abuse in our country. While drugs are appropriately the topic of many conversations …
As the study session preceding the regular Greenwood Village City Council meeting was ending on August 2, Councilmember Dave Bullock asked, “Are we going to have a discussion if Tri-County Health (TCHD) and/or the state starts mandating masks?…My belief is that…we don’t just fall in line. There is significant medical evidence that this is a …
GV’s Bullock wants the city to be ready to resist mask mandates Read More »
“ Just racing in the rain and riding the storm out” BY STEFAN KRUSZE After the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the Littleton Twilight Criterium, due to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, the bicycle race made it’s return regardless of the unpredictable Colorado weather. Make no mistake, regardless of the race course conditions the races …
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER In an interview with The Villager on July 29, Greenwood Village district four City Councilmember Tom Dougherty told us that he has decided not to run for re-election after serving two two-year terms because, “It has always been a challenge to have a busy law practice and devote the amount of …
Tom Dougherty will not run for re-election to GV City Council Read More »
BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER At the Greenwood Village City Council meeting on July 12, an emergency ordinance saying the city will not accept or review any applications for permits for ground or pole-mounted solar energy systems anywhere in the city was made final. It expires on September 13. The issue grew out of a complaint …
GV struggles with policy for ground-mounted solar panels – part two Read More »
BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER In a presentation to the Greenwood Village City Council on July 19, Nancy Sharpe, current Arapahoe County commissioner and former GV mayor, talked about the significant value that the residents of Arapahoe County, including Greenwood Village, receive from the county $0.025 percent open spaces sales and use tax. The tax was …
Nancy Sharpe on the importance of trails and open spaces Read More »
BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Although many people have items they wish to buy or sell to private parties, we have all heard horror stories of sales transactions between strangers going terribly wrong, resulting in the item to be sold getting stolen or one of the parties to the transaction getting hurt or worse. In a …
GV offers its parking lots for safe private sales Read More »
BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER For environmental and now legal reasons, Coloradans may as well just get used to bringing their own bags with them when they go shopping. Since July 1, Denver grocery stores have been required to charge ten cents for every single-use plastic bag it provides its customers to take home their purchases. …
Elimination of all plastic bags for groceries is coming in 2024 Read More »
BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER The Greenwood VillageCity Council has been trying without success for more than six months to agree on a policy for regulating ground-mounted and pole-mounted solar panel arrays in the city. GV does not limit roof-mounted solar panels in any way. Until recently, it had permitted ground and pole-mounted solar arrays under …
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