Archive for the ‘Thornton News & Politics’ Category

Twenty five days.  That is how long the Adams County Sheriff’s Office is accused of jailing a deaf man without providing any means to communicate with him.  Continuing a troubling trend of problems with county government, the story has now gone national with Drudge Report and the Associated Press highlighting the story. The sheriff is [...]

In a letter to the editor of the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel a resident took to lamenting partisan politics at Thornton City Hall.  Considering the source is as partisan as they come, the dispatch is almost comical. Linda Wisniewski rips into freshly seated Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams, apparently concerned about Williams’ party affiliation, campaign contributors and associations.  [...]

With Election Day over and a new mayor and members of council seated on the Thornton City Council dais, it is time to get down to business – literally and figuratively.  The economy continues to cast a pall on everything but there are other issues we would like to see council tackle. In no particular [...]

In one fell swoop Adams County has set back relations with the cities within its borders 20 years in a move that threatens to return more criminals to the streets instead of remanding them to jail.  The inability of the county government to properly control its finances now is set to harm the very citizens [...]

The City of Thornton has a new Mayor-elect in Heidi Williams, a city politics outsider who appealed to residents looking for a change from the good ol’ boys.  In fact, Williams did not only defeat Councilmembers Goodman and Vigil, she absolutely trounced them. Goodman and Vigil, both political retreads with decades long history in the [...]

As misguided and oftentimes ridiculous as the various ‘occupy’ protests are, their desire to stop the influence of money on public policy is not entirely off the mark.  Looking down at a city level, Thornton residents need to be aware of the efforts of outside special interests to influence our local politicians. Those down at [...]

The shenanigans of Adams County Democrat-dominated politicians have been well documented on these pages and some local newspapers.  Political news site Colorado Peak Politics recently wrote of the Adams Family, “If you’ve got a D next to your name in Adams County you’re probably corrupt.” Corrupt politicians in Adams County are nothing new – they [...]

Normally watching someone blow leaves and lawn clippings isn’t particularly amusing.  However given that it is election time and video surfaces of a candidate littering his street with refuse from his yard, it makes for a good Friday Funny. Val Vigil is currently a Thornton city councilmember representing Ward II and is running for mayor [...]

After being missing from the job voters hired him to do for months and potentially facing criminal charges, Ken Riley submitted his resignation to the RTD Board of Directors on Monday night.  In a troubling trend, he becomes the third local Adams County politico in recent months to become embroiled in scandal. Nearly two weeks [...]

Voters in Thornton received their ballots yesterday and will be casting them in a number of key local races.  None of these is more significant than the one for the political head of the city.  Three candidates are vying for mayor of Colorado’s sixth largest city but only one is worthy of your vote. We [...]