Posts Tagged ‘City of Thornton’

Something good is happening at Thornton City Hall in the Economic Development Department with the announcement of another new major employer coming to the city.  Intrex Aerospace, an aircraft and defense component manufacturer with 65 current employees will move to Thornton in 2013. Intrex currently employs 65 people with 55 more new hires expected within [...]

Nine months ago Adams County implemented measures to limit jail population that has put citizens at risk.  They promised that the issue would be revisited in June.  Now that the time has come – and past – the sheriff has said he is ‘too busy’ to sit down with the cities, work on the issue, [...]

Open carrying a firearm to a movie theatre in the wake of a deadly mass shooting may be stupid but it isn’t illegal.  Such was the determination of Thornton’s city attorney in the case of James Mapes. Mapes made the poor choice of open carrying his firearm to Thornton’s Cinebarre movie theatre on Sunday, July [...]

An attempt by a man to exercise his 2nd Amendment rights in a movie theatre in Thornton Sunday has brought the gun control debate close to home.  James Mapes was arrested when he open carried his firearm into Cinnebarre, a less than wise move in the wake of the Century 16 shooting. According to the [...]

Local politicians, governmental transportation “planners” and the Colorado Department of Transportation are nearly breaking their arms patting themselves on the back of the news they have the funds to build a new toll lane on I-25.  They seemingly want to ignore the fact it will provide little relief for commuters and forget the past that [...]

With land to spare and an in-place and ready to work workforce, the City of Thornton announced it had managed to land the nation’s premier outdoor outfitter.  Cabela’s will construct a new store in the city and bring with it jobs and much-needed tax revenue. The new store will be constructed on the southeast corner [...]

With apparently nothing better to do Thornton City Council once again appears set to continue the ‘Boulderization’ of the city.  Its latest efforts revolve around bringing agriculture into a wholly suburban environment and catering to a few residents while impacting everyone. ‘Urban farming’ is a trendy way for yuppie city dwellers to get back to [...]

The City of Thornton has offered to help Adams 12 Five Star Schools with its budget mess by taking over some of the expenses associated with middle school sports.  The city’s generosity however gives rise to bigger questions as to whether or not it is the city’s responsibility to provide the district a bailout. Middle [...]

Whispers about the possibility of Thornton forming its own county are now a very loud chorus with city council now openly asking if it is time to break ties with Adams County.  Scandals, questionable dealings, the lack of openness and a poor rate of return for the city and its citizens have all taken what [...]

As expected, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Democrat backed maps for the decadal redistricting and in doing so the political landscape for the north Denver metro area has changed dramatically. The new maps will have repercussions for the next 10 years and gives Adams County residents a real opportunity at electing representatives that more [...]