Posts Tagged ‘City of Thornton’

With Election Day just more than four months away the contenders for local political office are starting to go public with their campaigns.  Among the most recent to announce their intentions to run for City of Thornton mayor are current Mayor Pro Tem Mack Goodman and Councilman Val Vigil, both political insiders who seem to [...]

City government is the lowest level of government and one in which citizens can play a key role by having their voices heard and influencing decisions that affect their daily lives.  Recent actions by the acting mayor of Thornton, Mayor Pro Tem Mack Goodman, seem to indicate a concerted effort by the leader of Thornton [...]

Catering to special interests has become the modus operandi for the leftist dominated Thornton City Council over the past two years.  Now the liberal elements sitting on the dais are set to pass a resolution backing benefits for illegal immigrants that even U.S. citizens cannot receive. Senate Bill 11-126 has been passed by the Colorado [...]

The numbers from the 2010 United States Census are in and they are notable for the growth that the north metro area has seen over the previous decade.  Whether this will translate into additional political clout is yet to be seen but we can hope it will. For Adams County, our population stands at 441,603 [...]

The race to stop Thornton’s leftward tilt has begun as Heidi Williams will throw her hat in the ring to become the City of Thornton’s next mayor.  The local business owner and Adams 12 school board member appears to have the resume and proper perspective to provide a good alternative to the old guard candidates. [...]

With former mayor Erik Hansen’s election to a new post as Adams County Commissioner, the City of Thornton is without a mayor.  Thornton City Council had a number of options to fill the seat but just like the last time this happened, they are set to leave the seat vacant and the city without its [...]

All it takes is several thousand dollars worth of campaign contributions and you too can further your special interest group with the City of Thornton.  Over the past year and a half unions have found a veritable haven within Thornton and a proposed new ordinance seeks to further push labor groups’ interests while making Thornton [...]

In a county encompassing nearly 1,200 square miles and with more than 600,000 residents there is bound to be plenty of drama.  Trends in recent years however show that Adams County government is on the wrong track as scandals and management issues keep the county in the news resulting in it being cast in an [...]

So what does tens of thousands of dollars buy you with Thornton City Council?  Judging by the actions of some on council Tuesday night, it gets you payback in the form of granting unions inroads to city employees. City council members that have received significant campaign contributions from organized labor managed to pass a resolution [...]

A dedicated group of volunteers at the Thornton Veterans memorial Foundation announced that they will be starting construction on the first phase of the city’s veterans memorial.  This is an exciting milestone for all veterans – past, present and future – who deserve a memorial in their honor. Note: This memorial is for ALL veterans [...]