Posts Tagged ‘David Pettit’

It’s Election Day across the county today.  Here in Thornton there are city council races in every ward and we also have Adams County Issue 1A on the ballot.  Historically voter turnout in off-year elections is pretty dismal – around 30% or so.  This is truly sad and disappointing.  It is my firm belief that [...]

We recently wrote about how much money had been raised by the people running for the four open Thornton City Council seats.  This was done as an exercise in understanding not only how much it costs to run for local office but also where that money comes from.  In looking at the candidate contribution reports, [...]

Thornton City Council candidates posted their contribution / expenditure reports this week (click here to view them).  In looking at them, they provide some insight into how much it costs to gain one of the eight coveted seats – four of which are up for grabs right now.  It is also interesting to see who [...]

Between now and November there will be many opportunities to learn more about the individuals that would like to serve as your Thornton City Council representatives.  Twelve candidates have announced their intention to run for the four available seats thus ensuring a rather vigorous debate between now and Election Day.  MetroNorth Newspapers and the Metro [...]

The signs have started appearing alongside the streets in recent weeks so you know it must be election time.  Thornton will be holding elections for half of the city council seats this year.  Ward I and Ward IV feature incumbents Jan Bach and Charles Stevenson and each of them are facing three challengers, some of [...]