Posts Tagged ‘Erik Hansen’

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. [...]

Does money buy influence in politics?  That is a rhetorical question of course as money talks with many elected officials and it always has.  A look at state campaign finance documents submitted by Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol reveals she has accepted contributions from many of the same people tied to questionable dealings in the [...]

In an open letter to his fellow Adams County Commissioners this morning, Erik Hansen takes the first step in getting in front of the scandals that have enveloped the county.  Hansen proposes a number of much needed reforms that the other commissioners should embrace – see complete letter below.  The give point plan would address [...]

Just when we thought we couldn’t hear any more bad news about Adams County, news breaks about questionable business dealings and nepotism run rampant at the hands of one county commissioner.  Alice Nichol, part of the power hungry and deeply entrenched Democrats in the county, now joins the ranks of county politicos with a pall [...]

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 [...]

To say Adams County “leans  left” would be a very accurate statement.  Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 11% of the electorate in the county – an advantage of nearly 25,000 people.  Despite this, the Adams County Democrats took a pretty big beating in Tuesday’s election. Before I discuss the various county races it should be [...]

Adams County Commissioner Larry Pace is running for a third term in the current election and as part of that he has touted his education and experience in administration.  A look at Pace’s college records however show that the actual degree he received may be different from what he has claimed.  On Pace’s website he [...]

In Adams County Democrats have had a virtual stranglehold on elected offices for a long time.  While the county has seen some successes, we are seeing underlying problems at each and every office from the commissioners on down that need to be addressed and warrant change.  Related: The troubles we have seen – Scandals and [...]

The head of the Rangeview Library District Board of Trustees said this morning that its failure to install flagpoles and fly the American flag at its facilities was a mistake and the board intends to correct it.  Appearing on the Peter Boyles Show on KHOW, Kay Riddle said a special meeting of the Board of [...]

Rangeview Library District Director Pam Sandlian-Smith appeared on the Peter Boyles show on KHOW this morning to address the library system’s failure to install flagpoles at its multi-million dollar taxpayer funded facilities.  Boyles provided Smith plenty of opportunity to explain – and redeem – the library but no understandable rationalization of their position was forthcoming.  [...]