Posts Tagged ‘Eva Henry’

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is a longstanding tradition of print media to endorse candidates and issues.  These endorsements are quite telling about a publisher’s bias and none are more so than this year’s endorsements by the publisher of Mile High Newspapers and MetroNorth Newspapers. The very premise of the so-called ‘unbiased media’ providing political endorsements is counter-intuitive and [...]

Those who served and are serving in our nation’s military are some of the finest citizens our nation has to offer.  It is no wonder that politicians pander to – and often exploit them – for their own benefit.  Sadly that is happening right now in the current local election cycle. It is a recurring theme played [...]

The Metro North Chamber of Commerce and MetroNorth Newspapers held their City Council Candidate Forum recently and while the event did not provide too much notable, there were some interesting comments by some of the candidates.  As much as anything it was interesting just to observe some of them as they answered and in doing [...]

Politics are about to become very local as the list of those seeking an office at the Thornton civic center is finalized.  The list has some notable incumbents, fascinating new comers and some old retreads trying for a new office. Here’s a quick look at the candidates in each race: Mayor This is the big [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]