Posts Tagged ‘Mack Goodman’

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 [...]

Voters in Thornton received their ballots yesterday and will be casting them in a number of key local races.  None of these is more significant than the one for the political head of the city.  Three candidates are vying for mayor of Colorado’s sixth largest city but only one is worthy of your vote. We [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]