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| 2011 News Archive |
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| Hazard For Loveland Residents? The recent fatal fire on Boxelder Drive in Loveland has ignited controversy in City Hall over $3 million collected in CEF's to expand Loveland's Fire Emergency services that was diverted into failed land speculation by a former lame duck council and Loveland City Manager Don Williams - can residents still rely on the "5 minute" rule? see story |
| Editorial Denouncing Plagiarism Is Copied Failing to acknowledge his newspaper's role in publishing a fake "guest editorial" last October by former Loveland Mayor Gene Pielin, that was verbatim copied from another of plagiarism- well maybe - since the author of Saturday's editorial is in question. see story |
| Abuse of Discretion Why Loveland's Use Of Impact Fees Questioned and Larimer County Sheriff Investigating Criminal Allegations by Loveland Developer of City Staff see story |
| Loveland Newspapers Participate In National "Scam" - For A Price read story |
| Loveland's Troubled Senior Housing Project An 88 year-old resident of Mirasol has retained an attorney to assist her with complaints long ignored by Loveland affordable housing officials. read story |
| Loveland Ballot Question 2C Defeated A Dozen Dispensaries To Close By March 2011 see story Click here to see all election results for Larimer County |
| In Trouble - Negotiating Sale be in acquisition talks with Lehman Communications (owners of Loveland RH) following an apparent Lehman family feud that left the company in trouble. see full story |
| Council Votes To Sue Beierwaltes To Return $500,000 see story |
| Loveland Marijuana Dispensaries Appeal For More Time Loveland's marijuana dispensaries have sent a letter to Mayor Gutierrez and members of the City Council requesting they be allowed to continue operating in Loveland until July despite the public mandate that they cease operations before March 1, 2011. see story and appeal letter |
| while staff battles with residents over recommendation to council Feb. 6 UPDATE: Council approves residents' requests When the Loveland City Council directed city staff to “work-out” a solution with the nearby residents of the proposed Namaqua Central development (see report on council meeting) they may not have intended what occurred. Instead of giving ground staff instead proposed two alternatives both advocating 22nd St. open to Morning Drive and refused to back away from their recommendation. see story |
| Councilors Go On Record One by one Loveland's City Council responded to a staff challenge to take a position on whether or not they will support a staff generated proposal to lend up to $5 million to favored Loveland companies using money from the city's reserves. see story |
| Loveland Citizens Drop-Out of "Mockudrama" Citizen views on how the City of Loveland can avoid next year's projected $3.1 million deficit were not well received by city staff during a series of recent meetings. One participant compared his experience to being on the set of NBC's Mockudrama "Parks and Recreation." see story |
| Larimer GOP Chairman Resigns Larimer County Republican Party Chairman Larry Carillo was asked to resign by Congressman Cory Gardner after details surfaced on the Secretary of State's website regarding accumulated fines from failing to file campaign expenditure disclosures now estimated to have reached over $100,000. read story |
| LovelandPolitics and the Loveland Reporter-Herald received mixed signals on when and how a decision on ACE will be made. see story |
| Loveland Releases Redacted Copy of Secret Document In response to an appeal made by LovelandPolitics to release the underlying document used to outline McWhinney's still secret request to Council to amend the MFA, LovelandPolitics was provided a copy of the document. Only two days before the city claimed the document was privileged and could not be released. see story |
| Don Marostica Plays Every Angle On Loveland's ACE Project Monday - April 4, 2011 Local politician and developer Don Marostica is now playing to win Loveland's ACE Project from every angle. As a former; gubernatorial aid, CAMT consultant, Loveland Councilman and now developer bidding the project Don Marostica's multiple roles has drawn criticism and questions from other developers he is now competing against. see story |
| Substantial Layoffs At Loveland Reporter-Herald Only A Skeleton Staff Will Remain By Summer see story (updated April 13, 2011) |
| Council Directs Staff To Prepare Ballot Measure Repealing TABOR While struggling with a projected annual $3.5 million deficit for future years, Loveland's Council declined staff inquiries whether sales or property tax increases on Loveland's ballot in November should be explored by staff. see story |
| Water Fund Reserve Monies Loveland's City Council appropriated $4.5 million of the $5.8 million required to buy the obsolete Agilent Campus to subsidize the proposed 'ACE Project.' see story |
| The Most Influential Man In Loveland see complete story |
| LovelandPolitics Special Investigative Report Local Real Estate Scam Continues Unabated read story |
| 'Open Meetings' Law see story |
| California Takes Property Taxes Back From Redevelopment Agencies McWhinney's Garden Grove, California Water Park Resort is in jeopardy while the City of Loveland refuses to release 2010 Centerra Financial Audit. see story |
| McKean Changes City Ballot Language on TABOR see story |
| CAMT ACED OUT OF ACE Agilent Campus Purchase Contract Excludes CAMT's Previous Pecuniary Demands - Tobacco Billionaire Buys Old Agilent Campus For Cash And Will Take Control of ACE Process see story and purchase agreement |
| Gutierrez Attacks Open Meetings Law & Colorado Press Association During a working breakfast with state legislators in Loveland last Tuesday, Mayor Gutierrez lobbied state lawmakers to crack down on open government statutes he thinks go too far. Gutierrez asked that they stop any legislation intended to clarify Colorado's open meetings law expected in January in reaction to recent court challenges by city officials. click here |
| Loveland Mayor Cecil Gutierrez |
| City To Lose $900,000 On Home State Bank Property Sale Loveland's City Council is expected to approve Tuesday night a plan to begin negotiations to sell the old Home State bank building downtown to Brinkman Partners for $200,000; the city bought the property in 2007 for $1.1 million using mostly library CEF's. $900,000 of CEF's will be lost in the sale. see story |
| Gene Pielin Seeks Seat on Loveland Planning Commission Planning Commission Shake-Up Likely see story |
| State Senator Lundberg Considers Run For Congress see story |
| "Rocky Mountain Center For Innovation & Technology" new name of the former "ACE" Project Loveland City Manager Bill Cahill announced tonight the City of Loveland completed the sale of the former Agilent property on Taft Ave. in Loveland to Cumberland & Western Resources. see story |