quasi-government

Pauline Christensen: Why care about metro districts?

  “City Council has spent an inordinate amount of time in the last two years discussing residential metro/special districts. Longmonters’ eyes glaze over. Why should the residents of Longmont care? What are special and metro residential districts anyhow? Colorado State Title 32 Special Districts allows the creation of a third form of state government (a … [Read more…]

Denver’s urban revitalization comes with a hidden cost

  “The Renaissance of Lower Downtown should be celebrated along with the politicians, civic leaders and public policies that helped urban revitalization occur at an incredible pace in a once nearly abandoned part of the city. The Denver Post’s Jon Murray recently documented LoDo’s rapid growth over the last three decades: a population rising from … [Read more…]