“A district judge in Douglas County this week declined to dismiss a lawsuit in which South Metro Fire Rescue accused Parker’s urban renewal authority of improperly collecting taxes that should have gone to the firefighting agency. South Metro Fire Rescue sued in June, claiming that it could lose out on $16 million over the next … [Read more…]
“ In an unusual legal challenge of a powerful Colorado redevelopment resource, a south suburban Denver fire district claims in a lawsuit that it stands to lose millions of dollars because of property tax money that is wrongly being diverted to the town of Parker’s urban renewal authority. At the heart of South Metro … [Read more…]
“The South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District is suing the town of Parker’s urban renewal authority, which was created to encourage development in blighted areas, accusing it of diverting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from the fire district that should have been used for fire, rescue and emergency services. If the Parker … [Read more…]
“outh Metro Fire Rescue has filed a lawsuit against the Parker Authority for Reinvestment, alleging the urban renewal authority illegally diverted taxpayer funds to reimburse private investors and that it skirted legal requirements before using those funds for economic development projects. The suit was filed in Douglas County District Court in Castle Rock on … [Read more…]