The Daily Camera announced it, but using their suck ass Yahoo search engine I can’t find that they reported on it.
To report on it, you need to get the Left Hand Courier.
You can read their report on the meeting here. Apparently the meeting was fairly controversial in regards to Prarie Dogs and road paving.
Here are a couple of interesting excerpts…
The meeting, which lasted over two hours, was fraught with high emotions. Commissioner Cindy Domenico refused to leave her seat to address the crowd after they shouted at her, and Commissioner Ben Pearlman repeatedly asked the audience to not yell.
The attendees apparently got under Commmissar Pearlman’s skin regarding not representing their views to the City, leading to this statement from Pearlman…
His frustration with the situation showed when he said that if the attendees didn’t feel as if their opinion was being represented by the commissioners, they should vote to be annexed into the City of Boulder. That statement was met by a chorus of “no’s”.
Interestingly, the printed version of this article states…
“… was met by a chorus of “Hell no” from the audience”
For the uninformed, Commissar Pearlman’s quip about annexation refers to Gunbarrel twice voting down annexation to the City of Boulder.
Regarding road repair funds, which the County has no money for…
The meeting addressed other issues. Several attendees asked about subdivision road funds, which, according to the commissioners, are not adequately funded through present taxation.
“Where is the money?” asked a resident who identified herself as having lived in Gunbarrel for over 40 years. Pearlman explained that a road repair tax county residents approved 18 years ago expired two to three years ago, leaving the coffers nearly bare. He and the other commissioners would like to ask all county subdivisions to vote for a new road repair tax to fund road reconstruction.
One has to wonder why the Boulder Daily Camera couldn’t report on this meeting. It wouldn’t take a genius to determine this meeting could be “interesting”. Giving the Camera some credit, this video recently was posted on their web site…
Also, the Colorado Division of Wildlife told the City to “back down“.
The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife has denied an application from the city of Boulder to move up to 300 prairie dogs from Foothills Community Park to an open space site in Gunbarrel, effectively putting an end to a five-year battle over the rodents.
But the overall war is far from over, with city officials saying they’ll try to find a new home for the troublesome critters and opposed Gunbarrel residents promising to share their experience with other neighborhoods.
Unbelievable.
