Hot on the heels of last week’s kudos to the Town of Meeker for stepping up and restoring publication of an (albeit abbreviated version) of its monthly financial expenditures, this week government transparency has taken another jab in the political ring, followed by a friendly-fire uppercut from our own commissioners.[Read More…]
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Editor’s Column: Designed for community
First, I would like to personally thank Meeker’s town staff and board for doing the right thing in the interest of transparency and accountability, as I knew they would. After being asked about publishing the town’s disbursements in public notices, they reviewed the state statutes defining the requirements for publication,[Read More…]
Meeker board gets Classic stats
MEEKER | The Meeker Town Board of Trustees held a brief regular meeting Tuesday in which they approved the preliminary step toward annexing property east of town along Hwy. 13 that currently houses Valley Hardware and the former BLM building. There will be an April 3 public hearing on the annexation.[Read More…]
Paranormal investigative team returning to Meeker
MEEKER | A team of paranormal investigators is returning to Meeker for another round of investigations. Last weekend Hector Zeferino, the founder of Hotchkiss Paranormal Investigators (HPI), returned to Meeker to investigate potential paranormal activity in some of Meeker’s buildings. The HPI team last visited Meeker in 2016 for an[Read More…]
State Sen. Randy Baumgardner could face disciplinary actions
RBC | Colorado State Sen. Randy Baumgardner (R) could face disciplinary action for sexual harassment allegations made by a legislative aide. The aide, who wishes to remain anonymous, filed a formal complaint in November 2017. On Feb. 1 the Denver Post reported that an outside investigation deemed the complaints “credible” and[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Gov’t transparency and public notices
Would you rather be tickled to death, sneeze yourself to death or choke on your own spit and die? Why do I ask? Because for the last few years I’ve been afflicted by regular sneezing fits that leave me weak and watery-eyed, with a stuffed up nose. But I’ll take[Read More…]
No operators come forward for Meeker Adventure Center
MEEKER | The much contested Meeker Adventure Center seems to have fizzled out after a second request for qualifications for a general operator failed to return any official responses. However, that doesn’t mean the process hasn’t created forward momentum that could greatly benefit the community’s economic development goals. “It’s just[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Are we becoming knowledge resistant?
We have more access to information than any generation that has ever lived on this planet. Educating ourselves, even as adults, can now be done in the comfort of our own homes via online classes and programs. And yet, in the face of this wealth of potential knowledge that’s available[Read More…]
“I Ride With James” poker run comes to an end, scholarship fund remains
MEEKER | “From something this tragic, we need to come up with something good to do,” Mike Sizemore told his wife Kathy the night they learned their son James, 19, had been killed in an avalanche while snowmobiling near Sand Peak east of Meeker. “We were sitting in the dark[Read More…]
Sales/use tax revenue slightly higher in 2017
RBC | For the county and the Town of Meeker, sales tax revenue was up for 2017, by 10 percent and 6 percent, while Rangely’s sales tax revenue decreased by 4 percent. Motor vehicle use tax dollars increased for all three county entities, while building materials use tax revenue dropped[Read More…]
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