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Loveland Company Cuts Staff After Receiving $900,000 Subsidy To Bring Jobs See story |
| The Brothers Klen Don Williams' Good Ole' Boy Style of Management Could Cost City Millions in Compensatory and Punitive Damages Read the story and see the documents |
| Council Pay Increase Listed #16 on Study Session Feedback The Loveland City Council, during its annual retreat, listed "Council Raises" among the top issues facing the city the council will need to address in 2009. Other misc. items discussed See Story |
| LovelandPolitics Exclusive Steve Johnson Eyeing Run For Congress Sources tell LovelandPolitics that Johnson is preparing to challenge U.S. Rep. Markey in 2010 to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District see story |
| Below - Most Recent Story Archive |
| Marostica Fails: To Mend Fences With Republicans He can't help himself and again bashes fellow Republicans when trying to explain himself to constituents in a Loveland coffee shop read story |
| Other Recent Marostica Stories Appointed to stimulus money oversight group by Ritter link to Denver Post story Marostica's About Face On Government Transparency Special Investigative Report Marostica tells constituents that Republicans lie Read the complete story and hear the complete audio Marostica's Efforts To Repeal State Spending Limits Are His Actions Constitutional? |
| Councilman Challenges LovelandPolitics Councilman Glenn Rousey, like some colleagues, is pretending he never supported McWhinney's proposed 5th amendment to its agreement with the City of Loveland. LovelandPolitics SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT - see the video |
| Council Approves Funding LHS Pool Renovation see story and pictures |
| LHS Lobbies Parents before meeting read story |
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| Loveland Mayor Gene Pielin made a number of comments during the June 2, 2009 Council meeting that caused citizens to ask, "what was he thinking?" Regarding the request for funding by a local group supporting disabled citizens and the city's decision not to fund the request - Pielin described the request for funds as not having , "a leg to stand on." When speaking about a local pet crematorium Pielin stated they needed to, "Shape up or ship out and run the oven properly..." He later acknowledged the error and corrected himself by calling it a furnace. |
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| Loveland Considers Suing Larimer County Over The Ranch read story |
| McWhinney Inspired Fee Cut Defeated By Council 5-3 Using a new strategy, McWhinney attempted to change city policies regarding collection of developer fees to free their proposed 300 unit apartment building of the normal city fees. Council said no on a 5-3 vote. McWhinney subsidy. Story & Commentary |
| Loveland Insurance Agent Running For Council Robert Snyder of Loveland Seeking To Replace Councilman Glenn Rousey in Loveland's Ward 2 click here to read story |
| The McWhinney Tax Revealed An explanation of the taxes you pay at Centerra and where that money goes Read the Report |
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| Mayor Pielin and Councilman Gutierrez spar over downtown Mayor Pielin dropped a bomb Tuesday night by suggesting the council postpone or eliminate future capital improvements for Loveland's Downtown that come from council reserves. Also, the city manager admits fire station in capital improvements plan for Centerra isn't really going to be built as planned read the story |
| Council Consensus To Put Lodging Tax On November's Ballot During a study session on June 23, 2009 the Loveland City Council discussed strategies for making a third attempt at getting voters to pass a lodging tax for Loveland. While all agreed on the "what" none appeared to agree on the "why." Mayor Pielin opposes public input or forums to assist council in deciding where the new taxes will go. see story |
| "I cannot get my arms around it that streetscape drives development instead that development drives streetscape." Mayor Gene Pielin |
| “That is the wrong message to be sending out there right now to the development community” Councilman Cecil Gutierrez |