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| Video clip - watch the Loveland City Council laugh at a joke before being told 200 new residential units at Lincoln Place have no visitor parking (click on camera) |
| Click here for Video clip from April 17, meeting where Pielin states "850 people" - apparently not understanding he was voting to increase the McWhinneys' development by 850 Residential units (more than 2,000 residents) not 850 people. |
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| Secret Decision On Staples Farm In Dispute Residents organized to save Staples Farm from development have reacted to the announcement by Loveland City Manager, Don Williams, that the Council will not buy it using open space funds. See story |
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| Fire Chief And City Manager - Didn't See Eye to Eye On A Number of Issues Loveland Fire Chief Mike Chard was placed on administrative leave August 1, and resigned his post by August 6, but not before receiving six months severance bonus pay of $50,000 to keep quiet after his departure. Read the original story. see story |
| Dueling Emails Call For Citizens To Attend Sept 2, City Council Meeting While residents living along the Gulf Coast received emergency emails late last week warning them about the approaching hurricane Gustav, Loveland residents were getting warning emails of a different kind. see story |
| Council Approves McWhinney 'Power Grab' Flex URA Approved Along With Blight Designation for 500 Acres |
| After a long and contentious meeting, a majority of Loveland's City Council voted to declare McWhinney farmland blight while also approving McWhinney's "Flex" plan thus abdicating authority on future governmental decisions. click here to get the full story |
| When Loveland's Director of Human Resources Todd Gamble sees Councilwoman Carol Johnson heading towards his office he can usually guess why she is visiting. Johnson is on a mission to have Loveland's City Manager, Don Williams, replaced. She has complained to Gamble and has taken her case to some council colleagues according to two independent sources working in city hall. Click Here |
| One Councilor Lobbies To Replace City Manager |
| As many Lovelanders were tuned into the presidential debate, their City Council voted to approve a 2009 city budget of $175.6 million which includes many fee increases. Nearly every city service from garbage collection to court fees will see an increase in cost to residents in the 2009 budget. see story |
| Council Increases Fees On Loveland Residents |
| Dakota Ridge Annexation West of Loveland Approved By Council Traffic To Be Funneled To Cascade Ave. to avoid Morning Drive in Namaqua Hills SEE STORY |
| See How They Voted See a table of the votes from the Oct. 21 city council meeting |
| Loveland Company Cuts Staff After Receivng $900,000 Subsidy To Bring Jobs See story |
| Is Larimer County Now A "Blue" County? See this analysis of the election returns for Larimer County and the role the Obama Campaign's registration drive at CSU played in the county election results. Click here to read story Johnson's Senate Seat Up For Grabs Contest appears to be narrowing down to two likely candidates; State House Rep. Kevin Lundberg and local businessman Mike Lynch - Some see Ref. C appears to be the dividing line again. click here to read story |