Author: Valerie Richardson
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Court ruling offers help for condo builders burned by construction defects lawsuits
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This year’s construction defects bill may have died in the state Legislature, but housing developers ended up gaining a bit of what they wanted last week in the form of a court decision. The day after the 2015 General Assembly adjourned, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled against a condominium association that had filed a…
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Term-limited Gallagher spends final days fighting DIA, city hall
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Dennis J. Gallagher is leaving his post as Denver city auditor after 12 years, and he’s going out with a bang. Which for Gallagher is entirely appropriate. In one of his last acts of office, Gallagher dealt a broadside to the Denver International Airport Hotel and Transit Center in the form of a “white paper,”…
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CU Regents reject fossil-fuel divestment over objections of student activists
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This was a tough week for Fossil Free CU, the University of Colorado’s pro-divestment student group. First its protest camp on Boulder’s Norlin Quad was snowed out, and then the Board of Regents voted against divesting the endowment from oil, natural gas and coal. The board rejected calls for divestment in a 7-2 vote at…
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Aurora city manager gets reprieve as critics agree to drop issue, wait for Nov. election
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George “Skip” Noe’s job is safe for now, but the Aurora city manager may want to think twice before ordering any 2016 season tickets. Aurora city council members pushing for his resignation agreed to drop the issue — at least temporarily — after nobody budged during Monday’s executive session. Despite a series of closed meetings…
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Rift over Aurora city manager spills into election calculus
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Aurora city councilwoman Molly Markert wants to see city manager George “Skip” Noe gone, and she’s willing to run for mayor to make it happen. The Aurora city council has been locked for months in a 6-5 split over whether Noe should stay or go. Markert stands with the five-member, all-female minority pushing for his…
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Suthers sits atop Colorado Springs mayoral race
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The burning question surrounding the Colorado Springs mayoral race isn’t whether John Suthers will win. It’s whether he can garner the votes needed to avoid a post-election run-off. Even Suthers agrees that’s probably not going to happen. Given a packed field of six contenders plus a write-in candidate, it’s unlikely anyone will…