Not Tangible


Is this different from the ?“better services?” argument? Again, this is nothing more than rhetoric that pulls at our hearts. There is nothing tangible. These services are already in place for every Broomfield resident. If they are not innovative enough, then initiate a process of change or spend a significantly less amount of money to provide additional services. Ultimately, the county formation for the sake of creating redundant and inexperienced services at extreme cost is a ridiculous argument.

Let me add a personal point. I trust that you firmly believe that reducing overhead and joining services that could be improved by collaboration would benefit Broomfield residents. I do as well. However, forming the county to do it is like trying to kill a fly with a guided missile. There are far more effective, less costly, and less intrusive means to create any desired improvement. Without the mistaken promise of the consolidated school district and lower taxes, I am sincerely confident that the election results would be quite different and would clearly indicate a lack of interest in forming county.

By Adrian

Questionable


Beyond the vague nature of your last message, my only concern here is that voters typically respond to tangible changes regarding any ballot issue. You are forgetting that this ballot issue was not presented as an experiment in modernizing government. It was presented as a means to consolidate school districts and to lower taxes. There will be no consolidation of the school districts and significant evidence exists that taxes will not be lowered. Did Colorado voters shape their state in such a manner to just give this new form of government a chance without any other tangible benefit to the state? No.

Reorganizations in government are nothing new. Slow, steady, well-planned and organized transitions are common in business, academic, government, and military organizations. Quick and drastic changes are easily shown to be less effective and prone to unforeseen complications such as those doubling the cost of forming the county in only one year. Perhaps a more realizable and more efficient approach would have been to gradually employ policy changes in services such that Broomfield residents were eventually supported by a system similar to a county. The benefits you stated in earlier messages could have been obtained at much lower costs and with fewer discontinuities in service. If the problems that you seek to correct are still there, then the question to form the county can address a much simpler transition where much of the infrastructure is already in place. Citizens could note whether tangible benefits were worthy of such considerations and if so, the cost and difficulty in forming the county is dramatically reduced. All the goals of the new county could have been achieved in very measurable milestones over a decade, thereby painting a great picture of Broomfield officials and citizens while allowing the state to easily document the success of such innovative government.

In short, BBW, we do not believe this to be the case because of the suspicious nature by which the public was cut out of the process to develop the county issue. It was kept from them and rushed through legislative procedures before anyone could tell you what they truly wanted for their community. That is not good leadership. That is not concern for innovative government. That is suspicious and suggests significant hidden agendas for which ample pieces of the puzzle exist for residents to paint a yet unproven, albeit increasingly probable, picture of the true reasons the city and county of Broomfield was created.

By Adrian

three cheers to BF

We have seen a lot of information come up on this board and a lot of very informed citizens. There is another board under 80020 Northwest Parkway Neighbors.

So what are we going to do to turn this situation around. We need a group in Broomfield that wants to protect this beautiful little city and wants a say in how things are handled. I think it is time for the birth of a new organization behold "The Broomfield Taxpayers Association" What do you think?

By Joan

Organize

As Joe Hill said before he was hung, "don't weep, organize." Thus was born the Unions. Guys, or guy or gal, this government belongs to US. Biblically speaking, WE are the Ceasar, according to the American Constitution. If we don't like the actions of a council, we must replace that council. I will believe we are all serious when the elections turn out more than 13% as is what happened in my Ward in Broomfield last Tuesday. Sheesh and Oy Vey

By SaulBull