Archive for December, 2007

For those who didn’t already see it . . .
Here is how the Daily Camera covered last night’s Boulder City Council study session concerning the Northwest Rail line:  http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/12/commuter-rail-problems-raised/.
As the story indicates, the Councilmembers focused a great deal of attention on noise issues, chiefly from train whistles.  They have a very legitimate fear that, unmitigated, the addition of [...]

While it won’t likely make headlines in tomorrow’s newspaper, I am proud of recent forward progress on a proposal that Director Bill Christopher and I made for RTD to adopt a region-specific sales tax forecasting model.
A memorandum detailing our proposal is attached.  In summary, though, it has become clear in recent years that the method [...]

Many of you probably are familiar with the recent series of columns that former Boulder Mayor Bob Greenlee wrote challenging the cost-effectiveness of the planned Northwest Rail commuter rail line:
July 29 Column: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/jul/29/bad-decisions-need-revisiting/
September 23 Column: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/sep/23/clogged-arteries/
December 9 Column: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/09/all-aboard-rail-questions-that-matter/
Also, in a recent Guest Opinion, former Camera Editor Sue Deans questioned whether Boulder County residents are [...]


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