It is partly inevitable, but my thought is that Boulder would like Lafayette to be its affordable bedroom community, and the powers at the top of the state political levels may be in on the deal, maybe with some perks for themselves, political perks or financial perks. We want to be rural, but Boulder and the State of Colorado in its present leadership wants us to be affordable housing. As in the movie dialogue used often from the movie "Jaws," "we're going to need a bigger boat."
You are right. Since the early days, Boulder has always seen Lafayette as a nearby junk drawer where they could keep the riff raff, far enough that they didn’t have to deal with them but close enough that they could come on over and work for them to keep their economy afloat. Now Denver sees us as a similar resource, a worker bee colony at their bougie service. I’m not sure City Council has what it takes to fight this back. They seem to be stepping lightly in places where I think they need to kick things over and flip a few tables. It may be time to seek out candidates for this upcoming election whose major priority is to fight the state’s attempt to end our Home Rule Authority and do it in no uncertain terms. Does anyone know of anyone planning to run? We need to start letting those folks know that this issue will make or break their candidacy.
I like that description: "junk drawer." Preston Padden seems like he would be a good candidate for this, but I'm unsure if he would run for City Council.
Yes, he is spearheading the recommendation to the City Council to NOT annex the Hwy 287 and Arapahoe development, and he earlier took over the criticism and the reins of the Indian Peaks 2 HOA problems. He comes from the business community, and is a successful businessman.
Thanks. I’ll keep his name in mind and look for an opportunity to talk to him if he should decide to run. Meanwhile, make sure you let him know how much we need good candidates who are passionate about saving our city!
Polis and his flunkies are doing the same thing to us as Trump is doing to Colorado. Trump barges in here demanding we do things in a way that belies our values, our goals, our priorities, and our heart and soul as a state. And Polis HATES it. He hates being strong armed in conflict with our values and priorities, and He is not just lying down and letting Trump roll us over with his own selfish political agenda. He is standing our ground and preparing for a fight. But yet even while he fights, he is doing the exact same thing to us and our city as Trump is doing to our wonderful state, but he expects us to just lie down and take it. He doesn’t have the slightest idea who we are, what is important to us, what we can and can’t sustain, he has no idea, and he clearly doesn’t care. Polis is trying his hardest to protect our state from Trump, standing up for our character and values, but that fight hasn’t helped him see that he should be protecting our city from the very abuse of power that he and his state legislators are instead themselves trying to inflict on us. It is the exact same abuse of power, forcing the powerless to fall in line with what the powerful want, with the threat of punishment if we resist. Polis is Donald Trump Light. He should be deeply ashamed.
I think it has become quite clear over the last few weeks that the developers don't care about the effect of their developments on the town, only on their bank accounts.
Karen. I fear that Lafayette will never be the same. City Council will have a very difficult job ahead of them in reviewing and analyzing these annexations and development proposals.
It is partly inevitable, but my thought is that Boulder would like Lafayette to be its affordable bedroom community, and the powers at the top of the state political levels may be in on the deal, maybe with some perks for themselves, political perks or financial perks. We want to be rural, but Boulder and the State of Colorado in its present leadership wants us to be affordable housing. As in the movie dialogue used often from the movie "Jaws," "we're going to need a bigger boat."
You are right. Since the early days, Boulder has always seen Lafayette as a nearby junk drawer where they could keep the riff raff, far enough that they didn’t have to deal with them but close enough that they could come on over and work for them to keep their economy afloat. Now Denver sees us as a similar resource, a worker bee colony at their bougie service. I’m not sure City Council has what it takes to fight this back. They seem to be stepping lightly in places where I think they need to kick things over and flip a few tables. It may be time to seek out candidates for this upcoming election whose major priority is to fight the state’s attempt to end our Home Rule Authority and do it in no uncertain terms. Does anyone know of anyone planning to run? We need to start letting those folks know that this issue will make or break their candidacy.
I like that description: "junk drawer." Preston Padden seems like he would be a good candidate for this, but I'm unsure if he would run for City Council.
Where would we know him from? What makes you think he would be a good candidate? Has he expressed interest in this high density development issue?
Yes, he is spearheading the recommendation to the City Council to NOT annex the Hwy 287 and Arapahoe development, and he earlier took over the criticism and the reins of the Indian Peaks 2 HOA problems. He comes from the business community, and is a successful businessman.
Thanks. I’ll keep his name in mind and look for an opportunity to talk to him if he should decide to run. Meanwhile, make sure you let him know how much we need good candidates who are passionate about saving our city!
Polis and his flunkies are doing the same thing to us as Trump is doing to Colorado. Trump barges in here demanding we do things in a way that belies our values, our goals, our priorities, and our heart and soul as a state. And Polis HATES it. He hates being strong armed in conflict with our values and priorities, and He is not just lying down and letting Trump roll us over with his own selfish political agenda. He is standing our ground and preparing for a fight. But yet even while he fights, he is doing the exact same thing to us and our city as Trump is doing to our wonderful state, but he expects us to just lie down and take it. He doesn’t have the slightest idea who we are, what is important to us, what we can and can’t sustain, he has no idea, and he clearly doesn’t care. Polis is trying his hardest to protect our state from Trump, standing up for our character and values, but that fight hasn’t helped him see that he should be protecting our city from the very abuse of power that he and his state legislators are instead themselves trying to inflict on us. It is the exact same abuse of power, forcing the powerless to fall in line with what the powerful want, with the threat of punishment if we resist. Polis is Donald Trump Light. He should be deeply ashamed.
Don’t see how Arapahoe would be able to sustain all the additional traffic….
I think it has become quite clear over the last few weeks that the developers don't care about the effect of their developments on the town, only on their bank accounts.
Karen. I fear that Lafayette will never be the same. City Council will have a very difficult job ahead of them in reviewing and analyzing these annexations and development proposals.
Agreed!