tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post5189649862415237904..comments2024-01-07T16:16:11.849-07:00Comments on Opinions: General Issues September, 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-14772759019253074402010-10-01T01:18:32.054-06:002010-10-01T01:18:32.054-06:00I wanted to see the September edition of the Comme...I wanted to see the September edition of the Commerce City News online and it is a press release about the PD sub station in the North. Where is the City News?Curious in Reunionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-77269926119973789292010-09-30T19:43:39.768-06:002010-09-30T19:43:39.768-06:00Until CC gets another zip code which clearly delin...Until CC gets another zip code which clearly delineates the northern enclave, we'll always be weighed down by perceptions such as: trashy neighborhoods, poor performing school districts caused by illegal immigration influxes, quarreling city leadership, (thanks to media coverage of NASCAR, city manager and others).<br /><br />We need to fix our image problems and stop ignoring them. Why are we printing in spanish? Why are we not enforcing our city laws governing rental properties? Why are we not enforcing the laws governing vehicles? We need to get rid of those who won’t address the issues plaguing our city. Please everyone, we need to make some serious changes in November or get serious about breaking away from CC. <br /><br />C_City VoterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-62674254892995654252010-09-30T16:00:01.797-06:002010-09-30T16:00:01.797-06:00City income is down by millions. CSAPs are hurting...City income is down by millions. CSAPs are hurting badly in core city. No delevopment in north. Commerce City has no where to go but up.<br /><br />Gateway please post in October too. Thank you.Leon, voternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-63220632851611009852010-09-30T15:52:55.545-06:002010-09-30T15:52:55.545-06:00So I guess the final word on walmart is to wait an...So I guess the final word on walmart is to wait and seeNancy, Commerce Citynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-46254714251682377972010-09-30T15:47:51.978-06:002010-09-30T15:47:51.978-06:00I just read the Commerce City letter to Wal-Mart. ...I just read the Commerce City letter to Wal-Mart. I live in River Run and we too have been waiting a long time for a store. I am disappointed that only the Reunion residents were mentioned.River Run Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-44641203215689932852010-09-29T18:43:27.345-06:002010-09-29T18:43:27.345-06:00to pro city,
I am impressed how much you seem to ...to pro city,<br /><br />I am impressed how much you seem to know about the detail workings of Commerce City, why don't you run for council?Ryland, Commerce Citynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-89192509802723014002010-09-29T18:41:07.923-06:002010-09-29T18:41:07.923-06:00cc city manager gets 170K plus, free house for yea...cc city manager gets 170K plus, free house for years. the lowest rate on a house loan in history, the car payment that he is obviously just pocketing now and all he has is a BA?<br /><br />DAMN that guy hit the JACK POT<br /><br />Great Stuff. More and More voting citizens are getting more and more knowledgeable.<br /><br />Look for major changes next year.Archernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-57622185214075912932010-09-29T18:33:24.172-06:002010-09-29T18:33:24.172-06:00When a city is trying to persuade a store like Wal...When a city is trying to persuade a store like Wal Mart to come back to it, the last thing we want to do is threaten to take 2 million dollars of incentives away. Let's rewrite the contract! I agree, the last thing we need is to be sending letters, e-mail, phone calls and setting deadlines. We need to go to the head office in person and discuss their concerns as they must have many. I believe the number one worry on their list is the customer base in Reunion. So, lets send some business people from Reunion to talk to them. Something has them worried, what is it? I was told that the Walmart store in CC has the highest sales in the entire state. Wouldn't that be a good recommendation?<br /><br />Any college graduate has a long string of seminars and certifications that we use to build our Resume and make us look better to an employer in fact, Teachers must continue to train as long as they teach. I have twenty years of seminars and certifications that I finally just left off of my resume because it was too confusing. These seminars take a few hours (2 to 8.) and certifications are easily obtained with a few classes. Remember that all of these seminars are not graded. A Master's degree is just that. It means that you have met College standards at a level of mastery with a grade of B or better.Estelle Remingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-8852829956562649482010-09-29T14:06:20.216-06:002010-09-29T14:06:20.216-06:00so you basically saying that our city manager only...so you basically saying that our city manager only really has a BS?<br /><br />And we are paying him how much?<br /><br />PRO CITY: Thanks for the information, you are good for some things.Wes, northern rangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-30674040169227009602010-09-29T14:02:10.320-06:002010-09-29T14:02:10.320-06:00Mr. Flannery has a BS from ASU in Geography (urban...Mr. Flannery has a BS from ASU in Geography (urban planning)<br /><br />Certificate of CE from Univ. of AZ in leadership<br /><br />Certificate in the Arizona ED course from Univ. of AZ<br /><br />Advanced courses in planning, city management and various seminars by ASU, city of Phoenix, Mohave cty, APA, ICMA, Univ. of Wisconsin's Engineering School<br /><br />40 hours of Supervisors Academy & Total Quality ManagementPRO CITYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-66420298283769443552010-09-29T13:19:34.752-06:002010-09-29T13:19:34.752-06:00Oh my.... I am sure Walmart is on the edge of thei...Oh my.... I am sure Walmart is on the edge of their corporate seats upset about Commerce City.<br />We are such small potatoes to them. They have very poor sales in both of their new northern stores (Broomfield and Thornton) bet they are focused on how to get those to pick up, not where CC's city manager and mayor are!!<br />I must say I am overwhelmed and impressed, with the number of people with such outstanding knowledge of business that direct the city from this blog!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-25866721753243368652010-09-29T12:23:29.561-06:002010-09-29T12:23:29.561-06:00And where is Commerce City?
http://cml.org/info/c...And where is Commerce City?<br /><br />http://cml.org/info/cities/state.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-63651488134133634742010-09-28T23:52:28.866-06:002010-09-28T23:52:28.866-06:00I think that everyone really wishes Mr. Flannery w...I think that everyone really wishes Mr. Flannery well. They just want him to pay for his house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-70318846824389206212010-09-28T21:37:15.158-06:002010-09-28T21:37:15.158-06:00I think that Flannery sold his Ariz. house on Oct....I think that Flannery sold his Ariz. house on Oct. 1st and it was recorded on Oct. 5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-29383059590508571722010-09-28T19:41:48.497-06:002010-09-28T19:41:48.497-06:00Pro City - don't come back and tell us about a...Pro City - don't come back and tell us about an advanced degree for Flannery is from some joke of a school or on line program from some institution like University of Phoenix - as anybody with a real education knows that would be a joke and should not be taken seriouslyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-35607622757751875962010-09-28T16:54:02.196-06:002010-09-28T16:54:02.196-06:00can the procity bloggers please take a reality che...can the procity bloggers please take a reality check. you sound more ignorant every day. what you say used to be laughable, but the comment about the walmart letter is more than sad, it is ignorant to the point of being dangerous. just stop already. we know you LOVE FLANNERY. so go send him flowers or something but stop trying to defend the indefensible. we are not stupid out here in cyberspace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-64116439850103604152010-09-28T16:51:30.953-06:002010-09-28T16:51:30.953-06:00The letter to Walmart was the most unprofessional,...The letter to Walmart was the most unprofessional, uneducated, arrogant thing I have read in a long time and I work in a law office, if that means anything. Good grief, the grammar in the first paragraph is not even correct. Well now we have to hope that Walmart is not so angry that they close their store in the southern part of the city. Can someone please WAKE UP on city council and fire this Flannery guy before he does anymore damage? Please the citizens are begging you now, what else do we have to do? Tell us please because we will do anything to get rid of this idiot and take our city back. Doesn't matter what it costs to buy out his stupid contract, we need to mitigate damages. No one in their right mind would have threatened WALMART!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-23013639882200973192010-09-28T16:08:42.263-06:002010-09-28T16:08:42.263-06:00I hope our “representatives” see that the people d...I hope our “representatives” see that the people do care and the repulsion caused by our city council, city manager and the way they’ve been doing business. This paradigm should be the catalyst for change? Had the city manager been an elected official that individual would have been forced to resign or recalled from office. Now we have a city government who’s lost the confidence of the people. Could Wal-mart be waiting until after the elections? Let’s face it, things “can” get worse. <br /><br />Question we should really ask ourselves: Where are the checks and balances with council decisions that take place behind the scenes?<br /><br />C_City VoterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-27500414002614605692010-09-28T13:51:37.914-06:002010-09-28T13:51:37.914-06:00I think Mr. Flannery does have advance degrees. I...I think Mr. Flannery does have advance degrees. I will post the facts after I verify.PRO CITYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-15827333448542100902010-09-28T13:47:31.635-06:002010-09-28T13:47:31.635-06:00A walmart could be pushed to complete vertical in ...A walmart could be pushed to complete vertical in 8 to 10 months. If all would go well.Close to the situationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-56128450739246074552010-09-28T13:18:18.539-06:002010-09-28T13:18:18.539-06:00A few thoughts:
1. The issue with Walmart is serio...A few thoughts:<br />1. The issue with Walmart is serious. Instead of Germany, why did Flannery not fly to Walmart's corporate headquarters and meet with them? Why didn't both Flannery and Natale go down there? Far better use of CC time and money but certainly less for their egos.<br />2. Flannery was the only candidate without a minimum of a master's degree and limited experience. Would a corporation choose someone with no master's and limited experience to handle a budget of $50M with complex problems- no way. So why was he chosen and why are we keeping him?<br />3. Estelle made a good point. No one was forcing Flannery to sign the contract.<br />4. Flannery can seal the deal with council($72000) but not with Walmart- looks self serving to me!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-42242947400149135462010-09-28T13:02:58.140-06:002010-09-28T13:02:58.140-06:00At Gerald Flannery's job interview, May 29, 20...At Gerald Flannery's job interview, May 29, 2007, he gave his highest educational degree as a Bachelor of Science in Georaphy/Urban Planning. Flannery lists no other special degrees. At that time, he was a public lobbyist for Coconino County with ten years of urban experience. In that interview, he calls himself "a person of integrity and high ethical standards" and that he'd "prefer to retire debt as soon as possible." How does a man of such high standards receive $345,760 in salary; $88,400 profit on Flagstaff, AZ home; $72,000 relocation expense that totals $506,160 or 1/2 million dollars in three years of employment with CC and steadfastly refuses to pay a dime on a house purchased by CC taxpayers, so that, his family can live in comfort here in CC? This appears totally out of character compared to who he said he was or represented himself to be. A man of character would have stopped this game of contract extentions and declared his financial responsibility for his living arrangements while waiting for the loan to purchase the house. Anyone can put a name on a house deed but without some "good faith" payment that person has no real right to live there. Why didn't Flannery honor his word from the beginning? Flannery did not have to sign any of those extentions and could have set the record straight at any time. When he sold his Flagstaff, Az house, why not put that money towards the new one unless he did not want council to find out he sold it for a profit , Oct. 5, 2009, until he received that relocation expense money that same week, Oct.1, 2009. The Flagstaff house was under contract to sell for $305,000 on Sept. 5, 2009. How does a man who has high ethical standards continue to live in a city house for free? He could rent another house or pay rent on this house until his mortgage is paid in full. No matter what CM Flannery does at this point, he has no real future here in CC. As soon as, the city council members that are protecting him are voted out of office, the voters will want a real man of integrity.Estelle Remingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-74572295343958505512010-09-28T10:25:21.002-06:002010-09-28T10:25:21.002-06:00So I think this letter to walmart from Commerce ha...So I think this letter to walmart from Commerce has done more damage with relationship building?Wes, northern rangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-54939060003545832032010-09-28T10:24:11.011-06:002010-09-28T10:24:11.011-06:00Response from Commerce City about the 10 day reque...Response from Commerce City about the 10 day request for a response.<br /><br /><i>Hi Kathy,<br /><br />We have not yet received any response from Wal-mart regarding the city’s letter.<br /><br />Ross</i>Gateway Newshttp://www.gatewaynews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787227658370252666.post-66206986675387847612010-09-28T00:40:37.711-06:002010-09-28T00:40:37.711-06:00I can't seem to get the Walmart letter site. G...I can't seem to get the Walmart letter site. Gateway, can you please print it so I can read it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com