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BOT Approves 2013 Budget
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.
The Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT), before a packed house (by budget meeting standards) of two private citizens, approved the 2013 Town budget in fifteen minutes with nary a peep from those present. Lyons resident Mike Whipp, who is never at a loss for words when discussing the Town financial situation while enjoying a cup of coffee at a local caffeine dispensary, was oddly silent as MayorBOT Rejects Budget
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.
The Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) put a public hearing and resolution for the adoption of the Town’s 2013 budget on Monday night’s agenda, practically guaranteeing there would be nobody in the audience. It almost worked! A lone resident showed up for the meeting, however he never got a chance to comment on the budget because the Trustees were so
Lyons Runners Continue To Shine
Although the high school cross-country season is over, the Lyons cross-country runners continued to shine at the annual Longmont Turkey Trot last week. Not content to rest on their laurels (the boys won State, and the girls came in second), the podium was littered with Lyons runners, in fact, six out of the top eight finishers in the 2-mile event were Lyons High runners.The “Thin Mints Exception”
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.
Thank goodness the Board of Trustees (BOT) decided to postpone their regularly scheduled November 19 meeting and public hearing on the 2013 Town budget until November 26, after the Thanksgiving holiday, to ensure that more citizens would be in town, and able to voice their feelings about how the Town’s tax revenues are spent. Oh, wait a minute, no one showed up at the public hearing anyway! Never mind.
No Rest For The Weary
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.
Since the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT), the Town Planner, the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) and the Economic Development Commission (EDC) first put forth the idea of creating a new Commercial Eastern Corridor (CEC) zone for the eastern entrance area of Lyons (from the decommissioned water treatment plants just east of town to the bottom of Stone Canyon) there have been three new Trustees elected, a new Planner hired, several new members on the PCDC (including three changes in the Chair), and numerous changes in
