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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Arvada Election Results 2011

2011 ELECTION RESULTS


2011 Election Endorsements

After carefully researching each candidate and where they stand on the issues relevant to their race such as:
The size and scope of city government
The budget surplus
The second amendment
Fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets
Sustainability
Public transportation
The accountability of elected and paid officials
Transparency

we’ve decided to release the following endorsements.
Mayor: Either Dan Bidstrup or Dave Chandler. Anybody is better than Marc Williams. I see his signs in my sleep.
City Council:
                At Large: Ed Tomlinson
                Ward 2: Cody McNutt
                Ward 4: Humpty Dumpty (you’ll have to write this one in…)
School Board:
                District 3: Preston Branaugh
                District 4: Jim Powers

Proposition 103: Not just no. Hell no.
Charter Amendments:
2A: Yes. For heaven’s sake clean up that charter text.
2B: No. Do we really want pipelines of information running between us and other cities in Jefferson county?
2C: No. Just the words “Emergency Ordinance” throw me into a tailspin. I want as many people as possible to agree that there is a need for an “Emergency Ordinance” before it is adopted.
2D: No. To manage the city you should actually live in the city and that’s potentially a year’s worth of travel expenses paid for by the Arvada taxpayer while the new city manager travels between Arvada and his home town of Sidney, Australia. Exaggeration, but still.
2E: Yes. It took a team of lawyers to understand exactly the purpose of this one, but we’ve all concluded that there must be some city employee who’s driven the council crazy and they want the ability to tell the city manager so. Maybe it’s sustainability coordinator. Yeah, that’s it.
Things are shaping up nicely for 2011. It looks like Williams won't be alone in his race by a long shot. Perhaps we will finally get to see some new faces on council after this election. Out with the old and in with the new.


Here is a list of who's up this year and respectively what they will most likely run for to the best of our knowledge at this point:
* RECOMMENDED BY ARVADA REPORT
 - DON'T VOTE FOR THIS ONE

Bob Dyer- UNOPPOSED
- He isn't to bad; at least he may actually do something about Arvada's unconstitutional  paid membership to ICLEI

Cody McNutt VS Mark McGoff

It is great to see a three way race - DON"T VOTE WILLIAMS the other two are fine

Ed Tomlinson VS Bob Fifer



NON-PARTISAN (WE DON'T THINK SO)

 CANDIDATE
PARTY AFFILIATION


Bob Dyer
Republican

Bob Fifer
Democrat

Ed Tomlinson
Unaffiliated

Cody McNutt
Republican

Mark McGoff
Unaffiliated

Marc Williams
Republican

David Chandler
Unaffiliated

Dan Bidstrup
Republican





1 comment:

  1. Marc Williams For Mayor! It's about time for someone with ability and vision, humility and determination. He's certainly been an easy target, after all, he's been in full public view for 12 years serving the people of Arvada with unbending determination to do what's right.

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