Caddie Nath:
“...I see police chiefs becoming city managers a lot. They have a great skill set, in fact, sometimes better than most,” Colorado Municipal League executive director Sam Mamet said. “It used to be, you went to grad school, got your master's in public administration and worked your way up. It's all much more non-traditional (now).”..." (Read more? Click title)
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April 20, 2012
March 18, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Summit Daily News "Contractor's plan for I-70 would require ‘little or no' public funding"
Caddie Nath:
"Toll lanes could be part of I-70's future if one private contractor's plan gets implemented.
Eight months after the private firm Parsons submitted an unsolicited and undisclosed proposal for a project to improve Interstate 70, details of the plan — including new toll lanes and a transit system — are coming to light.
The proposal, presented to the Colorado Department of Transportation in July, indicates the project could generate enough money that little or no state or federal money would be needed to implement it, according to a statement from CDOT.
CDOT reached out to other firms today, asking for statements of interest in submitting competing proposals in the future.
“Through our process, when we receive an unsolicited proposal, we have to go out for comparable proposals,” CDOT spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said. “We're looking at qualified firms to see who would propose to make sure there's interest.”
CDOT has kept the details of the Parsons proposal quiet, saying the specifics are proprietary and can't be made known to the company's competitors.
But with the request for statements of interest today, CDOT released a blueprint of the Parsons proposal, a phased plan which would implement “managed” or toll lanes that would be priced to correspond to the level of congestion. The current lanes on I-70 would remain free, according to the statement.
The plan calls for improvements to be implemented first between C-470 and Silverthorne and later extended all the way to Eagle..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Toll lanes could be part of I-70's future if one private contractor's plan gets implemented.
Eight months after the private firm Parsons submitted an unsolicited and undisclosed proposal for a project to improve Interstate 70, details of the plan — including new toll lanes and a transit system — are coming to light.
The proposal, presented to the Colorado Department of Transportation in July, indicates the project could generate enough money that little or no state or federal money would be needed to implement it, according to a statement from CDOT.
CDOT reached out to other firms today, asking for statements of interest in submitting competing proposals in the future.
“Through our process, when we receive an unsolicited proposal, we have to go out for comparable proposals,” CDOT spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said. “We're looking at qualified firms to see who would propose to make sure there's interest.”
CDOT has kept the details of the Parsons proposal quiet, saying the specifics are proprietary and can't be made known to the company's competitors.
But with the request for statements of interest today, CDOT released a blueprint of the Parsons proposal, a phased plan which would implement “managed” or toll lanes that would be priced to correspond to the level of congestion. The current lanes on I-70 would remain free, according to the statement.
The plan calls for improvements to be implemented first between C-470 and Silverthorne and later extended all the way to Eagle..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
November 6, 2011
SandBox Comments: Summit County Citizens Voice "Summit County Sheriff's Office marks 15 decades of service"
Congratulations to the Summit County Sheriff's Office!
SandBox thanks you for your service. You're appreciated for all you do.
SandBox thanks you for your service. You're appreciated for all you do.
"BRECKENRIDGE — In 1859, Colorado was still the Wild West and Summit County was a collection of budding mining communities in search of someone who could bring law and order.
A miner, Ruben J. Spaulding, stepped up.
The Summit County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1861. In the decades since, the agency has had 30 sheriffs, two brushes with the Hell's Angels and only three line-of-duty deaths.
This year, the department is celebrating its 150th birthday by looking back at its remarkable history.
“The role (of the sheriff) has expanded over time,” said present-day Sheriff John Minor, who was elected in 2004. “But it's still a very complex job and still a lot of fun ... most days....”
A miner, Ruben J. Spaulding, stepped up.
The Summit County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1861. In the decades since, the agency has had 30 sheriffs, two brushes with the Hell's Angels and only three line-of-duty deaths.
This year, the department is celebrating its 150th birthday by looking back at its remarkable history.
“The role (of the sheriff) has expanded over time,” said present-day Sheriff John Minor, who was elected in 2004. “But it's still a very complex job and still a lot of fun ... most days....”
(Caddie Nath)
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September 18, 2011
SandBox Comments: Summit Daily News/Caddie Nath " Walking in a cop's shoes"
What a marvelous idea. A "Citizen's Police Academy".
"...The press likes to think of itself as the fourth estate — the last check on government and law enforcement agencies. Often, when we write stories regarding the use of force, we do so with that mindset: The public always, has a right to know. I believe that has been the thought process, and the sense of responsibility, behind the many stories that have appeared in the press in Denver in recent years on excessive-force incidents and lawsuits involving the Denver Police Department.
The Denver media was not wrong to print and broadcast those stories. The public does have a right to know what is happening, particularly when what is happening involves agencies funded and lawsuits paid with tax dollars.
But we, as reporters, follow stories like those coming out of Denver over the last few years, as reporters. We do not always understand the perspective of the officers involved in those stories..." (Click title)
(Caddie Nath)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"...The press likes to think of itself as the fourth estate — the last check on government and law enforcement agencies. Often, when we write stories regarding the use of force, we do so with that mindset: The public always, has a right to know. I believe that has been the thought process, and the sense of responsibility, behind the many stories that have appeared in the press in Denver in recent years on excessive-force incidents and lawsuits involving the Denver Police Department.
The Denver media was not wrong to print and broadcast those stories. The public does have a right to know what is happening, particularly when what is happening involves agencies funded and lawsuits paid with tax dollars.
But we, as reporters, follow stories like those coming out of Denver over the last few years, as reporters. We do not always understand the perspective of the officers involved in those stories..." (Click title)
(Caddie Nath)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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