Monday was the deadline for filing paperword for a Greeley City Council election. Here is the lineup:

At-Large - Vacated by Pam Shaddock so she could run for Ward IV
Susanne Villarreal - Democrat, ran for council previously
Will Gardner
Russ Baxley
Maria Secrest
T.J. Marlo

Ward I
Charles Archibeque - Former city council member who had interesting things to say about Latino voting power in Greeley.
Denise Hall - Is that this Denise Hall?
Jan Branham - Incumbent, appointed after LeRoy Johnson recall

Ward IV - Seat left empty by term limited Debbie Pilch
Pam Shaddock
Bill Gillard

Mayor
Tom Selders - Incumbent looking for a third term
Ed Clark - Former police officer

As always, if the candidates would like to tell us about themselves, or if anyone has any information on the candidates, please let us know.

Greeley City Council is looking for one new member on the Planning Commission.

Deadline for applications is 5:00pm Friday September 5.

Loveland City Council unanimously voted against pursuing the RTA further Tuesday night.

I guess if the whole point of the thing was to get Greeley and Fort Collins to pay for the Centerra improvements there was no need to continue the charade any longer…

The city of Greeley now has two Real-Time traffic cams so we can check traffic before we leave the house.

Of course, “Real-Time” doesn’t appear to be accurate. I viewed them, they seem to be on a ten minute 1/2 hour cycle.

Pretty good for a town that can’t afford to pay keep more than one month of City Council minutes on the website.

One has to wonder, is this where the new sales tax money is going to go? Into trinkets like this?

El Voto Latino will have a barbeque to kick off their 2007 Latino voter registration efforts.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Jesus Rodarte Center, 920 A St., candidates will meet with residents. There will also be folk dancing and representatives from the Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congregations Building Community and several other groups.

Greeley City Council wants to hear from the public on a proposed sales tax that would be used to fund Greeley roads.

This is basically an alternative to RTA plan rejected recently by the council. The intention is to spend the money directly on Greeley road construction and maintenance needs.

The road maintenance sales tax is proposed as a .54% tax increase (54 cents on a $100.00 taxable purchase) and the transit sales tax is proposed as a .25% increase (25 cents on a $100.00 taxable purchase). These proposed tax questions could be placed separately or combined on the ballot. Options to include concrete repair and potentially other ideas brought forward in the public hearing will be considered by Council members.

This is the first of two public hearings on the proposed sales tax.

The meeting is to be held tonight, Tuesday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers at the old Public Safety Building located at 919 7th Street, Greeley.

Greeley’s Citizen Transportation Advisory Board has recommended a fare increase for Greeley Public Transportation.

Fares will likely increase from $1 to $1.25 come fall.

Greeley-Evans School District 6 Superintendent Renae Dreier wants the district off of the State’s watch list due to the moderate improvement in the school district.

“I don’t think another year of this (watch label) is going to do this community … an ounce of good,” said Superintendent Renae Dreier. “We have now in place systems that are going to improve student achievement.”

Of course, it took the State adding District 6 to the list to force improvement - I’m not sure letting them off the hook is a good idea until the process is complete.