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Arvada Center - Economic Drain on Taxpayers

The Arvada Center for the arts and humanities was opened in 1976 and it is allegedly the eighth largest cultural attraction in the Denver metro area. The Center offers all types of classes for all ages. From 2004-2006, $69 million dollars was spent on expansions to the Arvada Center. That is interesting to know. Something else that is interesting to know, the prices are artificially high at the Arvada Center because the Center only contracts union shows. Why is that? Why is it that only union productions can come to the Arvada Center, why is it the ticket prices are so high?

Something else to know about the Arvada Center is that on average it loses $3 million a year. The Arvada Center is bleeding money, and cannot sustain itself. Now here is something else, if you drive by the Arvada Center today, you will see an orange cone out in the field along Wadsworth. That is to be the location of an $800,000 sign. An illegal sign; the sign the City of Arvada plans on building at this sight does not conform to the code that all businesses in Arvada must conform to. Which means exactly this, while businesses across the street close their doors because they can't advertise their businesses the City of Arvada can do whatever it wants. Including violating its' own laws! This is tyranny, not to mention the $3.8 million loss this year.
While the Arvada Center is clearly an asset to our community perhaps it costs us more than the value it adds. I would be very interested to know what percentage of Arvada residents actually utilize the Center at all.

Cease and Desist from Arvada

Chris Daley - Arvada City Attorney

I will post the "cease and desist" that I received from the Arvada City Attorney's office a bit later. The City claims that they own the artwork. Despite the fact that I created it, specifically to look like the Arvada Report, because that is what this is. News and information. Not propaganda. If you want to know what is going on you come here. This is where you find out what is happening in Arvada. Please Mr. Daley (Attorney for the City of Arvada), don't hurt me I am just a wee little citizen. It is good to know that this is now being read by employees at the City of Arvada. Any and all input is welcome.

Sincerely,
Adam

Public Meeting - They want to listen

For Colorado’s Future

Lorraine Anderson

Ken Fellman

Rich Ferdinandsen

Mark McGoff

May 03, 2011

Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,

You are respected as someone who is thoughtful and who cares about our community.   As such, we’d like to invite you to participate in a discussion with other community leaders to explore a way to build a better Colorado for all of us.

We want YOUR help to explore a new way of developing good public policy for our state – a way that engages community-minded individuals like you in a constructive discussion to help solve some of our state’s most pressing problems.  Our state’s public policies are developed primarily in the state legislature and at the ballot box. These are necessary and important processes in our representative democracy. 

But both of these processes are heavily influenced by political agendas, organized special interest groups, and sometimes well-funded campaigns.  The result is that some of the public policies that we adopt are motivated more by a short-term desire to help a narrow constituency rather than by a collective vision to build a better state.

We’d like to bring together a group of 100 community leaders in Arvada to discuss the question of ballot reform and the process of how we as citizens pursue changes to Colorado’s Constitution.  Other topics on the agenda include trust in state and local government and managing for the impending fiscal gap in our state.  We’d like your feedback on these agenda items and the merits of these ideas.

Would you please join us on Wednesday May 11, 2011 from 3pm to 6 pm at the Copper Fields Events Chateau to participate in this discussion? Your time and input will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your consideration of this invitation!

Sincerely,

Lorraine Anderson   Ken Fellman 

Rich Ferdinandsen   Mark McGoff