Subsidized Miracles

Did you know the digital sign at the Arvada Center cost you 1.3 million dollars and sits in violation of multiple city sign codes?

Well we at the Arvada Report have a special gift for you this holiday season! The Miracle on 34th Street the musical will be subsidized by your tax dollars at the Arvada Center November 27th-December 13th 2012. Everyone should go and see this magical production, because you paid for it already with your tax dollars.

In other news did you know that the Arvada Center which is one of the states largest employer of actors is exclusively a union house? That means only union actors and union productions. That also means more of your tax money. Did you know that each year the City of Arvada further subsidizes the Arvada center to the tune of millions because it can't turn a profit? Did you know you can attend the Denver Center of Performing Arts and receive better performances cheaper?

                                                                 Merry early Christmas!

Arvada Master Sergeant Honored

Congratulations Sergeant Bennington! We appreciate your continued service.

An Arvada Police sergeant was honored by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers last night. Suthers presented the "Excellence in Law Enforcement Award" to Master Sergeant Larry "Benny" Bennington on Nov. 7.

Bennington is a 42-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department.

Zenzinger Plays Partisan

Rachel Zenzinger is a leftist loony who would love nothing more than to take all of our cars away and make us ride bicycles everywhere like her hippy husband (based on conversations members of our staff have had with her). She is an important member of the  Jeffco Democratic party. But as a city councilor representing the Citizens of Arvada she is supposed to remain nonpartisan. In regards to tonights Jeffco board of education tonight. Zenzinger had this to say about the censureship of republican board member Laura Boggs:

This makes us wonder, who is Rachel working for the constituents of her district or Cindy Stevenson and the Jeffco Dems?

Arvada police want to talk to Ridgeway suspect about unsolved cases

ARVADA - Arvada police want to talk with the suspect in Jessica Ridgeway's murder to see if he's connected to two attempted abductions in their city.

On Wednesday, Westminster police announced the arrest of 17-year-old Austin Sigg. Police say he confessed to killing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway earlier this month.

He's also linked to the attempted abduction of a 22-year-old woman who was running at Ketner Lake back in May.

Because those crimes happened around the same time and place as the two attempted abductions in Arvada police there want to question Sigg.

"I wouldn't call him a suspect," Arvada Police Sgt. Mark Nazaryk said. "I'm not sure I'd even go as far as to call him a person of interest. We'd just like to talk to him about some similarities."

Arvada police released a sketch of the suspect in connection with the attempted abductions that happened in September.

While Sigg resembles the sketch slightly, police say the description of the suspect's car does not match the car driven by Sigg.

(KUSA-TV © 2012 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)

2012 Election Guide

In case you haven't decided who to vote for yet let's take a look at the lineup for 2012 and we at the Arvada Report would like to make a few recommendations

Lang Sias is running for Senate district 19. He is a moderate conservative. Given the composition of the district we feel that Lang will make an excellent Senator, especially when you take a look at the competition:

Senator Evie Hudak smiling at a friend 

Lang Sias 

Robert Ramirez is running for House of Representatives in district 29. Ramirez is the incumbent in this race. We fully expect Ramirez to pull ahead of his opponent who is a an attorney:

Robert Ramirez

Tracy Tharp (Carp) smiling at new taxes

Joe Coors who we now know is not a beer. This is a business guy who is fed up with Washington and what they have done to business. I know Joe and believe me he didn't want to run for office, but over the years he sat and watched things get worse and worse. Finally he decided to do something.

Ed Perlmutter screaming or crying

Joe Coors

Libby Szabo is also running in Arvada. In her first term Szabo sponsored some fantastic bills for Arvada including an effort to fight the Arvada trash Nazi's. Libby does have an opponent, he tried walking doors but after going down one street he was so winded he almost had a heart attack. 

Tim Allport after his near heart attack

Libby Szabo

Don't Hurt Our Community

Oppose ballot initiatives 3A and 3B because it hurts our community.

In this community all sectors of government want more money.

K-12 already has a lion’s share of the state budget:

40.4% of the general fund!

This is a new world and everyone is suffering to one extent or another. Not only are our schools having to make cuts, but families, small businesses, farmers, home owners are as well.  Everyone is scaling back. To propose YET ANOTHER TAX ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING JUST TO KEEP THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES is unfair and unjust.

What taxpayers are hearing is the voice of a teachers union official saying ‘I want MORE’ to a threadbare and weary taxpayer.

We hope that the school bureaucracy will prioritize the educational needs of students.

The Arvada Family

They're spooky and they're cooky all right. We are proud to present The Arvada Family. A new program, warning may be inappropriate for some viewers. Thank a special friend of the Arvada Report for this one. If you have a story please submit it!