Our Eastern Neighbors Rally for Mediators

I wrote in September for the Yellow Scene about the truly disfunctional growth management scenario happening in southwest Weld County. Now a few of the players are going to try to raise some money to hire a mediator to bring some sanity to the discussions, albeit hired sanity. Read about it in the Longmont Times-Call.

For all our gripes about growth decisions among our communities, we're essentially arguing over infill and maybe some relatively small annexations. Weld County's power struggle between the County Commissioners and the towns can provide some perspective on how we're fortunate to be having the debates we have. They're making profounding troubling long-term decisions that will come back to haunt the residents of the island subdivisions and the towns that will be forced to assimilate them or snub them.