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- Forest William Haughie IVI reccomend this birds eye view of how corrupt officials in Larimer are. http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2012/09/28/larimer-county-co-agenda-21-advocates-steal-protestors-child/about a week ago
- Tristan Carlshttp://www.coloradoan.com/article/20120910/NEWS01/309100029/Puppy-s-injuries-lead-investigation-Fort-Collins-boarding-facilityabout a month ago
- Algernon MoncriefPROOF THAT COLORADO’S GOVERNMENT LIES: COLORADO PERA’S ATTEMPT TO STEAL FROM RETIREES. When I was young I held the belief that public service in the United States is honorable, that the United States of America was exceptional in the world, that governments in the United States, while flawed, deserved the respect of citizens. Now that I am old, I see that I was naive . . . that governmental entities in the United States will intentionally deceive to achieve their goals, and that over two centuries our soldiers have died for a country that will countenance, and even celebrate, base behavior on the part of its public sector instrumentalities. It saddens me, but if this state of affairs persists in the United States . . . Honor is dead. Some background . . . You may know that an entity of Colorado state government, Colorado PERA, is attempting to breach its public pension contracts with its retirees. Colorado PERA is attempting a retroactive taking, a “clawback” of accrued, fully-vested pension benefits that were earned by retired PERA members over decades. Colorado PERA public pension benefits include a “base benefit” that is set at retirement and a “COLA benefit” that adjusts pensions annually to compensate for inflation. The “base benefit” and the “COLA benefit” are set forth in Colorado statutes with identical force of law and legal status. In its attempt to breach retiree contracts Colorado PERA has created a contrivance. The contrivance that Colorado PERA is using is that somehow the “base benefit” is a contractual obligation, but the “COLA benefit” is not a contractual obligation, in spite of the fact that both pension benefits are set forth in law in an identical manner. What this boils down to is attempted, unabashed, theft by government. Whether or not Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested public pension benefits from PERA retirees is ultimately successful in the courts, one fact has been incontrovertibly established . . . Colorado PERA, as an instrumentality of the State of Colorado, is an organization that will lie to achieve its policy goals. This is a sad fact for the many employees of Colorado PERA, for the trustees that have served on the Colorado PERA Board of Trustees over 80 years, and for the thousands of PERA members and retirees. And now, the proof of the deceit . . . Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA . . . and then, after initiating their attempt to breach contracts, Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA. Both of these statements cannot be true. Colorado PERA in a written document, to the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee on December 16, 2009 states that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA: “The General Assembly cannot decrease the COLA (absent actuarial necessity) because it is part of the contractual obligations that accrue under a pension plan protected under the Colorado Constitution Article II, Section 11 and the United States Constitution Article 1, Section 10 for vested contractual rights.” Link: http://www.kentlambert.com/Files/PERA_JBC_Hearing_Responses-12-16-2009_Final.pdf Colorado PERA on page 23 of its May 6, 2011 “Reply Brief” in the pension case Justus v. State states that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA: “Plaintiffs seek to create a contract right that has never existed—an unchangeable COLA for life triggered (inconsistently) by either the date of their retirement or ‘full vesting.’” Link: http://saveperacola.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/2011-05-13-state-defendants_-reply-in-support-of-motion-for-summary.pdf That is simply unbelievable. For further information regarding Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested pension benefits from retirees visit saveperacola.com or Friend Save Pera Cola on Facebook.about 3 months ago
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- The agenda for the next Larimer County Board of Adjustment meeting on 10/23/2012Source: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Commissioners' Land Use meeting on 10/22/2012Source: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Board of Health minutes for 08/23/2012 have been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The River Glen subdivision will vote on forming an improvement district on November 2. Click the link above to access the Web Notice of Financial Information which is required by state statute. See also: more information about improvement districts.Source: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Commissioners' schedule for the coming week has been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The proposed Larimer County budget for 2013 has been posted online for review and comment.Source: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Commissioners' Administrative Matters agenda for the coming week has been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- Rocky Mtn. National Park is now posting it's press releases online at www.nps.gov/romo. And as a reminder, you can call their recorded information line at 586-1381. Think snow.Source: Larimer County
- As of last night and the reports received this morning, the fire is approximately 300 acres. It is burning predominantly to the north, up toward the Old Ute Trail and presumeably the tundra at timberline, if it goes that far. Crews and engines were oSource: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Rural Land Use Advisory Board meeting on 10/15/2012Source: Larimer County
- There is a fire burning in Rocky Mtn. National Park in the vicinity of "The Pool" which is about 2 miles west of the Fern Lake Trail Head in Moraine Park. Specifically, the fire seems to be 1/4 to 1/2 mile west of The Pool. Fern Lake itself is aSource: Larimer County
- Larimer County is offering 2 Huebsch commerical washers and dryers for sale on Publicsurplus.com.Source: Larimer County
- Construction Closure - Larimer County Road 5, 1.0 Mile North of County Road 32ESource: Larimer County
- Construction Closure - Larimer County Road 5, 1.0 Mile North of County Road 32ESource: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Commissioners' Land Use meeting on 10/15/2012Source: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Workforce Investment Board meeting on 10/10/2012Source: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Parks Advisory Board meeting on 10/09/2012Source: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Rural Land Use Advisory Board meeting on 10/15/2012Source: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Office on Aging Advisory Council minutes for 08/09/2012 have been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Commissioners' Administrative Matters agenda for the coming week has been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Commissioners' schedule for the coming week has been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The Larimer County Board of Adjustment minutes for 08/28/2012 have been placed on the Virtual CourthouseSource: Larimer County
- The agenda for the next Larimer County Commissioners' Land Use meeting on 10/08/2012Source: Larimer County