Comments for Golden Voices http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com A Community Blog for Golden, Colorado Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Owens Will Sign Statewide Smoking Bill by Owens Signs Statewide Smoking Bill « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/owens-will-sign-statewide-smoking-bill/#comment-3404 Owens Signs Statewide Smoking Bill « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:18:30 +0000 https://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/owens-will-sign-statewide-smoking-bill/#comment-3404 [...] bill, which goes into effect July 1, bans smoking in most bars and restaurants across the state. I wrote about this bill once before, and you can more information about the bill-signing from the 9News web [...] [...] bill, which goes into effect July 1, bans smoking in most bars and restaurants across the state. I wrote about this bill once before, and you can more information about the bill-signing from the 9News web [...]

]]> Comment on Here Come the Helos by What’s Next With the Helicopters? « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/here-come-the-helos/#comment-3403 What’s Next With the Helicopters? « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:07:32 +0000 https://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/here-come-the-helos/#comment-3403 [...] It might not be a big challenge to figure out how they can land on pavement, for instance, and send less debris through the air. Likewise, maybe they can gain more altitude before flying over the city to minimize noise impacts [...] [...] It might not be a big challenge to figure out how they can land on pavement, for instance, and send less debris through the air. Likewise, maybe they can gain more altitude before flying over the city to minimize noise impacts [...]

]]> Comment on City Council Retreat Update by City Council Rejects Accountability Plan « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-3402 City Council Rejects Accountability Plan « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:27 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-3402 [...] wrote at some length about this back in September (“City Council Retreat Update”), and there isn’t much new to say. To my mind, the issue is pretty simple. When I asked the [...] [...] wrote at some length about this back in September (“City Council Retreat Update”), and there isn’t much new to say. To my mind, the issue is pretty simple. When I asked the [...]

]]> Comment on Golden in the News: Renewable Energy and the City Shops by Golden Wins “Cool Cities” Award « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/05/11/golden-in-the-news-renewable-energy-and-the-city-shops/#comment-3401 Golden Wins “Cool Cities” Award « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:32:01 +0000 https://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/05/11/golden-in-the-news-renewable-energy-and-the-city-shops/#comment-3401 [...] those lines, we are still trying to make the solar panel proposal for the new city shops work, but regardless they will integrate key technologies and design features that both reduce its [...] [...] those lines, we are still trying to make the solar panel proposal for the new city shops work, but regardless they will integrate key technologies and design features that both reduce its [...]

]]> Comment on Ethics Initiative by Colorado Municipal League Annual Meeting and Conference « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/ethics-initiative/#comment-3400 Colorado Municipal League Annual Meeting and Conference « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:06:23 +0000 https://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/ethics-initiative/#comment-3400 [...] already wrote a bit about the climate change panel, and I wrote a bit about the Ethics in Government Initiative, one of the subjects discussed during the panel on [...] [...] already wrote a bit about the climate change panel, and I wrote a bit about the Ethics in Government Initiative, one of the subjects discussed during the panel on [...]

]]> Comment on DRCOG and Air Quality by Air Quality Rules Strengthened « Jacob Smith for Golden http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/drcog-and-air-quality/#comment-3399 Air Quality Rules Strengthened « Jacob Smith for Golden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:54:40 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/drcog-and-air-quality/#comment-3399 [...] in October I successfully encouraged the Denver Regional Council of Governments to strongly support the proposed air quality i.... As I’ve pointed out many times, Golden suffers from some of the worst air pollution on the Front [...] [...] in October I successfully encouraged the Denver Regional Council of Governments to strongly support the proposed air quality i…. As I’ve pointed out many times, Golden suffers from some of the worst air pollution on the Front [...]

]]> Comment on City Council Retreat Update by City Council Rejects Accountability Plan « Golden Voices http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-127 City Council Rejects Accountability Plan « Golden Voices Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:18:18 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-127 [...] I wrote at some length about this back in September (“City Council Retreat Update”), and there isn’t much new to say.  To my mind, the issue is pretty simple.  When I asked the city manager, “do you have a clear understanding of what we expect of you, and do you have a clear understanding of what you need to accomplish in order to get a good job performance review,” his answer was unequivocal:  “no.”  We had on the table in front of us a document that clearly spelled out performance expectations.  The city manager would have known exactly what we expected of him, and everyone in the community would have had an extremely clear system with which to judge his performance.  Instead we did nothing. [...] [...] I wrote at some length about this back in September (“City Council Retreat Update”), and there isn’t much new to say.  To my mind, the issue is pretty simple.  When I asked the city manager, “do you have a clear understanding of what we expect of you, and do you have a clear understanding of what you need to accomplish in order to get a good job performance review,” his answer was unequivocal:  “no.”  We had on the table in front of us a document that clearly spelled out performance expectations.  The city manager would have known exactly what we expected of him, and everyone in the community would have had an extremely clear system with which to judge his performance.  Instead we did nothing. [...]

]]> Comment on City Council Retreat Update by Jacob Smith http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-109 Jacob Smith Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:56:09 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-109 Thanks for your thoughtful comments, and I think you are right that we may not have a shared vision about everything, but we seem to agree on enough issues that we should be able to adopt a set of goals and management expectations even if it doesn't cover everything. At this point, however, it's not clear if a majority will support doing even that much. Thanks for your thoughtful comments, and I think you are right that we may not have a shared vision about everything, but we seem to agree on enough issues that we should be able to adopt a set of goals and management expectations even if it doesn’t cover everything. At this point, however, it’s not clear if a majority will support doing even that much.

]]> Comment on City Council Retreat Update by john kenneth doherty http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-108 john kenneth doherty Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:10:52 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/city-council-retreat-update/#comment-108 I think having common goals is a valuable tool...if you don't know where you want to go, how will you know when you get there, if you are lucky enough to be wandering in that general direction. I've had more experience than many with this from years of Coors management, and you may be encountering a basic problem...not everyone agrees what the goals and priorities should be. This is one of the problems of a democratic procces and I don't know the answer. You are correct about the importance of letting a person who is trying to do a good job know what a good job looks like and many a seminar has been held on this subject. Hindsight often shows what goals should have been, but fails to show how bad it could have been without the goals one had. I think this is one of the things we muddle with as best we can and the problem you describe accurately has been around for a long time. Wish I knew of a few decent answers. I think having common goals is a valuable tool…if you don’t know where you want to go, how will you know when you get there, if you are lucky enough to be wandering in that general direction. I’ve had more experience than many with this from years of Coors management, and you may be encountering a basic problem…not everyone agrees what the goals and priorities should be. This is one of the problems of a democratic procces and I don’t know the answer. You are correct about the importance of letting a person who is trying to do a good job know what a good job looks like and many a seminar has been held on this subject. Hindsight often shows what goals should have been, but fails to show how bad it could have been without the goals one had.

I think this is one of the things we muddle with as best we can and the problem you describe accurately has been around for a long time. Wish I knew of a few decent answers.

]]> Comment on Northwest Parkway in the News by goldenvoices http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/northwest-parkway-in-the-news/#comment-100 goldenvoices Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:21:15 +0000 http://goldenvoices.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/northwest-parkway-in-the-news/#comment-100 Thanks for pointing out the AP story. Tolled lanes do seem to make sense in very particular circumstances, but it's become the reflexive rage now among highway-building-boosters without much regard to when and where they work. It's hard to have a thoughtful discussion when half the room is filled with people who think tolling is the silver bullet to all their transportation needs. Thanks for pointing out the AP story. Tolled lanes do seem to make sense in very particular circumstances, but it’s become the reflexive rage now among highway-building-boosters without much regard to when and where they work. It’s hard to have a thoughtful discussion when half the room is filled with people who think tolling is the silver bullet to all their transportation needs.

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