Maybe mismanagement is RTD’s problem

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Leroy M Martinez, Denver
Thursday, May 22, 2008
I understand the concept of supply and demand. But when RTD’s riders are way down, they hike up the price because they are not making enough monies. Now they are getting too much riders because of the gas prices. They are still not making [...]

Unfair offers

 
Lawmakers need to fix flaw in condemnations
By Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Several months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s notorious 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London – which expanded the right of local governments to condemn property for private development – analysts at Golden’s Independence Institute approached state lawmakers with an intriguing [...]

RTD buying unneeded land to satisfy UP deal

The agency must pay $15 million for 300 overpriced acres in Weld County even though the railroad’s relocation is dead.
By Jeffrey Leib
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 05/06/2008 11:34:05 PM MDT
 
RTD is paying nearly $15 million for about 300 acres of Weld County farmland it doesn’t need.
The Regional Transportation District arranged to buy the land as [...]

Getting a rotten deal?

In RTD condemnations, is current
Peter Marcus, DDN Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
Property owners facing condemnation proceedings if they don’t accept offers by the Regional Transportation District say they’re getting a rotten deal considering the collapsing economy and expectations of future, long-term growth.
While RTD says it is playing by the books and running a completely [...]

Truth and reality are strangers to RTD

Letter to the editor
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

DEAR EDITOR: Ms. [Kate] Melvin is correct (in the column “RTD must be stopped in their tracks — fast,” March 24, Denver Daily News). 
RTD and truth/reality are strangers. They are not supposed to use eminent domain for any purpose but to acquire right of way. 
Let the developers pay [...]