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By John G. Gauthiere, P. E. In the Greeley Tribune’s article of August 15, 2021, City of Greeley Officials and the Water and Sewer Board Chairman, Harold Evans, misrepresented the Charter Amendments and resorted to fear tactics to scare the voters into voting against them.  According to City of Greeley Officials, the charter changes wouldContinue reading “Misrepresentation and Scare Tactics From City of Greeley Officials”

Today SGW turned in the petitions to amend the City Charter to require a vote of the people before the City can sell water rights or facilities, or bring in substandard water for us to drink. We turned in over 4,200 signatures for each of the amendments. The required number of verified signatures is 3,101.Continue reading “We Have a Valid Petition”

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY! By 5 PM we will turn in our petitions to the City Clerk and she will begin the verification process. But before then, SGW will be taking signatures at King Soopers 10th Street from 8 AM until Noon. We may also have people at Walmart on 10th Street until aboutContinue reading “Last 4 Hours to Sign”

We have a day and a half left on our campaign to get these issues on the November ballot. We will have people at Kings Soopers 10th Street and/or Walmart 10th Street all day today and until Noon tomorrow. Or you can come by 2157 Buena Vista Drive to sign. If we are not outside,Continue reading “Signing the Charter Change Amendment Petitions”

Our Charter Change Amendments must be turned in to the City Clerk’s office on Monday, August 2 by 5:00 PM. If you would like to sign, we will be at the Farmer’s Market this Saturday morning 8:00 AM to Noon and at the Victory Outreach at 2626 11th Ave on Saturday from Noon to 3:00Continue reading “SGW Letter to the Citizens of Greeley”

We have discovered some City Council and Water Board agenda items from May 2019 referring to City of Greeley non disclosure agreements on regional cooperation with Thornton to help them move their water through the City of Greeley’ water system to their Windsor pipeline. (The pertinent items are outlined in red.) That means the CityContinue reading “Non Disclosure Agreements with Thornton”

If you want something done right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself, right? We citizens seem to rail against our government; be it City, State, or Federal. It seems almost like a pastime. But, when you think about it, City government is the one closest to the people and that we can haveContinue reading “Do It Yourself Government”

Most Greeley Citizens dislike what we see happening in Bittersweet Park and other parks in the City of Greeley. But is there anything that we can do about it? The City is discouraging water use by existing customers, which includes our parks, to provide for an avalanche of new customers and growth. That is alsoContinue reading “Appeal for More Petition Circulators”

Save Greeley’s Water’s wonderful volunteers were out in force yesterday at Walmart on 10th Street. Many citizens are eager to sign the petitions to get a chance to have a say in Greeley’s water future at the November election. SGW will be at the Friday Fest downtown and the Blues Jam at Island Grove thisContinue reading “Petitioning”