This is Part 4 of a Series on the forces behind the removal of Dacono City Manager A.J. Euckert. Read the rest of the series here. Healing a deeply divided town takes more than an election and a few new…
How a small-town church supported the push to oust Dacono’s former city manager. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17. Outside of Dacono’s city government, another influential force was…
How a scuffle over grant funding for a highway project led to the termination of Dacono’s city manager. Homes aren’t the only thing that growing cities need. They also need well-maintained roads to help move people and resources in and…
This is Part 1 of a Series on the forces behind the removal of Dacono City Manager A.J. Euckert. Read the rest of the series here. How a small group of neighbors became an influential force against residential developments in…
A four-part series examining the powerful forces that ousted Dacono’s city manager and sent the city into turmoil. On February 13, former Dacono City Manager A.J. Euckert was sworn into the regularly scheduled city council meeting where he would receive…
6/28/2023 Updated to include Recall Election results, which determined that Jackie Thomas and Jim Turini would be recalled and replaced by successors Tony Cumming and Michelle Rogers. https://cityofdacono.com/1181/Recall-Election–June-27-2023 Intro Only the candidates running to recall city council members were willing…
A pair of Dacono city council members facing a recall election later this month have hired a familiar face to help with their campaigns, according to campaign finance documents obtained by Yellow Scene Magazine through an open records request. Jackie…
Dacono’s divided city council failed to hire a questionable interim city attorney during a special meeting on May 10. The council interviewed Rick Samson, the former town attorney from Frederick, for the interim post. Despite earning enough votes to be…
Dacono’s city council has invoked its emergency powers to purchase the recall ballots it needs for the special election in June. The move is the latest example of how Dacono’s government continues to find gridlocks following the abrupt firing of…