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…
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…
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…
The four Dacono city council members who voted to remove their city manager in February could face a formal censure, according to a legal memo shared with Yellow Scene Magazine. The memo, dated April 12, was drafted by Kathleen Kelly,…
Dacono’s city council inched closer to replacing their city manager during a special meeting on March 20, but internal disagreements could further delay the body’s efforts. Special Dacono City Council Mtg. – March 20, 2023 During the meeting, the body…
Dacono Mayor Adam Morehead will call for an official investigation of former city manager A.J. Euckert’s termination, he told Yellow Scene ahead of Monday’s city council meeting. The investigation will seek to determine whether any of the four…