vote on pushcart BrScorrRocuat {eto operate downtown. toe eens Overall the measure would ak LONGMONT —Pusheart ow pushcarts and food tricks to ‘vendors got pushed down the operate year-round and not just road abitaerthe Longmont during special events. The mo- SF) City Council deadlocked 3.0n bile vendors would need a$100 ‘whether to charge them a§S0__oneyear permit and could nol Deadlock delays council vendors operate within 250 feet ofa brickeand-mortar restaurant. ‘But itwas the separate down. ‘town fe — sugrested in conver: satfons with the Longmont Downtown Development ee ste VENDORS age AS mnt Power hicle fleet rrRocnar iiss: Cane ‘ely, Longmont Power & ‘a fael’serend, feet, completed jos this hat means the uit Inc batteries instead of a the uli’ fue costs ""Inadaltion toe int 6 gas powered vehicles. he driving tme oncom hheob site, when the id Bruce Mayailes, the inger. "We're taking that te years to build wp the p: Anew bucket truck, ‘about $497,000 (coughly ble othe hybrid electric 1g wo smaller bucket ‘eystem came to about already xs been offoet sional Air Quality Coun. takes 10.012 iy tuck —and Messe RB EAS 33 i Group says city plotted to push 2A But LPC claims that no improper talks took place Be Scor Rocitar Lonemonr Tatee-Cast LONGMONT— A group against Longmont Ballot Ques- {don 2A claims ct offclas coor lost a push fr the sue with {elecomn company AlatebLacent, scl the ely dele, eying enue conacis with ‘The oppostion group Look Before We Leap said the charge would be put of isedvertsing gina 2468 the eletion ea Dalen entersits nel week. Th froup spent about $2,800 fo lok {hough city ems related to the ballot question, wich if passed, woul iN slate restric tions on how Longmont can use afber-eptc loop it bull in 1997, “The group's ndings Included Unree messages from an Alcatel. [cent representative ofering Information and suggestions for ‘asupporve campaign to Mayor Bryan Brum and Longrnont Power & Communications direc: tor Tom Rolniotis, Ail three were senthefore Aug. 23, the date ity Counel put te ‘he ballot, ater whi 10lds firm on service cuts in n Boulder County aa Route 203, Superior call-n-Ride to go away; 323, Bolt scaled back uu he den ‘ooreiberee: “Tmade it perfectly clear to (telecommuhications companies) that ‘Meri ald he aos pin they could do anything they wanted to do, but that the city SSteremene yb gaerane™ -“éould not be involved in advocating for it” Siicenediope eiocccon Lengwont Power & Commenienions Greciet Tom Retnietln Sr Jeni ohr pres ed ae : we ott eeecen mnempette Scie SS Amok sereimen, sensei sen, wet “Teen Shea sur- anything s posable Bat sais ne" Bce Tene See eee Ste ee Jordin wood toqaintom figout Baurteeanpaign foto ine cording tolin | THDCSCal asd he Rac Slee Eoaeanem meat | Senses, Gemma, Giuiiearisr, 2 Sei Beene Seema, a Why can’t Longmont city officials face the facts? ‘They tried to partner with private companies three times to offer telecommunications services. ‘Three times they whiffed, (The ftloning quotations areal excrptad trom #2010 ely ata mama) cin the City” Then, In 2001, for bankrliptey." Strike 2: “Agreements were signed with Kite Networks to build and operate a City-wide Wi-Fi system in Longmont” But trouble struck again. "In lata 2007, Kite Networks developed financial difficulty and the Wi-Fi network was in danger of being shut down to the public.” ‘Strike 3: DHB took over the network. In 2008, “Boulder County seized the WI-FI assets from DHB Networks due to a default in