Government & Politics  March 13, 2024

CEO Roundtable: Officials work to serve, conserve, connect

BOULDER — For local governments in the Boulder Valley that are still struggling to climb out of floods, fires and the COVID-19 pandemic while still providing essential and expected services, sometimes “leaders have to be the bearers of bad news.”

That was the message that Jennifer Hoffman, manager for the city and county of Broomfield, delivered at BizWest’s CEO Roundtable on government issues, held Tuesday at the Boulder offices of the Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti law firm.

“‘No’ is the new four-letter word,” she said. “Discipline, no one likes that, no one likes the activity of it, no one likes to say…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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