Doug Hutchinson for Mayor of Fort Collins—Doug's Columns and Articles

Yes vote removes barrier to starting bypass Topic: Truck Bypass 1 November 2006.	City utility, PRPA a powerful partnership Topic: Fort Collins Energy 3 October 2006.	Police proposal fatally flawed Topic: Binding Arbitration 28 August 2006.
Help craft city's new holiday display policy Topic: Holiday Display 23 June 2006.	Get facts about binding arbitration efforts Topic: Binding Arbitration 1 May 2006.	Yes vote removes barrier to starting bypass Topic: Truck Bypass 1 March 2006.
Mayor expresses need for city policy review Topic: Holiday Display 28 December 2005.	Issue 2A allows city to strive for excellence Topic: Taxes 21 October 2005.	Public power turns on community Topic: Fort Collins Utilities 1 October 2005.
Love affair with city continues Topic: Fort Collins 12 January 2005.	MTC forum highlights concerns Topic: Transportation 9 December 2004.	Don't dilute professionalism of city staff Topic: NRAB 10 November 2004.
Rental licensing skirts real issue Topic: Neighbors 13 October 2004.	Unionization should not be adversarial Topic: Police Process 8 September 2004.	City economy demands innovation Topic: EVAG report 14 July 2004.
Raptor issue needs balance Topic: Land use 9 June 2004.	Economic goals emerge Topic: City Policy 12 May 2004.	Economic plan needs direction Topic: City's Future 14 April 2004.
Region must question transit options Topic: Transportation 10 March 2004.	Conservation lesson costs city residents Topic: Water rates 11 February 2004.	Does growth pay its own way? Topic: Amenities 14 January 2004.
Residents must watch open space purchases Topic: City Council 9 December 2003.	Transportation issues need compromise Topic: City Council 24 September 2003.	Halligan expansion makes sense Topic: Water shortage 8 October 2003.
Public trust at stake in council vote Topic: City Council 24 September 2003.	City stalled on streets solutions Topic: City Council 10 September 2003.	Development process must be clarified Topic: City Council 27 August 2003.
Property owners are losing right to choose Topic: City Council 13 August 2003.	Cruising through a Fort Collins summer Topic: Growing up 2 July 2003.	Keep politics out of city boards and commissions Topic: Politics 18 June 2003.
Council takes on economic problems Topic: City Budget 4 June 2003.	Fluoridation still makes good sense Topic: Water 21 May 2003.	Musgrave comes to the rescue Topic: Immigration 23 April 2003.
Solving water woes takes vision Topic: Politics 9 April 2003.	Consider these four council candidates Topic: Politics 26 March 2003.	North College Corridor is due for attention Topic: Politics 12 March 2003.
A chance for balance on council Topic: April election 26 February 2003.	Council is listening to voters on tax Topic: Transportation 12 February 2003.	Council members off base with appeal Topic: Land use 29 January 2003.
Growth management area is all about control Topic: City Plan 15 January 2003.	Quality of life is a matter of balance Topic: Growth 18 December 2002.	Our city government operates in the open Topic: Politics 4 December 2002.
Don't ruin the city to save it Topic: City Plan 19 November 2002.	Balance needed if blueprint is to work Topic: City Plan 4 November 2002.	Majority rule lost on some City Council members Topic: I-25 Plan 23 Oct 2002.
Issue 200 stirs serious questions Topic: Election 2002 9 October 2002.	County board doing the right thing Topic: Commissioners 25 September 2002.	New program aims to make a difference Topic: Character 31 July 2002.
Council members had clear litmus test Topic: Politics 3 July 2002.	City should let voters decide law Topic: Smoking 18 June 2002.	It's time for higher fares on Transfort Topic: Transfort fares 5 June 2002.
Culture shift behind most council woes Topic: Politics 22 May 2002.	More social engineering the answer Topic: Politics 8 May 2002.	Mountain paradise turned into mudhole Topic: Vandalism 24 April 2002.
FCHS was 'Home of the Champions' Topic: History 10 April 2002.	Understand no-growth activists Topic: Growth 27 March 2002..	CSU opens door on old FCHS Topic: Preservation 13 March 2002.
More laws not always the answer Topic: Reform Bill 27 February 2002.	Noteworthy lessons emerging from conflict Topic: Politics 13 February 2002.	Breach of trust persists on council Topic: Fort Collins 30 January 2002.
Do boards hold 'undue influence?' Topic: Public input 16 January 2002.	A fond reminiscence: Christmas in Fort Collins Topic: Holidays 19 December 2001.	Thoughtful look nets better civic decisions Topic: Quality of life 5 December 2001..
Time for civic seriousness Topic: Activism 22 November 2001.	Choose facts over sound bites on I-25 plan Topic: I-25 Plan 7 November 2001.	Prairie Dog sprawl costs us all Topic: Politics 24 October 2001.