DougCo Commissioners Allow Developer to Cut DCSD Out of Land Dedication for Public Schools

Home Rule concerns come to fruition, a web of money and influence, and a short nap caught on video

Last week, Sterling Ranch Development Company appeared before the Douglas County Commissioners for a controversial Land Use hearing. On the agenda was a proposal to change the interpretation of county and state statutes regulating land dedications for public schools. Specifically, that change would credit the land Sterling Ranch conveyed privately to J…