Arvada Letter Mystery Solved

A few posts back we called Scooby and his friends to help uncover the Mystery of the Private Investor Letters. Well, I'm happy to report that the case is solved and the Arvada residents who live along the proposed Gold Line lightrail can get back to their lives.

Scooby and Shaggy didn't need to get involved. A resident and founder of Colorado Property Rights Coalition, Tom Wambolt admitted to distribution of the questioned letters. The letters were not letters at all, but actually fliers that brought up questions of eminent domain. The fliers did not state that resident's homes were in danger. Nor did they claim to buy the properties. What the Colorado Property Rights Coalition did intend was to raise awareness of eminent domain.

In reality the Line will claim a few commercial properties--also not something to ignore. Learn more about the Colorado Property Rights.

The Mysterious Private Investor Letters

There's a mystery in Arvada that sounds like it needs the help of some meddling kids. Seems that somebody heard that some people who live along the proposed Gold Line lightrail route have received letters that their houses will be claimed by the route. The letters were sent by another somebody who claims to be a private investor. This private investor somebody states that the homes are targeted for condemnation, and offers to take it off the owners hands at a reduced rate. The mystery is that nobody knows who any of these somebodies are!

City Manager, Craig Kocian, brought the whole whodunit to the Arvada City Council Meeting on April 7th. But Kocian hasn't actually seen the letter. He and other officials thought that resident, Jan Eckhardt had received it. But when contacted by Mile High Newspapers she denied receiving the letter, but said she had heard about it. An RTD spokesperson has also heard of the letter.

So is it a rumor? An scam? A hoax? A man behind a mask? No one seems to know. What we do know is that neither the City of Arvada nor RTD plan to demolish any houses for the Gold Line lightrail route. Rell, rat's rood!!