Arapahoe County, Colorado

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Contents

Budget
Meetings
Elected Officials
Administrative Officials
Permits, zoning
Audits
Contracts
Lobbying
Public records
Local taxes
County websites

Arapahoe County is one of 64 counties in Colorado. The county seat is Littleton.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article:Evaluation of Colorado county websites

[edit] The good

  • Budget information is given. [1]
  • Meetings are listed. [2]
  • Elected and Administrative officials are listed. [3]
  • Building permit and zoning information is available. [4]
  • Local tax information is present. [5]
  • There is a public records search. [6]

[edit] The bad

  • Information on audits, contracts and lobbying is not given

[edit] Lobbying

Main article:Colorado taxpayer-funded lobbying

Arapahoe County has reported $680,000 spent lobbying since 2002 (see table).

Reported lobbying expenditures, 2002-2009 [7]
Year Amount spent on lobbying
2009 $60,000
2008 $120,000
2007 $120,000
2006 $120,000
2005 $120,000
2004 $120,000
2003 $120,000
2002 $20,000

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