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Kaysen Proposing $54.6 Million Budget for FY 2014

Doug Randall — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:55:36 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen is proposing a city budget of $54.6 Million for Fiscal Year 2014, which begins on July 1, 2013.

Kaysen says the budget assumes a utility rate increase to the city of approximately 7 percent

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Suspicious Letter At City Hall Contained Coffee/Creamer

Cheyenne News Staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:46:32 +0000

Cheyenne Police wer called to the City Municipal Building around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, after receiving a call about a suspicious letter found by an employee. Police, Cheyenne Fire, and the Air National Guard HazMat crew were all on scene to investigate

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Kaysen Says UDC Review Continuing

Doug Randall — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:46:49 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the annual review of the city's Unified Development Code, or UDC, is continuing. The mayor says the city has taken a number of comments both from the public as well as city employees on the code and possible changes

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Kaysen Disturbed By Gun Proposal

Doug Randall — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:01:57 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen doesn't support a proposal in the state legislature to ban local governments in the state from passing their own laws on firearms.

"That disturbs me, to be honest with you", the mayor says, adding that he is especially concerned about what he calls ''a blanket statement across the state" about allowing guns in city meetings

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Kaysen Backs Fuel Tax Increase

Doug Randall — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:43:12 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he supports a proposal in the state legislature to increase the gasoline tax by ten cents a gallon.

The mayor says highways and roads across the state are deteriorating, and notes that under the proposal local governments would receive part of the money raised for local infrastructure work

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Kaysen Supports Mead Budget Proposal

Doug Randall — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:22:26 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he supports Governor Matt Mead's proposed supplemental budget.

Kaysen specifically says he appreciates the governor's proposed supplemental budget allocation of $20 Million for local governments across Wyoming

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Kaysen Calls for Security Review

Doug Randall — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:43:25 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he has contacted Laramie County School District 1 Superintendent Mark Stock about a meeting to review security measures at district one schools in light of last week's school shootings in Newtown, Conn

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Kaysen Says UDC Input Being Taken

Doug Randall — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:41:27 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city is currently taking input on possible changes to the city Unified Development Code.

The mayor says a recent open house, attended by roughly 40 people, was designed to both inform people about the code and get input on where changes in the code might be made

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Tuesday, Dave has C.I.A Analyst Ray McGovern and The Mayor

Dave Chaffin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:43:50 +0000

Today on The Morning Zone, Host Dave Chaffin will be talking about the Petraes affair, what's happening with Cheyenne and offer open lines for you to weigh in.

7:07AM MST: Veteran C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern...Washingto

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Monday's Morning Zone: Frosty Wooldridge, Candidate Kaysen, and Tomorrow's Election

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:25:38 +0000

Today on KGAB's Morning Zone Program, host Dave Chaffin invites you to join him for another informative show. His Guests will be:

7:07AM MST: Author, Columnist, World Traveler, Frosty Wooldridge is back with Dave to continue his discussion on the long term issues and consequences of immigration, both legal and illegal and the subsequent population explosion.

8:08AM MST: Incumbent Mayor of Th

Kaysen Says Roundabout Work To Start In Spring

Doug Randall — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:42:28 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says a partial agreement between the city and the owners of the former Hollywood Video store property will avoid a court fight and allow work on the Pershing/Converse/19th Street Roundabout project to get underway next spring.

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Council Bans Waterfowl Feeding

Doug Randall — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:38:59 +0000

The Cheyenne City Council voted 8-2 Monday night to ban the feeding of ducks and geese on city owned property.

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Mayor Asking For Applications for DDA Board

Doug Randall — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:37:03 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen is asking for volunteers to serve on the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors.

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Kaysen Still Hopes For Rec Center

Doug Randall — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:30:28 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he would still like to see a new city recreation center built in Cheyenne at some point, although he says the voters have clearly said they don't want to use sixth penny sales tax revenues to build it.

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Kaysen Says Wind Project Wouldn't Affect Belvoir Leaseholders

Doug Randall — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:29:19 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says a proposed wind energy project that the Morely Company wants to locate on part of the city-owned Belvoir Ranch wouldn't affect people who currently hold grazing leases on the property or other existing plans for that area.

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Kaysen Says City Facing Increasing Homeless Population

Doug Randall — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:27:13 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city is facing increasing numbers of homeless people as other communities in the region pass laws essentially forcing transients to leave their cities.

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Kaysen Says UDC Reflects Public Input

Doug Randall — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:21:46 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says that while it is true the city's new Unified Development Code does increase costs for some local businesses, many of the changes from the old city code reflect what members of the public told the city they would like to see in terms of development in Cheyenne.

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Kaysen Says City Now Has Two Month Cash Reserves

Doug Randall — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:20:34 +0000

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city was able to add $1.7 Million to it's cash reserves at the end of fiscal year 2012, which ended on June 30th.

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Steenburgen Urges Action on 'The Hole'

Doug Randall — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:17:17 +0000

Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce President and C-E-O Dale Steenburgen says his organization isn't taking a position on whether the city should purchase a property on West Lincolnway commonly referred to as "the hole". But he says it's clear that something needs to be done about the property.

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Commentary: Cheyenne City Council Votes 'No' On Your Property Rights!

Gary Freeman — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:24:56 +0000

As you may know, the city of Cheyenne has fallen in line, as good soldiers, with the recent U.D.C. decision passed by the City Council and Mayor Rick Kaysen to float our property rights down the "global" river.

We continue to hear some of the City Council m

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