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Oral history interview with James M. Bowers, 2009
Oral history interview with James M. Bowers, 2009
Call Number
OH1572-V
Date
2009
Description
Jim Bowers, former planning director (1966-1967) and city council person (1967-1971) speaks about his time in both of these positiions. This period was marked by riots stemming from opposition to the Vietnam War and changes in the social and political attitudes of many young people, which Bowers recalls. On the other hand, Bowers also recalls his time on city council as having been a relaitvely peaceful and congenial time amongst the council members themselves as well as with the general citizenry and other entitites such as Boulder County, the Federal government and the Boulder Valley School District. One exception he speaks of at length was an episode in which threats were made to the lives of council members over consideration of the removal of the lighted cross and star on Flagstaff Mountain. He also tells about serving on the RTD board of directors for twelve years beginning with the creation of RTD in 1969.
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Oral history interview with Richard E. Geesaman, 2009
Oral history interview with Richard E. Geesaman, 2009
Call Number
OH1571-V
Date
2009
Description
Richard Geesaman talks about his love of Boulder, where he has lived since the 1950s. He talks about his work as a physician in private practice and for IBM, the creation of the Boulder County Department of Health, and his service as a council person on the Boulder City Council. He discusses the political atmosphere for the city council during the 1970s, including its conservative/liberal mix, the gay rights ordinance passed by the city council during that time, the collegiality of the council members, and the city manager form of government. He also talks about the problem of overly large houses being built in Boulder at the time of this interview.
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