GREELEY — In the latest volleys in the war over the city’s financing plan for the proposed Catalyst entertainment district, two residents have sued the city in Weld District Court, alleging that the plan the city council approved in May violates the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, and the city clerk has sent the supporters’ complaint that opponents are being funded by “dark money” from outside groups to the Colorado Secretary of State for review.

The city council on May 6 approved $115 million worth of “certificates of participation” to lease several high-profile city facilities to Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorporation as collateral to pay for the first phase of the entertainment district on city-owned land near Weld County Road 17 and U.S. Highway 34 that would include an ice arena,

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