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Voices from around the Lakewood community.

By Lakewood Edge • March 19th, 2010

Submitted by Natalie Menten, Lakewood
 
Recent news that the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) needs a $24 billion – $30 billion-dollar bailout from taxpayers aroused my curiosity.
My unusual hobby is requesting the spending and salary information of various government entities. I post the information on my website, www.nataliementen.com, in a searchable database for others to use [...]

CDOT is learning that no good deed goes unpunished.
For nearly 30 years it has had a practice during snowstorms of not plowing state highways that had light traffic during the overnight shift. Those highways were plowed 14 hours out of the day during storms, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., if they served fewer than [...]

 Submitted by: By State Rep. B.J. Nikkel (R-Loveland)
With the Christmas season just around the corner, many Colorado families are feeling the harsh realities of our weakened economy. Instead of enjoying the holidays, many families are facing job loss, pay cuts, and other challenges of tough economic times. To make matters worse, the majority party in [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Cindy Stevenson, Superintendent, Jeffco Schools
 A recent letter to the editor of YourHub rallied Jeffco community members to ask Jeffco Schools, “Where’s the STEM?”
I’ve got your answer – it’s already here!
Jeffco Schools values science, technology, engineering and mathematics as an essential element to the education of all children and that’s why these fields [...]

 Submitted By: Jeff Sacco, Jeffco Energy Education Partnership, Inc.
 
Jeffco Public Schools has released a draft version of various options being considered to more efficiently balance facility capacity and enrollment, an excellent idea given the district’s decade long declining enrollment. The district is holding four meetings through November 18th to get feedback from the community on [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Natalie Menten

The next time your government shows you a shiny trophy proclaiming how good it is at spending your taxpayer dollars, you may just want to ask how much it cost to “earn” the award.
Across Colorado, and in my hometown of Lakewood, officials boast of winning such awards every day. The trophies are [...]

As the panic over H1N1 swine flu gives way to more reasoned precaution, Colorado has learned a very important lesson: We all have a shared responsibility for ensuring that our communities are healthy. And when our communities are threatened, we all need to step-up and do what we can.