Guns have become more important than children
I’ve sat in a bathroom with 16 preschoolers, in the dark, trying to keep them quiet during a lockdown drill. The press conference after the recent Evergreen High School shooting said that many students and teachers went into lockdown mode. That the shooter kept trying doors only to find them locked. Lives are saved because of those drills. But all the people who want their guns have become more important than our children. It doesn’t seem to matter whose child it is or where the shooting occurs. There doesn’t seem to be any way to make people see.
Tracy Geygan, Broomfield
Change is never ending
Gilda Radner said, “It’s always something.“
As I approach my eighty-ninth birthday, I find that there is always something to deal with in my life. No matter what I do, it seems to hit me square in the face at the most inappropriate time. When I think all has been accomplished, I’m hit with a major issue to deal with.
The best example is the reality of change all around our daily lives. It seems that technology changes everything. This past Christmas, I had to replace my iPhone, iPad, hearing aids, and last week, my printer had to be replaced. Every time this happens, there are new issues to learn about and adapt. It’s a challenge and stressful. It seems that I’m being tested every day. And, I don’t need to be yelled at by people who think that I can’t hear. I wear hearing aids. It’s always something. I’m with Gilda. “Never mind.”
Joseph La Camera, Boulder
Why I’m not running for City Council
Honestly, it is not because I don’t care what happens to my town. I really do, but I feel my voice is no longer heard by the current and continuing slide to Developmentalism. It seems no project for expansion is opposed. I believe the growth must be severely slowed down. The council should focus on city business and take care of city business.
(No matter what side of the Hamas/Israel war you are on, this is not a city matter. If you want to suggest the city change its investment, at least offer a viable alternative to these investments you deem inappropriate.) Restore the city to the safe, welcoming place it used to be. Enforce laws that are on the books: speeding, homeless encampments, use of bike lanes, the green line, noise.
No doubt Boulder has a great system of bike lanes and paths. Let’s direct those on bikes to use them. Just repave Iris. Move bikes to Hawthorne, Kalmia and Elmers, etc. Get bikes over to 13th or 9th … and off of Broadway. Seriously, I know it is the right of bikes to use these streets, but if the city is serious about reducing accidents, let’s not put them in harm’s way.
Think about the budget when proposing these grand projects. Take care of the bikeways we have. Get rid of bollards on Glenwood, Quince and similar installations. Oh, BTW: cars are not evil. If the city is getting rid of parking minimums, then be consistent and do away with the entire neighborhood parking program. This is taking a public asset and setting it aside for those who are lucky enough to live in areas that are walkable to nice places.
Build a homeless camp by the Stazio fields. If we are going to permit camping, make one place legal, and the camping along Boulder Creek, and other bikeways must stop. Iris Fields, save them. Building “affordable housing” will not solve the in-commuting issue. Focus on better mass transit solutions.
Oh BTW, if your electric “Bike” does not have pedals, it is a motorcycle. To ride one, you need a motorcycle endorsement on your driver’s license, a license plate and you must drive them on streets, not on trails or bike paths.
Michael Deragisch, Boulder