DR. SEUSS

FROM PAGE 1 celebrate the birthday of children’s book author Dr. Seuss. eodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, and wrote over 60 children’s books that help children understand concepts like war and the environment with clever rhymes and illustrations. Carlson principal Loraine Swartz donned a Cat in the Hat costume for the day and had plans to visit all the classes to spend time reading some Dr. Seuss favorites. watch the new owners go on to encapsulate the contamination inside the home after failing to remediate to state standard. en they would sell it at an exorbitant price, undisclosed to the new buyer. McCarty went on to found Meth Toxins Awareness Alliance, a group that focuses on education, resources and legislation for meth contamination. She said helping others has given meaning to her misfortune.

“Why did this happen to me? And how can I take a really jacked up situation in my own life that literally cost me over half a million dollars — let’s not sugarcoat that part of it — but put it to some really good use,” McCarty said.

Meth Toxins Awareness Alliance aims to protect renters, property owners, buyers and their loved ones from meth contamination by providing education opportunities, support and work towards governmental change.

Some of that change is happening in the form of a bill that will be introduced to the Senate on March 9 to protect homeowners and renters from the potential history of illegal drug laboratories in their homes. e bill, presented by Colorado State Sen. Lisa Cutter, will add to current laws about remediation. Currently, the department of public health and environment certi es people who assess, decontaminate or sample properties that once were sites of illegal drug laboratories. e bill will add a requirement that the department will inspect the work of each certi ed person once every three years. If errors are found, remedial education or decerti cation will ensue for the responsible party. e bill also will require the department to create a public database of buildings that have been used as illegal drug laboratories. A building can be removed from the database ve years after the property has been decontaminated.

“We’re trying to look to improve what’s there, not take away what’s there, but improve, just enhance what’s already there,” McCarty said e bill will be heard by the local government and housing committee on March 9.

Sen. Cutter explained why work like this is important to her.

“I’m really interested in addressing toxins in our environment to the degree that we can,” she said.

Secure Act 2.0

What you NEED to KNOW!

As of December 23rd, 2022, Secure Act 2.0 was passed by Congress and signed into law on December 29th, 2022. With the passing of the Secure Act 2.0 came a lot of different changes impacting retirement and taxes.