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County health board OKs school-mask opt-out Action comes amid hotly contested school board election BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Last year, Suzi McCumber was prepped for radiation treatment by Vicki Slat-Vasquez, clinical nurse at the Infusion Center at UCHealth Cancer Center-Highlands Ranch. McCumber went through treatment for more than a year. Now, she has successfully PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES moved on to taking a pill to keep breast cancer at bay.
Women still behind in breast cancer screenings Doctors warn cases are worse when symptoms are ignored BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Just over two years after being diagnosed with an aggressive form
of breast cancer, Suzi McCumber continues to stress the importance of regular screenings. If McCumber had not gotten the recommended mammogram and
treatment, her doctors said there is no way she would have survived more than a year. SEE CANCER, P9
A cut above the rest Meat cutting competition held in Douglas County BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Nearly 30 butchers from Colo-
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hosted by the Texas Roadhouse steakhouse chain. The ice rink at the new South Suburban Sports Complex was turned into a makeshift meat SEE MEAT, P6
The Douglas County Health Department will allow people to opt out of local masking requirements in schools under a new health order aimed at curbing COVID-related masking mandates for students and staff. Children’s Hospital Colorado strongly rebuked the move, along with the board’s attempts to link masking with mental illness in children. The Douglas County School District requires universal masking in its schools. An Oct. 10 statement released by the district said “DCSD procedures for masking in schools remain in place with the exception of a new avenue for families to exempt their children from maskwearing, if desired.” Families may submit written exemptions to the masking mandate directly to their schools, the statement said. Face coverings will still be required by everyone on school buses because of a federal mandate. Douglas County leaders have charted a new course on COVID safety, steering away from the policies of the Tri-County Health Department, which has overseen SEE HEALTH, P12
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Colorado Community Media honored for past women of excellence Colorado Press Women celebrates 80 years BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With a long history of producing community journalism, several newspapers that are now part of Colorado Community Media have been led by strong women since they started being published. As part of celebrating its 80th year as an organization, Colorado Press Women (CPW) recently recognized women from four Colorado Community Media (CCM) newspapers who were employed by or owned the publications, dating back to the 1940s. The women were also original members of CPW. CCM honorees include: Co-publisher Katherine Bemis of the Littleton Independent Owner and publisher Vera West Parson for the Golden Transcript Owner and publisher Mary H. Isham and editor Lucille Hastings of the Brighton Blade Co-publisher C.A. of the Fort Lupton Press
CPW also paid tribute to Daisy Baber, a longtime columnist with the Lyons Recorder. Accepting the certificates on behalf of CCM during the Oct. 2 hybrid meeting was new publisher Linda Shapley. Like the women being recognized by CPW, Shapley brings decades of newspaper experience to CCM. “I’m honored to continue the news leadership that these remarkable journalists helped begin 80 years ago,” Shapley said. “As the original founders said, ‘Press women have a weapon to shape the peace or destruction of the world,’ and I aim to use that weapon responsibly to build up the next generation of journalists and create stronger communities across the Front Range.” Shapley is referring to the early days of CPW in 1941 when it became an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), which was established in 1938. In recruiting CPW members, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II, NFPW founder Bertha Bless said, “Press women have the opportunity of the century
Katherine Bemis as a co-publisher of the Littleton Independent was one of the first charter members of the Colorado Press Women in the COURTESY PHOTO 1940s.
to create a thinking America that can lead the world out of its present chaos. We must save not only the right of the press but also Americans. Grassroots journalism represented in small town and country newspapers doesn’t know its own power. Press women have a weapon to shape the peace of de-
struction of the world.” Today, CPW is a diverse organization of professional communicators, both men and women, who are reporters, editors, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, publishers, advertising and marketing practitioners, college communications educators,
graphic designers, photographers, freelance writers and others. “Looking back 80 years at the state of Colorado Press Women, what impresses me most is that 13 of our charter members were publishers and/or editors or their small-town newspapers — strong women,” said CPW President Sandy Nance. “It’s no wonder that equality for women has been as basic an expectation of our membership as our support for the First Amendment.” Early on, CPW focused on establishing rural libraries. Today, Nance said CPW works to help people sort fact from fiction on the Internet. With the emergence of teleconferencing and Zoom, Nance said CPW will focus on increasing membership throughout all of Colorado and not just newspapers along the Front Range. Today, Colorado Community Media continues to grow, focusing on the importance of community journalism. The media company currently owns 24 community newspapers in Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.
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County holds community health assessments Evaluation is part of new health department BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
About 150 people attended online and in-person meetings from Oct. 4-6 to contribute to a community health assessment (CHA) currently being administered by Douglas County. The meetings took place in Highlands Ranch, Parker, Larkspur, Franktown, Roxborough and Castle Rock. The assessment is part of the county’s new health department, which was created after commissioners voted to split from TriCounty Health Department Sept. 1. Douglas County will continue to receive services from Tri-County until at least 2023. The county contracted with Health Management Associates (HMA) for $144,720 earlier this year to complete the CHA along with a public health improvement plan (PHIP). Both are requirements of a local health department. This assessment’s goal is to “collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative health-related data” from community members and partners, according to HMA documents. The team has gathered survey responses, input from the community input meetings and health data gathered by other health agencies to create its report. Once the full report is finished, it is intended to be used to inform local decision-making related to public health.
The report, which typically takes about a year to complete, is set to be finished by the end of October. HMA also planned to conduct focus groups with business leaders and Spanish-speaking Douglas County residents before completing the report, according to HMA. Questions about the process can be submitted to the county online at douglas.co.us/citizenconnect. The survey, which HMA said was not conducted to be statistically valid, asked residents about their biggest health concerns. About 4,632 people completed the survey. The results, presented during the community input meetings, show that the majority of the respondents said the worst health problems in the community are mental health problems, vaccine-preventable hospitalizations or death, and social media. Most respondents also said that the three “most risky and/or harmful behaviors” in the county are not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, unsafe driving behaviors and not wearing a mask. Data gathered by HMA and presented at the community meetings show various county rates related to health including chronic disease, birth rates, life expectancy, injuries, behavioral health and communicable diseases. The meetings also consisted of breakout group sessions where representatives from HMA listened to residents’ thoughts about the data and information presented. More details on the survey responses, the health data and the CHA and PHIP processes are available at douglas.co.us/communityhealth-assessment.
Highlands Ranch woman arrested in connection with infant death Peyton Green taken into custody in Wyoming after yearlong investigation BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Following a 12-month investigation, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies have arrested 20-year-old Peyton Green on suspicion of murder in the death of her newborn baby in September 2020. After authorities obtained an arrest warrant, Green, formerly of Highlands Ranch, was found in Wyoming on Sept. 30, the sheriff’s office said. On Oct. 5, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies transported Green from Wyoming to a local detention facility where she was booked on suspicion of murder, tampering with a deceased human body and
attempting to influence a public servant, the sheriff’s office said. While details surrounding the yearlong investigation have not been made available to the public, a sheriff’s office news release said that on Sept. 28, 2020, deputies were called to a local hospital regarding a woman who had been brought in for a medical emergency and had possibly just given birth. However, at the time of the call, the woman, recently identified as Green, did not have a baby with her, the sheriff’s office said. With concerns that a newborn baby might need assistance, deputies went to Green’s house, where they discovered the body of a deceased infant, the sheriff’s office said. Green is being held on a no-bond hold, the sheriff’s office said. As the case is still being investigated, no other information has been released by the sheriff’s office.
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locker on Oct. 4, as competitors were given a total of 40 pounds of beef to carve up during a one-hour competition. Stephanie Keck, a Texas Roadhouse marketing coach, said it is exciting to get back to hosting the competitions in the area, given they were canceled due to the pandemic in 2020. Keck said the Oct. 4 event in Highlands Ranch was a qualifier competition, which means the winner not only receives $20,000 but also earns to the right to go on and compete in the semi-finals. Winners of the semifinal events go on to compete in the 2021 national competition where the winner is crowned Meat Cutter of the Year. The semi-finals and national competition will be held in Nashville in February. “At Texas Roadhouse, our professional butchers hand-cut every steak in each restaurant,” said Mike Castaneda, Texas Roadhouse senior product coach. “Our meat-cutting challenge recognizes the significant contributions of our talented butchers and we’re proud to reward and honor these individuals through this national competition.” With judges constantly watching through the hour, Clint Hacker, the competition emcee, said competitors are judged on width of the cuts of sirloin, filet and ribeye. They are also judged on muscle-to-gristle ratio, marbling and technique, Hacker said.
Nearly 30 butchers from Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico competed for the $20,000 prize on Oct. 4.
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Mark Gurger said he drove from Albuqurque to compete in the 2021 competition. While he measured the fat down the center of a cut of meat in preparation of the official start time, Gurger said he has competed several times because “it is really a lot of fun.” Zuriel Rubio, a native of Mexico, said he currently works in a restaurant in Wyoming. He said he was excited to come to the Highlands Ranch competition, noting this is his sixth time competing in the Slice on Ice challenge.
Adrian Zurita gets his knives sharpened in preparation of the hourlong competition.
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County libraries receive historical, valuable donation Collection came from siblings Robert and Rosemary Metzler STAFF REPORT
The Archives & Local History (ALH) department at Douglas County Libraries recently received a historical donation from the estate of siblings Robert and Rosemary Metzler of Castle Rock. The Metzlers were professional educators and third-generation Coloradans whose family history in Douglas County dates back more than 100 years. Both sets of grandparents were early pioneers who homesteaded in various parts of the county. The Metzler collection was acquired over a period of several months, between May and September, and includes a variety of materials, including books of Western history, fiction, and art; local and historical cookbooks; teaching and educational
materials; collectible rare books and fine editions; photographs; and paper documents of teaching material, Douglas County School District history, land and property history, and more. According to Alyssa Carver, head archivist with ALH, the materials donated are representative of the history of the Metzler Ranch in Castle Rock and the personal legacies of the family members. “The Metzler family donation is a valuable acquisition for ALH because of its large size, broad scope, and historical significance across a number of important subject areas,” Carver said. Those subject areas include history of schools and education in Douglas County; ranch life and the history of cattle, dairy, and related agricultural industries in the county; the ongoing suburbanization of the area over time; and local artists, authors, and creators. To learn more about the Metzler collection, visit the website at archives.dcl.org.
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In a recently published book, a longtime Parker resident tells the story of the 1974 death of her 10-year-old brother, who was developmentally disabled. Janet FarmerSelden’s brother, Jules Farmer — who was also deaf and blind — contracted a fatal disease while in the care of Ridge State Home in Arvada. Farmer“It is a look at the Selden value his life really had and what value came with his death,” FarmerSelden said. Farmer-Selden’s parents struggled to find ways to help their son to thrive despite his disabilities and often ran into challenges from the state, she said. Farmer-Selden wrote the 104-page book, titled “Value of a Life,” in part to let readers know about the legislation that came from her family’s advocacy, she said. “I wanted others to know as a society we have not really come that far in inclusion for people with disabilities,” she said. “It is my personal belief that you can measure a society’s moral compass not by the rhetoric of its public officials but by the way traditionally marginalized groups are faring and honestly, I believe that Colorado still has a long way to go especially in providing equity in services outside of the metro area.” Farmer-Selden began writing the book in November 2019 and it was published in February 2021. In her writing, she used documents and
journal entries from her mother about the struggles the family faced in “attempting to provide the best possible life for my brother,” she said. She also used documents showing the lack of services that were available to her brother due to the severity of his disabilities. Farmer-Selden said that during her writing process, she was challenged by memories of the “negative attitudes” her brother and family experienced for “allowing him to be an active member of our family.” “This did not just come from neighbors but from some members of our extended family,” she said. The final chapter of the book is a copy of Farmer-Selden’s mom’s diary from the final days of Jules’ life. “As my mom passed away in 2002, I felt an incredible sense of responsibility in representing what she would want to communicate if she were writing the chapter herself and I felt it was only fitting that she gets the final word in this book,” she said. Farmer-Selden decided to write the book after trying to find services for her foster son, who is on the autism spectrum. “I struggled to understand why nearly 50 years after my brother’s death, Americans with disabilities are still challenged with physical environments that are not accessible,” she said. Farmer-Selden also said she believes people with disabilities lack assistive technology and internet access and experience negative attitudes from others. “We need to be conscious of the attitudes we hold regarding others who are not like us,” Farmer-Selden said. “If I can have one person act on this message, I have been successful in this effort and honored my brother and my parents.” The book, sold for $12, is available for purchase at tinyurl.com/Valueof-a-life.
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McCumber, a Littleton-area resident, has remained positive throughout her treatment process. In high spirits, she happily reported that after more than a year of chemotherapy and radiation, she has moved on to the final stages of treatment, which is taking a pill for a few years to keep the cancer from coming back. “I will continue to take this pill and do whatever the doctors tell me to do,” said the 67-year-old. “I just can’t stress enough how important it is for women to continue getting those screenings and tests. Sometimes you just do not know a lump is there. Sometimes you cannot feel it. I did not feel anything. The 3D mammogram found a mass all the way back in my pectoral muscle.” Last year, while McCumber was receiving treatment, Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, said had McCumber not been persistent in finding a place to do the biopsy during a pandemic and move treatment forward, given the aggressive form of breast cancer she had, she would not have survived long. Since 2020, Acharya-Leon said doctors have become increasingly concerned with how women were putting off mammograms and recommended pap smears due to fear of catching COVID. With the nation coming through -the second COVID wave caused by the delta variant, HealthOne Dr. Laura Hafertepen said the medical community’s concerns from last year are carrying over. Because of the hesitancy to get screenings, Hafertepen said, when women are getting the original diagnosis the disease has already progressed to stages 2 or 3. With regular screenings, she said, doctors can catch cancer at stage 1 or zero. When breast cancer is caught in an early stage, Hafertepen said the prognosis and the treatment is a lot better. Hafertepen said women are slowly getting back on track with mammograms and pap smears, but the pandemic has caused a backlog. “We are still trying to make up for a significant dip from last year,” she said. Hafertepen said it is not just a problem doctors along the Front
Range are seeing — the problem is nationwide. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, released the results of a survey in August where 2,003 women between the ages of 21 and 60 were surveyed. According to the results, 90% of the women surveyed said when pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping. Only 48% of women visited their doctors’ offices. Hafertepen said besides the fear of COVID creating a hesitancy to get regular screenings, women traditionally tend to take care of everyone else and ignore their own needs. Hafertepen said it is not uncommon for a woman to ignore a strange lump or discharge, which are both breast cancer symptoms that should be checked out immediately. “When they finally come in about a mass or continued discharge, the results are worse,” she said. “If we had seen them six months ago when they first noticed the symptoms, the prognosis is much better.” Hafertepen said a lot of women do not realize that they do not even need a doctor’s referral to get a regular screening mammogram every year. The only time a referral is required is if there are symptoms present. “If you feel something or notice something, go get it checked out. Call your doctor immediately,” Hafertepen said. According to the American Cancer Society, women should start getting annual mammograms at age 40. Hafertepen said getting that first baseline reading at 40 is important for doctors to keep track of breast changes each year after. That first breast exam can cause a lot of stress and anxiety, Hafertepen said. “The anxiety is understandable, but you can truly get over that anxiety by just getting it done,” she said. “If you do not do it, that anxiety will stay there lingering in the back of your mind.” Women can call any of the variety of mammogram service providers along the metro area and make appointments. Centers such as Invision Sally Jobe even make getting a mammogram fit schedules for busy women. Appointments can be made on Saturdays and evenings.
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2021 State of the County-Watch Live The Board of Douglas County Commissioners invites you to join them virtually on Oct. 27 from 8-9 a.m. to recognize all that has been achieved by many in Douglas County through remarkable partnerships. From transportation infrastructure and county services to natural resources. From public safety and human services to economic prosperity. Watch at douglas.co.us/state-of-the-county or on our Facebook page.
Slash mulch site closing for the season on Oct. 30 Time is running out to clean up tree limbs, shrubs and brush from your property and reduce your wildfire risk. Dispose of them at the County’s slash-mulch site, 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Open Saturdays-only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Oct. 30. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Slash.
Online Tax Lien Sale Nov. 4 The annual Tax Lien Sale will be held via internet auction on Nov. 4. For guidelines and to register visit zeusauction.com The statutory interest for the 2021 Tax Lien Sale is 9%. More information is available at douglas. co.us/treasurer or by calling 303-660-7455.
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October 14, 2021
Amendment 78 could change oversight of state spending Measure is one of 3 on Colorado’s statewide ballot BY DANIEL DUCASSI THE COLORADO SUN
A measure on Colorado’s fall ballot asks voters to change the way the state approves spending money from the federal government, legal settlements and other non-state sources. Amendment 78 would require the Colorado General Assembly to determine how the state uses what it defines as “custodial money,” funding the state receives from outside sources for specific purposes, like federal grant money and private donations. Supporters say the measure would bring greater accountability and transparency to state spending. But opponents see it as little more than a partisan ploy meant to hobble a Democratic administration. There’s a catch, though: A pending lawsuit challenging the measure’s placement on the ballot seeks to invalidate any votes cast for or against the measure, effectively blocking it altogether. The General Assembly currently appropriates state tax revenue through the budget process. But dollars that come in from outside of the state government are not typically
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subject to the legislative appropriation process. For example, Colorado received nearly $1.7 billion last year in federal relief money through the CARES Act that the Polis administration spent according to the governor’s executive order and without legislative approval. Amendment 78 would change the Colorado constitution and state law. It would require lawmakers to determine how the state spends that custodial money through a process
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that includes a public hearing with opportunities for the public to comment. All custodial funds would go into a centralized account, with interest from that account flowing into the state’s general fund. That could affect not just federal emergency relief funds and other federal support, but money from legal settlements, funding for transportation projects that are currently allocated by an independent commission and private gifts and donations, like those often collected by public
colleges and universities. According to nonpartisan legislative staff, the legislature and state agencies would be forced to bring on new employees to deal with the new requirements to submit proposed spending of custodial money, amounting to at least $1 million in predicted costs for new staff. And while the purpose of spending may not change, lawmakers could choose to pay for different programs to SEE AMENDMENT, P13
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public health in the county for decades. Douglas County is now setting up its own public health agency, although it has agreed to draw on Tri-County for public health services at least through 2022. The order comes as county voters receive their ballots in a hotly contested school board election in which mask policy is a key issue. Douglas County Board of Health President Doug Benevento said during the Oct. 8 special board meeting that he would not hand down any masking mandates for children without what he called “clear and convincing evidence of the benefits of masking.” “This board isn’t considering ideological viewpoints,” he said. The health order takes effect Oct. 9 and declares a student may be exempt from any masking mandate in the county if their parent or guardian provides a written declaration saying a mask negatively affects their mental or physical health. Adults may also opt out of masking mandates, something board members said would allow teachers to opt out. The health order also states that no Douglas County children or adults without symptoms can be required to quarantine because of an exposure to COVID-19, including if they were exposed to a confirmed case, unless that exposure “is associated with a known outbreak.” People who are placed in quarantine can be released after a minimum of seven days, if they test negative five days after their exposure, and if that negative result is obtained “no later than 48 hours before the end of the quarantine,” the order says. It also says that quarantines can’t last longer than two weeks from an exposure. But state or federal mandates supersede the local order and could enforce mask mandates or different COVID-19 mitigation measures in the county, and the order is not enforceable at private businesses, Benevento said. The Douglas County Health Board’s order points to Children’s Hospital Colorado declaring a state of emergency for youth mental health in May 2021. Board member Lora Thomas -- also a Douglas County commissioner -- said youth mental health was a key driver behind her vote on the health order. Heidi Baskfield, the vice president of population health and advocacy at Children’s Hospital Colorado, called into the meeting chastising the board for linking anxiety and mental illness in children to masks. “There is currently no scientific evidence to support this concern,” she said. “Masks are not harmful to children’s health.” Children are experiencing challenges with their mental health for a variety of reasons, she said. The hospital system is also seeing a rise in COVID-19 diagnoses and hospitalization among children. At this time, “wearing masks is the very best way” to ensure chil-
dren can stay in school, Baskfield said. Numerous residents at the meeting praised the board, saying they hope it ends masking mandates in schools. People who opposed masking mandates said they interfere with learning, increase mental illness in children, are ineffective at containing COVID-19 or are not necessary because children are at less risk for severe illness. “I just want us to have the freedom to choose,” Katie Webb said. Others pleaded with the health board to let masking mandates continue without an opt-out option. James Poplawski of Parker said the health order and “being antimask” scares him as a parent. The pandemic has taken people’s loved ones — parents, grandparents and people at high risk of COVID-19 — and they will continue to be vulnerable if masking mandates are removed, he said. “Very few kids wore masks to school,” he said of the 2021-22 school year’s start. “And what did it do to cases? They spiked.” Debating masks The health order is largely an argument against masking mandates in schools. “There is insufficient data to suggest that schools and childcare facilities — including those that do not require students to be masked — are significant drivers of community transmission of COVID-19,” the order states. The order says “studies are inconclusive” about the benefits of masking, and points to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study conducted in Georgia, which it says found masking offers some benefit to adults, although not a statistically significant difference in COVID-19’s spread among schools that masked and those that did not. The health order cites strong vaccination rates in the county paired with what it calls low “severity metrics,” such as deaths and hospitalizations among people 17 and younger. Children remain at low risk for severe illness from COVID-19, while older people or individuals vulnerable to the virus have had ample opportunity to become vaccinated, the order states. A Tri-County Health spokeswoman said staff were not available when asked for comment about the Douglas County Health Board order and its statements about masking research. Douglas County still qualifies as an area of “high community transmission” under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, with a seven-day cumulative incidence rate of nearly 185 per 100,000 people, as of press time. Incidence rates in the Douglas County School District were cut nearly in half in recent weeks. On Sept. 26, they stood at 358 for 5 to 11-year-olds and 213 for 12 to 17-year-olds. By Oct. 3, those rates were 158 and 97 respectively. That was down from August, when incidence rates in the district gradually increased until they peaked at 474 on Aug. 29 for 5- to 11-year-olds and 322 for 12- to
MORE ON THE MASK DEBATE ONLINE Since this newspaper went to press, Colorado Community Media reporters have been following fast-moving developments in the ongoing debate over school COVID-safety mask-wearing policies. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.
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17-year-olds. s The seven-day moving daily inci- P dence rate has generally declined t among 12- to 17-year-olds in Doug- P las County since Sept. 5, a few days n C after a mask mandate went into effect for all people 2 and older inside schools and childcare centers. p Rates also improved among 6- to s p 11-year-olds between Sept. 5 and Sept. 17, when they began creeping back up, from roughly 27 cases k per 100,000 people on Sept. 17 to 35 b as of Sept. 24. More recent data is A m incomplete. m t The school district’s stance The order passed Oct. 8 also ap- c peared to take aim at the Douglas m s County School District’s stance on masking. The school district’s i policy is to manage common com- f municable diseases in accordance with Colorado Department of Pub- o lic Health and Environment and c p Tri-County Health Department guidance. In recent weeks, the district has f been steadfast in its policy requir- f s ing masks for all people 2 years and older, regardless of vaccina- m tion status. i The district implemented that policy when Tri-County Health issued a universal masking mandate that took effect Sept. 1. The Douglas County Board of Health let that mandate dissolve when it took over jurisdiction of public health in the county. The Douglas County Board of Health’s order says, “state and Tri-County guidelines encouraging masks be required are not to be interpreted as compelling any school district, individual school, or daycare in Douglas County to mandate mask wearing on their premises.” Those entities could choose to mandate masks, the order says, but that mandate is “subject to the exemption provided in this order.” Schools Superintendent Corey Wise said in a letter to the community on Oct. 1 that removing masking mandates in schools would lead to more quarantines that can disrupt children’s learning. A district spokesman said Wise was not available for an interview regarding the Douglas County Board of Health’s Oct. 8 vote and that district leadership was not immediately available to answer questions emailed for the district. A spokeswoman later provided letters the district sent to the community on Oct. 9 and 10. Wise’s Oct. 1 letter emphasized Tri-County Health still has power to order a school to close, order isolations and quarantines, and require mitigation measure to reduce the spread of illness in outbreak and other high-risk situations. “Our students and staff need routine and consistency,” Wise wrote.
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achieve a required purpose. Michael Fields, who brought the measure, heads up a conservative organization called Colorado Rising Action, considered a dark-money group because it doesn’t reveal its donors. Fields previously served as the state director of Americans for Prosperity Colorado, associated with the national group, Americans for Prosperity, founded by wealthy business magnate brothers David and Charles Koch. Fields said he wants to increase public oversight by having all state spending go through the legislative process with a public hearing. He cited various examples of the kind of spending he thinks should be subject to legislative scrutiny. The Attorney General’s Office takes in money from legal settlements, settlements with drug companies related to the opioid crisis being a recent case. Fields noted that though settlement money typically comes with strings attached on how to spend it, interest from that money often has fewer restrictions. Fields also pointed to the practice of the governor’s office taking large contributions from private donors to pay for key staff. And Fields referenced all the federal money flowing into the state for pandemic relief as the type of spending for which he wants to see more oversight. Fields said when it comes to interest accumulating from custo-
dial money, the measure gives state lawmakers the chance “decide what priorities make sense, education or roads or whatever else.” Fields predicted that should the measure pass, state agencies that have control over these types of custodial funds are “not going to be happy that, what we call the slush funds, are no longer going to be slush funds, they’re going to be a part of the normal process of budgeting.” The Attorney General’s Office declined to comment on the ballot measure because of the pending litigation. The Polis administration may be most affected by the measure as it controls state agencies that receive large sums of federal funding. The governor’s office declined to comment on the measure or how it would affect state agencies. Scott Wasserman, who leads the liberal-leaning Bell Policy Center, told The Sun that besides the legal arguments for why the Secretary of State’s Office shouldn’t have OK’d the question for voters on this year’s ballot, he has grave concerns about the policy implications. “If it passes, I think it’s going to be a serious disruption to the way the state currently operates,” he said. He predicted the measure would drastically increase lawmakers’ workload by forcing them to appropriate a large assortment of different types of federal funding as well as funding from other sources that currently don’t require legislative approval. Democratic state Sen. Chris Hansen of Denver sits on the Joint Budget Committee. He said he thinks
the measure is unnecessary, noting that the JBC already reviews custodial fund spending each year. And he echoed Wasserman’s concern that the measure would require a lot more work from lawmakers as such custodial funds can come in throughout the year, not just when the General Assembly is in session. “The JBC and the legislature would have to come in and be passing appropriations bills, pretty much all year round if this goes forward,” he said. “So I think there’s a lot of unintended consequences.” But beyond all of that, Wasserman fears the changes could be used to “create opportunities for political theater,” setting up legislative showdowns over hot-button topics like fetal-tissue research. “This essentially allows one legislative chamber to veto federal dollars that have already come here from the federal government,” he said. He also expressed concern that the measure would mean emergency funding from the federal government, such as pandemic relief, could get tied up in legislative red-tape that
causes delays. And he said those delays could similarly tie up President Joe Biden’s new spending plan that still needs congressional approval. Hansen also raised that concern. “It’s going to really slow down the process of getting your emergency funds out the door, and that could have dire consequences,” Hansen said. Wasserman also highlighted the opaque nature of the organization backing the measure. “This isn’t something that came up from the grassroots,” he said “This is something that has been financed and put on the ballot for the express purpose of disrupting government and creating more uncertainty.” He surmised that it’s just a political game “to use this issue to attack the governor.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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elcome back to part three of this five-part series on “The 5 C’s of Retaining Top Talent.” In week one we discussed the importance of connecting with our team members, and last week we added a discussion around WINNING collaboration. Recognizing that WORDS everyone on our team, including our top performers, wants to be part of the creative and strategic thinking that will lead to personal and professional success. Next up is the Michael Norton role of change and how managing change can make or break us when it comes to attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining top performers. As I prepared for this series, I had time to spend a few hours on my favorite beach. A beach I knew growing up, and a beach I visited often even after moving to Colorado. And as I walked along the shoreline, I thought about how much I have
seen the beach change over the years. And although it changes with every storm, wind gust, and tide, it is still the beach. Superstorm Sandy back in 2012 leveled most of the homes along this stretch of beach. Most of which have been rebuilt, even more beautifully than before. Dredging and relocating sand has also played a role in the protection of the beach from the erosion that comes along with the storms, winds, and tides. The beach endures the changes that the storms, winds, and tides throw its way. This is similar to our businesses in a way. Businesses today face storms, winds, and tides too. They come in the form of shifts in the economy, an unexpected pandemic, innovation and technology advancements, societal pressures, and a volatile political landscape. As we think about attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining current and future top performers, we must acknowledge that how we manage change, will directly impact how we hire, who we hire, and how long they stay with us as a part of our team. Join me back on the beach for a moment. As I walked along the
shoreline, I walked with others combing the beach for pristine shells, sea glass, and other treasures that the new tide had washed ashore. I watched as people would pick up a shell, look at it and determine to keep it or toss it back. That made me think of the top talent that is out there looking to join a winning team and growing company. Just like the walk along the beach, there are many people trying to find those top performers, those potential new team members that can make such a huge difference for our business. Our job as leaders and coworkers is to walk the beach as often as we can. To look for not only the best and the brightest, but to also see what is broken, what needs change, or what change needs to be managed differently. Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman used the phrase, “Management by wandering around,” in their book, “In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies.” It means we purposely walk the beaches of our business looking for opportunities to recognize people, make changes, and learn what is most
important about the way we manage change and lead our business. Is this a case for “Change Management?” In a way, yes. But “Change Management” will be limited in its success if we fail to first identify what needs to change and then include a change readiness and communications strategy. When we lack connection, overlook collaboration, and then mismanage change, others will easily come by and pick up the best and brightest as they walk along the shoreline looking for top talent for their own organization. The storms, winds, and tides will certainly shape our business, they will cause us to change, and change for the better. Are you ready to manage those changes? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can change with the tide, avoid erosion, and keep our best and brightest, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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PACE Center celebrates 10 years Facility offers free, reduced-cost events BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, also known as PACE, is celebrating a decade in the community this month with a series of free and reduced-cost events. The PACE Center opened its doors on Oct. 28, 2011 after the town council approved the purchase of the land and a $21.7 million construction budget for the project. Carrie Glassburn, the PACE Center’s cultural director, wrote in a recent letter to the community that the center has welcomed over 1 million patrons to its facilities since opening. “Thanks to the foresight of several Town leaders and citizens who recognized the importance the arts play in building a strong community, the PACE Center was designed and developed and quickly became the cultural hub for Parker and the surrounding region,” Glassburn’s letter said. The celebratory events will run daily from Oct. 16 through the 23 and will include concerts, trivia and art shows. The full list of shows is below: Oct. 16 — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Happy Hour pre-show event, $30 Oct. 17 — Art walk, free Oct. 18 — Little Free Art Gallery opening, free Oct. 19 — 10th Anniversary Trivia Night, $10 Oct. 20 — Law and Order Murder Mystery Zoom event, $10
The PACE Center in Parker was given a $21.7 million budget when it was approved by the town council in 2009.
Oct. 21 — Bohemian Rhapsody Sing Along, $10 Oct. 22 — Dueling Pianos, $10 Oct. 23 — Artival, $10 The center is now hosting inperson events again and is at full capacity. This year’s full season will consist of comedy shows, films, jazz performances, musicals and holiday events. More information on these events and those planned for the rest of the season is available by calling 303805-6800 or visiting parkerarts.org. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the box office. During its first 10 years, the PACE Center has hosted 350 weddings and receptions, rented event spaces to 750 groups, offered 30,000 hours of cultural classes and presented 1,700 performances in the theater, accord-
ing to Glassburn’s letter. The center also offers art galleries and school break camps for art, music, dance, science, theater and cooking. In 2004 and 2005, the town began looking into building a new arts facility and purchased the property
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LIFE Horse culture still kicking in modern West
Growth changes state but love of horses is forever BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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n 1950, metro Denver’s population hovered right around 500,000. Farms and horse properties could still be found throughout the close-in suburbs. By the mid-1970s, the population had more than doubled and subdivisions had eaten away at sprawling open spaces. But it was still common to see leisure riders on horses, trotting down trails along Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue or Dry Creek Road. Today, the metro population is closing in on 3 million fast. Development and an explosion in residents have made things feel more like a big city than the cowtown vibes of yesteryear. But if you look closely, you’ll still find horse culture holds a special place in the heart of folks throughout the metro area. It’s a warm, late September morning as Joe McClellan makes his way toward his first job of the day. With an unbelievable view of the Flatirons as his backdrop, McClellan gets down to business. His dual degrees in architectural and civil engineering will be put to good use at the job site, but not to design or build a house. He’s there to shoe some horses. McClellan is a certified Natural Balance Farrier. More than a decade ago, he traded in his engineering career for a life working with the animals he loves. He said he was always fascinated by horses and a 2009 Natural Balance Hoof Trimming course set him on the path he’d been looking for. Applying engineering principals to every hoof he shoes, McClellan found a way to combine two things he loves into the freedom to work for himself. Shoeing horses from Fort Collins to Castle Rock and everywhere in between, and owning two horses of his own, McClellan spends his life immersed in local horse culture. Karen Richard owns the property with the fantastic view. She moved here in 1984 to be able to keep her horses on her own land. She’s owned horses for close to 50 years. She says in those days she would drive more than 100 miles to work and back each day to make her dream a reality. She didn’t come from a horseowning family. “I was just an anomaly, I guess,” she says. Richard’s horses, Tilly and Summer, are two of McClellan’s three clients at this stop. The other is a 23-year-old palomino Richard boards, named Sweetie. Sweetie’s owner, Bob, says she’s taught him a lot. “Like how to be a human,” he says. Bob leased Sweetie, taking care of her for a few years before her previous owner agreed to let him buy her. “I don’t refer to myself as her
Joe McClellan, farrier and trainer, works with his horse, Aspen.
owner,” he says. “I refer to myself as her staff.” Over the years, Richard has done both Western and English riding styles, competing in dressage, a form of horse riding performed in exhibition, with Tilly, a liver-chestnut thoroughbred. Now, Richard is content to just ride on her own property for fun. She says horses have given her more than she can express throughout her life. More than just fulfillment, she says horses have given her the gift of being present in her surroundings. Beyond their beauty, she thinks horses have a special place in this world. McClellan agrees. “Human beings couldn’t be where they are today without horses supporting us,” he says. “They transported us. They fought battles with us. They farmed with us. They’re amazing animals and we actually don’t deserve them. They deserve for us to treat them better.” Sixty miles southeast, Heidi Knab is chatting with customers at the Rusty Spur Saddle Shop in Parker. Her business card lists her position as “Head Cowgirl.” She also happens to be the owner of the tack/gear shop she founded after two decades teaching school. A lifelong rider, Knab says one day she was driving all over town looking for a new saddle. Her inability to find what she was looking for gave her the idea to start the business. Now, more than three years later, she says things are good and her business is continuing to grow. “The timing was right for me to change careers and open the business,” she says. “We started off with 30 saddles and now we sometimes have up to 200.” She jumped into a three-year lease with no prior business expe-
rience, but says she always knew it was going to work. She also has 1,500 consigners helping her stock merchandise and a deal with Colorado Saddlery to carry their new saddles. The store also has everything a rider could need for English and Western tack, clothing, boots, blankets, trailer supplies, grooming products and more. According to Knab, Douglas county ranks second in the nation for horse ownership per capita. “It’s huge, for horses,” she says. “I would have thought it would be Kentucky or something like that, but Douglas county is way up there.” Despite her parents not being horse people, Knab says she and her sister started doing barrel races at local shows and a ton of trail riding when she was a kid. “Horses are enchanting animals. I bought my first horse with babysitting money when I was 11 — of course, I also had to take out a loan from my parents,” she says. “My sister got me into it. She was really horse crazy.” Now, as she gets ready to enter her fourth year as a business owner, Knab says word of mouth is still her primary form of engaging new customers. She also employs staff members who have different expertise in riding styles, to appeal to Douglas county’s broad customer base. Guidance from other women in the tack industry was invaluable when she started out. But that didn’t surprise her. She thinks horse people she’s met are some of the most loyal, appreciative, kind individuals around. And that loyalty goes both ways. Relationships and customer service are what she says make the whole thing tick.
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Old adages about not mixing business with pleasure notwithstanding, Knab says opening the store actually feeds her passion for riding. She says she’s learned a ton from customers and hopes she’s paying that knowledge forward as well. Her repertoire includes showings, clinics, an obstacle challenge series and a lot of horse camping. Carol Perry is a native Texan who’s called Douglas county home since the ‘80s. She’s been a horse person her whole life. But she’s retiring from the hobby and recently she’s been selling off gear through Knab’s store. Her stable of horses has gone from eight down to one — a Swedish warmblood grand prix dressage horse that is 26 years old. Perry says retiring from the horse world has been an incredibly difficult decision. At her age, she says she wants to simplify her life, but the challenges that ever-increasing population and development have created for riders have hastened her departure. She says resources for horse people are becoming more restrictive each year and the people passing legislation aren’t paying enough attention to the billion-dollar equine industry here. But it’s also increasingly difficult to compete for trail space with mountain bikers — even in places like The Pines and Dawson Butte that were created to include horses. If you’re a lifelong horse person, or just thinking about maybe getting started, Knab says her shop is a nexus — a place people can come to get information and find their people. She holds community events once per quarter and welcomes everyone with a passion for horses to attend.
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Woodcarvers invite public to annual show
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he Colorado Carvers Club will hold its Annual Woodcarving Show, Competition and Sale on the weekend of Oct. 23-24 at the West Metro Fire Training and Event Center, 3535 SONYA’S S. Kipling St. in Lake- SAMPLER wood, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 24. coloradocarvers. org.
Sonya Ellingboe Miners Alley “The Crucible” plays at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, through Nov. 7. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. minersalley. com, 303-935-3044. (“Pay-itforward pricing” on tickets, to help people come back to the theatre, per director
Len Matheo.)
at the Center.”
Cherry Creek Theatre “Steel Magnolias” plays through Oct. 24 at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. (Special dinner package at the nearby Nona’s Bistro for $16.50.) cherrycreektheatre.org.
Call for clarinetist The Colorado Wind Ensemble will hold an open audition for one clarinet position: Prepare a video no longer than five minutes, including a lyrical selection and a technical selection. Email, Dropbox or YouTube to CWE. They rehearse 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays at the King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver. coloradowindensemble.org.
Jazz orchestra Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents “The Music You’ve Been Missing” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 at The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Tickets: $24-$38, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org. A note on the Arvada Center website says: “To protect the health of our visitors and artists, the Arvada Center will require all individuals to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend performances in our theatres starting September 28. All visitors ages 2+ must wear a mask when
Central City Opera The 89-year-old company announces that its next season, in the old Opera House in Central City, will include “The Light in the Piazza,” “Fledermaus” and “Two Remain.” The company performed in Littleton’s Hudson Gardens last summer. centralcityopera.org. MOA “The Fantasy Show” is open at the Museum of Out-
door Arts Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, as is work by the 2021 Design and Build Emerging Artists and 2021 Artist Fellow Tiffany Matheson, through Dec. 17. Hours: WednesdayFriday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. moaonline.org. Colorado Ballet “Giselle” is performed at the Elle Caulkins Opera House, Denver through Oct. 17. Tickets start at $40- $160, coloradoballet.org. Upcoming: “The Nutcracker” Nov. 27-Dec. 24; “Romeo and Juliet” Feb. 4-13, 2022; “Wizard of Oz” March 11-20, 2022. 303-837-8888, ext. 2. Tesoro The Annual Tesoro Historic Lecture Series, with a series of dinner lectures held at the Fort Restaurant in Morrison, also offers free local afternoon lectures, starting Oct. 16/17. On Oct. 16, Dr. David Wrobel will
speak about remarkable women such as Isabella Pfeiffer, Isabelle Bird and Mary Kingsley, at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton at 1:30 p.m. Free, but reservation needed through South Suburban Parks and Recreation website, ssprd.org, or 303347-5999. Repeated Oct. 17 at History Colorado at 2 p.m. and at a dinner lecture at the Fort Restaurant, reservation needed. 303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter.org.
Tesoro at Lone Tree “The Santa Fe Trail: Two Hundred Years of Songs and Tales” will be presented by Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout at 4 p.m. at the Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. Free, but registration is required: ssprd.org or 303-347-5999. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.
‘Cross Words’ is new work by local playwright BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The configuration of the smallish Bond Trimble Theatre at Vintage Theatre in Aurora dictates a set, designed by company director Bernie Cardell, that has the audience almost in the living room/dining room with the actors — and it works well! The company is presenting a clever new work by Denver playwright Scott Gibson, “Cross Words.” The play was the winner of Vintage Theatre Company’s 2019 Mystery Thriller new Play Showcase, and is now in its first production — a milestone for any new play. Lights go up with a frowning woman, Flora (Molly Turner), seated at the dining table working on a crossword puzzle ... “How’s her highness?” says her sarcastic husband Tim (Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry). “I hate our life,” she snaps. “One person’s life is another person’s `just
in time,’” he replies. The mood is set and we learn that the couple has come to live with her elderly Aunt Rosamunde, assuming that they will inherit her considerable fortune when she passes on ... But they’re impatient with the elderly relative’s ongoing vigor — and with the run-down house and leaky roof ... What if she were to fall down those stairs ...? “We still have to decide which of us will ...” “Dead people keep their plans to themselves ...” Enter Jan Cleveland, as Aunt Rosamunde’s attorney Clarrisa, who strides into the setting dressed in a spiffy tweed vested suit, obviously suspicious of the couple, as she looks after her client’s interests. “Aunt Rosamunde called you?” Tim wonders. “We planned on tomorrow night,” she replies. Tim comments about their agreement with Aunt Rosamunde “to
make it worth our while, our future seen to ...” if they were to live with her for a while ... helping with her day-to day needs. Aunt Rosamunde rings a bell upstairs, calling for assistance ... Scowling, Flora heads for the stairs, which protrude into the dining room, a constant reminder. Next scene has Tim practicing CPR on a beach ball ... Young, somewhat-challenged nephew Emory (Elton Tanega) appears: “Mr. Benson says to drop these buckets off and go right home ... Why were you giving CPR to that beach ball? And why were you calling it Aunt Rosamunde? That ball doesn’t have a heart ...” Turns out Emory and Flora are to share the inheritance. “I left my shoe and sock upstairs,” Emory says, returning soon: “The lady upstairs wants to see you ... I helped her get up ... she’s pretty mad ...”
Later, Emory staggers into the house, with a bloodied face. Clarissa runs in soon after — she had collided with Emory’s bike ... “I’ve always ben a careful driver — he was there without warning.” “I already knew,” he said. The lawyer had called his wife. Vintage Theatre Company was founded in 2002 by Craig Bond, Debbie Laureta, Chris Goranson, Lindsay Sanders Goranson and David Trimble, with a space on 17th Street, and it was moved into the Dayton Street location in 2012, where they have three performance spaces. Vintage Theatre is at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. “Cross Words” plays Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through Nov. 7. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre. com. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.
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Prop 119 would raise marijuana taxes for out-of-school learning Measure is one of 3 on Colorado’s statewide ballot BY DANIEL DUCASSI THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado voters will decide in the election ending Nov. 2 whether to raise taxes on recreational marijuana to help fund a new state program aimed at providing Colorado students with out-of-school learning opportunities. The program — called Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress, or LEAP — would pay service providers, like private tutoring companies or even public school teachers looking for extra work, to provide a wide variety of educational or development support services to K-12 students in the state. Supporters of the measure, called Proposition 119, say that by giving kids from lower income families a chance to access tutoring and enrichment programs, the program can help those kids catch up academically to their more privileged peers and start to reverse the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning. Public education advocates who oppose the measure, however, paint it as a slippery slope to vouchers and a threat to the state’s public education system, and argue that any new tax revenue for education should go into the existing system rather than
a whole new program. Meanwhile, opponents in Colorado’s cannabis industry say the increased sales tax is regressive and may push consumers back into the black market. Proposition 119 would create the LEAP program to provide financial support to Colorado students between the ages of 5 and 17 who are eligible to attend public school. A new state agency, called the Colorado Learning Authority, would run the program independent of oversight by the State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education. The governor would appoint a nine-member board to oversee the agency. The measure would prioritize students from low-income families who otherwise couldn’t afford the supplemental services by giving them the first shot at receiving benefits under the program. In 2023, financial aid awards of at least $1,500 would first have to go to students from households with income at or below the federal poverty level, then to students from house-
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The measure would also annually divert roughly $20 million from the State Land Trust, which supports funding for public schools, to the State Public School Fund, with an equivalent amount going from the general fund to support the new program. According to an analysis by nonpartisan legislative staff, the changes would mean less investment earnings in the state’s permanent fund by about $48 million over 10 years, including nearly $31 million that would otherwise go toward funding K-12 education. However, supporters point out that $20 million a year from the state land trust would result in a net increase in funding for public schools, above the lost potential revenue. Proponents of Proposition 119 see the measure as a way to close the achievement gap by giving kids from low income families some of the same opportunities as kids who live in higher income households. “There has been a longstanding opportunity gap in Colorado, and that was made worse in the pandemic,” said Curtis Hubbard, a Democratic consultant serving as spokesman for the campaign to support Proposition 119. “This is a targeted measure to direct help for out of school learning opportunities to the kids who need them the most.” Hubbard described the measure as a “targeted solution” to what he called “the opportunity gap,” only SEE PROP 119, P21
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made worse by restrictions on inschool learning that were in place during the pandemic. “We can’t wait to address the learning loss that occurred in the pandemic,” he said. “And we can make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids who didn’t have access to tutors, or test prep, or laptops, or internet service or whose families speak a language other than English in the home who may have already been behind.” Mike Johnston is a Democratic former state senator and the head of Gary Community Ventures, a public-benefit corporation that has contributed nearly $1.5 million support of the measure. Though Gary does invest in for-profit companies, Johnston said Gary does not have any investments that would be providers for LEAP. Johnston said Coloradans have an obligation to address learning disparities in Colorado. “The only way to really close that gap long term is to focus on all of the out-of-school and summer school learning opportunities that are driving those gaps in addition to what’s happening in K-12,” Johnston said. “When you look at the opportunities that a lot of middle class or upper middle class kids have, whether it is for additional tutoring, whether it is for summer camp, whether it is for after school science programming, those are the things that both help kids catch up and keep up.”
Brenda Dickhoner leads conservative education advocacy group Ready Colorado, which has given $325,000 to the campaign supporting Proposition 119. “We’re really excited about LEAP because this program empowers parents to spend dollars how they see fit for their children,” Dickhoner said. “Giving parents the ability to choose how to spend their dollars, whether it’s for math, tutoring, or piano lessons, or speech therapy is incredibly important to helping those kids thrive.” The measure enjoys a slate of high-profile supporters on both sides of the aisle, including former governors Bill Ritter (a Democrat) and Bill Owens (a Republican), Democratic former Denver mayor Wellington Webb, Colorado state senators Bob Gardner (a Republican) and Rhonda Fields (a Democrat) and Democratic former U.S. Senator Mark Udall. What opponents say Judy Solano is a Democratic former state representative and school teacher who is helping lead the opposition. She also serves as chairwoman of the nonprofit group Advocates for Public Education Policy. Solano sees the program as unnecessary and has concerns about giving public money to private providers, which could include forprofit companies, describing it as “a slippery slope.” She also wondered why the measure created a new agency to administer the program. “If the people that were backing this really cared about having adequate funds for students, why
would they create a whole new big agency that’s going to have administrative costs that we don’t really know?” she asked. Perhaps the harshest critics of the program are a group called Taxpayers for Public Education, led by Cindy Barnard. Barnard framed the measure as “basically a voucher initiative” that “creates another government bureaucracy that basically lacks complete accountability and transparency” and as a threat to public education funding. Like Solano, she thinks the money would be better used inside the public school system. Barnard also suggested that the measure doesn’t do enough to prohibit discrimination by providers against students and fears religious providers would be able to deny services to LGBTQ youth. Supporters disagree, pointing to language in the measure that states that the financial aid from the program must “be provided and administered in a manner that does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, provider, or learning opportunity on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, native language, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, military status, sexual orientation, gender variance, marital status, or physical or mental disability.” The Colorado Parent Teacher Association also opposes the measure. Similarly, the board of directors of the Colorado Association of School Boards voted to oppose Proposition 119.
The measure has also attracted critics from Colorado’s cannabis industry. Colorado Leads, an association of marijuana companies in the state, opposes proposition 119 because of the increased taxes. “This initiative imposes a regressive tax on people’s pain, especially veterans, teachers and the elderly who need cannabis for medicine but can’t get a medical card, and while local communities generate this tax, local school boards have no say over the education programs it pays for,” said Chuck Smith, CEO of BellRock Brands and board president of Colorado Leads. “If these ballot measures are so beneficial to all Coloradans, why aren’t other industries asked to pay their fair share of these taxes?” Others in the industry suggest the increased tax rate could push people back into the black market, an objection Johnston dismissed. The practice of people buying marijuana off the street, he said, is “a bygone era” that people won’t go back to at this point. The board of the state’s largest teachers union, the Colorado Education Association, couldn’t settle on whether to support or oppose the proposition, resulting in the CEA taking a neutral stance. Sun reporter Jesse Paul contributed to this story. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Arapahoe boys take state golf title Warriors last achieved pinnacle 33 years ago BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Arapahoe High School in Centennial has come close many times to winning a state golf championship. The Warriors were second the past two seasons and third in the previous two campaigns. Arapahoe’s golfers dominated for most of the regular season, and on Oct. 5 at the Colorado Springs County Club the team wrapped up its first state golf title since 1988. The Warriors held a one-shot lead after the first day of competition but came in with a 216 during the final round to finish with 438 strokes to outdistance Greenwood Village’s Cherry Creek High School by 17 strokes. Creek finished second at 455. Highlands Ranch was third at 458. “It feels really special,” said Arapahoe coach Harry Buckner. “This is a special group of kids. They challenged each other all year in all of our practices and competition. “Thirty-three years ago is the last time we won a state championship. That’s a long time ago. We’ve been knocking on the door but it’s so hard to open because there are so many good teams.” Arapahoe senior Will Kates didn’t have to wait 33 years to win his second state individual title championship. Kates, who captured the state championship in 2019, shot a final round of 1-under-par 70 and tied first-day leader Wesley Erling
of Pine Creek for first place with 142 two-round totals. Kates won a playoff on the second playoff hole with a seven-foot birdie putt to earn his second state championship. “I kinda made some really good putts today and that kinda of kept me in early,” said Kates. “I built off that and kept going from there.” And he made the biggest putt on the second extra hole of the playoff, which was the 524-yard, par 5 first hole. “I had that exact same putt on the first this morning, so I hit it on my line and it went in,” Kates continued. “It’s pretty cool to win. If you told me my freshman year that I would win two state championships I wouldn’t have believed you. “Winning state is just as cool as the individual, to be honest with you. My base goal this year was to get the team title.” Kates was the leader but Max Zadvorny had a 1-over-par 72 and wound up in eighth place with a total of 149. Matthew Wilkinson and Grant Juergens each had final rounds of 74. Wilkinson came in tied for sixth at 147 and Juergens was ninth at 150. Luke Cushman of Castle View High School in Castle Rock had a final-round 72 and came in tied for third place at 147, and Ryan Peragallo of Highlands Ranch tied with Juergens for ninth place. Cherry Creek’s Jonathan Trigg had a 151 total to lead the Bruins’ charge into second place. Despite the large margin of victory, Buckner admitted to being SEE GOLF, P23
Arapahoe’s Will Kates won the state Class 5A individual golf title with a putt on the second playoff hole and led the Warriors to their first team championship in 33 years. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Here he reacts after sinking the birdie putt to win the playoff.
Legend girls win league softball championship Titans beat Chaparral 3-0 in matchup of teams from Parker area BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Legend’s Kaylynn English sparked the Titans to a 3-0 victory over Chaparral on Oct. 4 in a game to decide the outright Continental League softball title. English had three hits and stole three bases, including home, to set the tone for the victory. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON
Junior shortstop Kaylynn English is a leader on the girls softball team from Parker’s Legend High School. English was the spark plug for the Titans with three hits, two runs scored and three stolen bases as Legend downed nearby Chaparral, 3-0, on Oct. 4 to win the regular season Continental League softball championship. “She is a good kid,” said Legend coach Kristen Shirk. “She definitely sets the tone for our team. She knows that. That puts more pressure on her at times but she was pretty loose (against Chaparral) and set the tone. We do play to win banners for the school. That’s a goal.” English got three singles in four
at-bats and her base running led to Legend’s first two runs, which staked them to the early lead which they held. She led off the game with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and scored on another wild pitch. “Baserunning is my favorite part of the game,” said English. “I love catching people and when I’m on third I look for the pitch in the dirt or up high.” In the third inning, English led off again with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and stole home to score the second run when the catcher was not sharp throwing the ball back to the pitcher. “I saw she (catcher) didn’t look at me at all and kind of lobbed it (the ball) back to the pitcher._I looked at my coach and she nodded her head and I knew what that meant. “The next pitch she didn’t look at me and I just went.” Chap needed to defeat Legend to gain a share of the league title, but the Titans wound up the regular SEE SOFTBALL, P23
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season with a 19-4 overall record and 9-1 in the league. The Wolverines finished at 17-6 overall with a 7-3 league mark. The title game matched two of the Continental League’s best pitchers in Legend junior Cameron Ponich and Chap senior left-hander Emma Crosby. Each pitcher allowed six hits and struck out 12 batters. Ponich lowered her earned run average to 1.57 with 157 strikeouts. English’s three hits raised her batting average to .536 and the fact that it came in a championship game against a team from a rival school was important. “I’ve faced her (Crosby) since I was 8,” recalled English. “She’s always been one of the top pitchers. I was nervous but I had confidence
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concerned heading into the final round of the two-day tournament. “Yeah, I was concerned,” he said. “We had a one-stroke lead after the first day. We were scared. You never know what is going to happen. I
and trusted myself.” Chap stranded six of the eight runners it left on base in the final four innings. “We had the tying run on but we have a lot of young kids,” said Chap coach Alan DiGiosio. “Cam’s (Ponich) a pretty dominant pitcher so we were in it in the seventh so I’ll take that. “I’ll put Crosby up against anybody. She’s had a heck of a year. She was right there with Cam neck to neck. She gave up six hits and three in that leadoff spot and nothing more than singles. We were 3-13 last year and nobody picked us to do anything this year so to be 17-6 is pretty remarkable.” Both Legend and Chap are expected to host two of the eight regional state qualifying tournaments to be held Oct. 16. Two teams from each regional will advance to the 16-team Class 5A state tournament, which will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Aurora Sports Park.
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Baldwin Hamilton (taller than a spinet: lower than an upright) walnut piano and bench. It has been used very little and is in good condition, but it needs tuning, which is best done after moving. The bench, containing sheet music and books, has a beautiful needlepoint cushion. The asking price is reduced to $600.00 cash. Call Mary Anne at 303-770-6770.
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Program connects Colorado to the world WorldDenver brings youths together through virtual exchange BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In the past decade or so, Cheesman Park resident Laurie Hirschfeld Zeller has hosted members of Parliament from the United Kingdom, university presidents from Yemen, journalists from various African countries and women leaders from all over the world. “These are the most interesting and rewarding interactions you can imagine,” Zeller said. Sometimes these international guests stay in Zeller’s home for about a week and sometimes they come just for dinner. “Breaking bread in one’s home is universally meaningful to all cultures,” Zeller said. “These opportunities have allowed me to show a personal side to the good experience these visitors have in Colorado, and helps them feel the goodwill that they take back to their home coun-
tries.” Zeller is a founding member of WorldDenver and an emeritus board member. The international visitors she has hosted are people chosen to participate in the International Visitors’ Leadership Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. “Denver has so much to share with the world,” said John Krieger, executive director of WorldDenver, “and we make those connections.” WorldDenver is a membershipbased nonprofit organization that connects Colorado to the world through international exchange, education, and personal interaction with international leaders, professionals and students, states its website. “It matters that we feel connected to the greater world, here in landlocked Denver,” Zeller said. “WorldDenver is a community of members that supports the great programs and visiting delegations that help us understand the perspectives of our fellow humans — and helps those other humans understand us.” WorldDenver is perhaps most known for facilitating the International Visitors’ Leadership Pro-
Young people participate in the World Affairs Challenge 2019 in Denver. COURTESY OF WORLD AFFAIRS CHALLENGE
gram, and for being Denver’s World Affairs Counsel. But, WorldDenver also has a Young Professional membership, and puts on a variety of other programming, such as an annual International Women’s Day event. “The biggest issues we face are borderless. They’ve got to be solved with global cooperation,” Krieger said. “Members come to WorldDen-
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The organization started to put together a plan to connect U.S. students ages 14-17 with students of the same age in the Middle East and North Africa — Iraq and Morocco, specifically. Called the World Affairs Challenge Virtual Exchange, the new program is being implemented by WorldDenver, and supported by the Stevens Initiative. The Stevens Initiative, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, “is an international effort to build global competence and career readiness skills for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the field of virtual exchange,” states a news release. WorldDenver is one of 19 grantees to be named a 2021 Stevens Initiative grantee. What the youth will do in the program is work in bi-national teams to identify a challenge in their community that is related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They will work together to create a solution, and the program will culminate with the students presenting their challenge and solution plan in video format. Winners of the competition will get to implement their plan. The youth will develop relationships and lifelong friendships
WorldDenver is a membership-based nonprofit organization that connects Colorado to the world through international exchange, education, and personal interaction with international leaders, professionals and students, states its website. Pictured is an event from a previous year during which WorldDenver members hear from former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. COURTESY OF WORLDDENVER
with their peers abroad, while also building empathy, developing leadership skills and learning about new topics. “When young people can turn their ideas into real action, especially while working cross-culturally, it is immensely powerful and transformative,” Krieger said in a news release, “setting them on a path toward meaningful global citizenship
and community involvement.” Kelly Jones-Wagy is one of the local World Affairs Challenge Virtual Exchange facilitators/mentors. “Students generally have incredible ideas,” Jones-Wagy said. “As a facilitator, my goal is just to help them to focus those ideas as they work with their counterparts through the virtual exchange.” Jones-Wagy said she hopes the
students learn from each other. “Not just about their project, but also about all of the things that they have in common,” Jones-Wagy said. “The more time we all spend getting to know people, the more we will be able to respect and care for others.”
To learn more about WorldDenver, its programs or how to become a member, visit worlddenver.org.
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Bids and Settlements PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 30, 2021, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Paonia, the Douglas County Fiber Mapping And Expansion Project, Douglas County Project Number TF-2018-033 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Paonia, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or
consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 30, 2021 file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Danny Montoya, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering. Legal Notice No. 939829 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734
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- JEFF TOBORG MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY DAVID CASIANO MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - CHRIS VANDERPOOL ACTING TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY CAROL BAUMGARTNER TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - FRANK JAEGER DISTRICT MANAGER PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - BRIAN W BAIR MANAGER BCPMIDTOWN INVESTMENT I LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 9-6-66 & NW1/4 10-6-66 LYING E OF LOT 4 WESTCREEK 2 1ST AMD 0.135 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC for said year 2012 That said COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC on the 28th day of July 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 939818 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Prom Discount Liquor SM & NH Inc. d/b/a Prom Discount Liquor, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Retail liquor license at the location of 2030 E County Line Road in Highlands Ranch, CO 80112. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. Date of Application: September 27, 2021 Officers: Sara Mesfin – Director/President, Tewelde G Kidane – Director/ Secretary Legal Notice No. 939824 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT - OCCUPANT - JOHN DAGOSTINO - MARGIE CLEMMER - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE R DENT FAMILY ESTATE TRUST - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE RUTH DENT & BRET ALLAN DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O OLENA DENT &
DAVID MICHAEL DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O DEANNE CHRISTINE BROCK - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER AKA KENNETH WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MARGIE CLEMMER the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 33 BLK 3 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.512 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MARGIE CLEMMER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of GARTHY L DENT for said year 2013 That said MARGIE CLEMMER on the 8th day of March 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 939819 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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October 14, 2021 Paid Political Advertisement
www.NoLoneTreeTaxIncrease.com VOTE BY NOVEMBER 2
NO on 2E THE CASE AGAINST THE LONE TREE SALES TAX INCREASE
• Question 2E will increase the sales tax rate in the City from 1.8% to 2.8%, a whopping 55% increase in the tax rate. • Question 2E will raise the City’s sales tax rate to 2.8%, and thereby limit its historical advantage over other municipalities in attracting shoppers and diners to Lone Tree. • The City has manufactured a $100 million deficit over the next 14 years by using a FALSE ASSUMPTION that Lone Tree will have 0% growth every year for the next 14 years…don’t fall for it! • There is NO WAY the City will have 0% growth. The City has an upscale retail and restaurant base, and is surrounded by affluent households and growing communities. • The City’s assumptions do not show any belt tightening on expenses. • There are NO LEGAL RESTRICTIONS on how the new tax money is spent – all new tax money goes to the City’s General Fund. The open space, road maintenance and public safety dedication is just political sales pitch. • Some people outside of Lone Tree will pay the higher tax, but ALL Lone Tree residents will DEFINITELY PAY THE HIGHER SALES TAX on in-store purchases and online purchases. • The City’s internal documents show VERY LITTLE LOST SALES TAX REVENUE to online purchases. • The City’s sales tax revenue declined in 2020 from the economic recession and virus lockdown, but has recovered most of that loss in 2021, and should resume normal growth in 2022. • Question 2E is a blatant government money grab. If approved, the 2E tax increase will deliver to City coffers more than $150 million over 10 years, which is almost $90 million more than the City’s assumed deficit in 2031 (City assumes a cumulative deficit of $60 million in 2031). • If the City grows a modest 3% per year, then the $100 million projected deficit goes away and instead the City has a $35 million surplus with NO CUTS TO SERVICES OR PUBLIC SAFETY! Paid for by Citizens for Tax Fairness
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