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Letters

  • OUR READERS WRITE

    School board majority should be lauded, not recalled

    Editor:

    Having seen several good companies driven into bankruptcy or demise by intransigent unions, as I have, shouldn’t we all congratulate Jeffco’s unjustly maligned school board for reaching a teachers contract agreement on time and within budget?

    Do you think that its new open-to-the-public negotiations helped?

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Be an informed voter in recall election

    Editor:

    Marion and Jim Dries wrote in a recent letter that folks should seek the truth before voting in the school board recall election. A very good way to do that would be to check out two websites: freedomforeducation.com and jeffcoeducationtruth.com.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Safe storage, and where have the responsible gun owners gone?

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    County commissioners’ decision questioned in Jared’s rezoning

    Editor:

    Jefferson County has a Planning Commission that responds to zoning issues presented in unincorporated areas of the county. That commission recently held hearings on a request by Jared’s Garden Center to build an indoor volleyball facility and a pub on its property on West Bowles Avenue.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Negative campaigning must end

    Editor:

    We have recently suffered bombardment by the most despicable, disgusting, demonizing political ads imaginable for most of this past year. I don’t want my TV viewing and radio listening co-opted by wealthy political interests in future election years. Discussions with friends, family and neighbors overwhelmingly indicate that I am not alone.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Council of Homeowners Organizations supports Foothills’ mill-levy boost

    Editor:

    After review and discussion of the issue at our Oct. 1 meeting, the members of the Council of Homeowners Organizations for a Planned Environment have voted to support Foothills Park and Recreation District’s mill-levy request in the upcoming election.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Let’s end the vitriol and respect all views on governing schools

    Editor:

    My husband and I volunteered in the Jeffco Public Schools for about 20 years in every grade level as we raised our children. We supported the teachers and principals and were there for students.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Opposition to new superintendent has the wrong focus

    Editor:

    It’s typical. Some groups seem so fixated on their political agenda for education that they have lost all perspective. People certainly are entitled to their own opinions of the new Jeffco superintendent hire, Dan McMinimee. But they’re not entitled to their own facts.

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  • Our Readers Write

    Opposition to new superintendent has the wrong focus
    Editor:
    It’s typical. Some groups seem so fixated on their political agenda for education that they have lost all perspective. People certainly are entitled to their own opinions of the new Jeffco superintendent hire, Dan McMinimee. But they’re not entitled to their own facts.

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  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Board majority disregarding community

    Editor:

    Parents and citizens of Jefferson County ought to feel outraged at the recent actions of the new majority members of the school board. Let’s see. What’s happened so far this year?

    • A decision to provide all-day, paid kindergarten at Lasley Elementary in Jeffco is on the chopping block, something parents and community members of this county had already voted on and approved.

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