Letters to the Editor

"These practices hurt working families and small businesses already struggling with rising healthcare costs."

"As someone who runs a true recovery residence — one built on structure, accountability, and healing — I believe this kind of misuse puts our communities and our profession at risk."

"I’ve owned The Garden Gate Café in Niwot for 25 years.... The voices of actual workers in our town have been drowned out. Ironically, most of them don’t support these changes—because their hours have been cut, their jobs eliminated, or their tips reduced as restaurants shift to service charges or close altogether."

"When we passed the Longmont Open Space Tax, we voted to keep land free from development in perpetuity. We didn't vote to keep land in reserve for future development."

"A fishbowl can be useful, but only if it’s carefully planned to balance power instead of reinforcing it."

"Development in this area will create an industrial large donut hole in the middle of open space and agriculture lands, creating additional fragmentation of wildlife habitat and cutting off wildlife movement corridors."

"This proposal presents as a bait and switch for the City to build industrial infrastructure on land designated as Open Space."

“This land swap sets a bad precedent.”

“If the [Longmont City Council] thinks dissing the recommendation from PRAB will come only at a small price, the cost of the loss of public trust of 74% of voters should be carefully calculated, especially for any council candidates running for election next November.”

"If you are experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing your housing—regardless of age—our county and local officials are sending a clear message: you’re on your own, and they want you to keep moving."