UPDATE: Venue changed to 1626 Cole Blvd., Bldg 7, 4th Floor, Lakewood, CO 80401, 6:30-8:30 pm

Guest post from The Concerned Citizens in Lakewood

Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Subject: Citizen Town Hall
To: <CityCouncilMembers@lakewood.org>
Cc: <wstrom@lakewood.org>, <jshahrezaei@lakewood.org>, <gsinks@lakewood.org>, <sguerrero@lakewood.org>, <icruz@lakewood.org>, <rstewart@lakewood.org>, <rlow@lakewood.org>, <rolver@lakewood.org>, <drein@lakewood.org>, <jlabure@lakewood.org>

Mayor Strom, Chief Smith, and Lakewood City Councilors,

We understand that the City of Lakewood is in discussion with the City of Denver and considering a vote to make Lakewood a Sanctuary City to allow migrants to be bused into our beautiful city. We also understand that the intent is for them to occupy the now vacant Jeffco Schools buildings at the expense of Lakewood taxpayers.

Lakewood has hundreds of citizens that are very concerned with this. We invite you to come and listen to concerns, share what you know about these plans, and how you see this playing out in our city. In addition to the serious concern of Denver making their problems ours, there are significant concerns about the ramifications and impacts this will create in our neighborhoods and greater community – crime and safety, infrastructure, local business, and much more.

We realize it is short notice, but please let us know if you can attend on Tuesday evening, so we can both acknowledge you and plan for you on the agenda. Informational flyer is attached with details on the event.

Sincerely,

The Concerned Citizens in Lakewood

concernedcitizensinlakewood@gmail.com