Lakewood Informer

On November 28, Lakewood City Council was asked to designate a property on S Wadsworth Blvd as blighted. Per Colorado Revised Statutes a "'Blighted area' means an area that... is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare". This definition is included in statute as a way to target areas for urban renewal...

Guest post from Alex “The general formula is that it costs more to provide services to residential... Than [they] bring in tax revenue.”  (15th of May, 2017, Mr. Tim Cox, former city attorney for Lakewood). https://videopress.com/v/Dd412VQr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true (15th of May, 2017, Mr. Tim Cox, City of Lakewood meeting) Although Lakewood should know this basic planning fact,...

Addenbrooke Classical Academy Executive Director Ric Netzor made a public plea for help to the City of Lakewood, November 28, 2022. "We need your help. There is a bar that prohibits our people from entering and exiting our campuses other than from one street and that is from up Teller St. The bar is put...

Guest post from Lenore Herskovitz In the August 2022 edition of Looking @ Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul commented on public input stating:” We offer many opportunities for you to engage and make your voice heard. Your participation, feedback, and ideas are critical”. While the opportunities may exist for volunteering or submitting information either in person...

Read into public record: a FOIA request has been bounced around for 3 months, since August, 2022. Latest response requests renegotiation of data release by January 5, 2023. https://youtu.be/VuWBZgwaWgc?t=5713 Public comment, November 28, 2022 Reminder: This is the 59 acres recently sold at the corner of 6th and Union. Concerns center around potential environmental hazards

The battle over guns comes to Lakewood. At the Nov 28, 2022 Lakewood City Council meeting, proponents for and against new gun control measures made their arguments in public comment. This is now an issue for all local governments due to a new law in Colorado, https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-256. This law makes it possible for cities to...

The November 7th City council meeting included a presentation on the 2022 State of the Municipal Court. Presiding Judge Nicole Bozarth presented statistics on cases, hearings and more. She also updated the council on the progress of treatment and outreach programs. Presiding Judge Bozarth reported that Lakewood is a leader in court innovation. Regarding case...

Guest post by Alex... Lakewood government, for over a decade, has been leading the city down the path of economic and environmental peril due to a seemingly intentional disregard for true economic development. This became painfully obvious at the city council meeting on the 7th of November, 2022.  An in-depth presentation by Elizabeth Garner from...

The November issue of Looking@Lakewood included a column reflecting on Lakewood’s style of government. Lakewood’s city charter set up a council-manager form of government. Per the article, this form involves hiring “a professional city manager who puts those [city council] policies into action by directing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city’s departments and...

At the Jeffco School Board meeting on November 11, 2020, people for and against the school closures made their final statements. At the end, the Board voted unanimously to close 16 schools for the good of the District. Every member of the public speaking about the closures spoke against it, often passionately, always prepared, and...