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Let’s focus on rebuilding, not destroying community

The Marshall Fire has sparked more than structure and landscape loss in our town; it has also instigated a divisive and misguided recall campaign against Councilmember Most by a small group of fire survivors.

She is being accused of not being empathetic enough and joining other councilmembers in not voting to make special exceptions to the City Building Codes and Use Taxes for residents rebuilding after the fire.

Ms. Most is a hard-working small business owner and parent who cares about her community and invests countless hours of her time keeping abreast of issues in her ward and the city, reading hundreds of pages of city council packets, researching issues, talking to constituents and showing up extremely prepared for every city council meeting.

There are many options for fire survivors rebuilding their homes. The Boulder County Commissioners approved usetax rebates of up to $3,500 for Boulder County Residents rebuilding homes affected by either the Marshall Fire or the Cal-wood Fire.

Homes rebuilt to the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, or Boulder County’s Build smart standards can earn an incentive of $10,000 from the Colorado Energy Office. Xcel is offering up to $10,000 for energy star rebuilds. In addition, Community Foundation Boulder County has raised over $43 million in available grant money for fire survivors.

Wouldn’t it be more effective to focus on rebuilding, instead of further destruction of our community through a capricious and unfounded politically motivated recall petition?

— Cindy Bedell, Louisville

Councilmember should resign, save time of recall

Recently, I signed the petition for the recall of Louisville’s Council Member Most.

I have not taken this action lightly as I have reviewed 202122 Council meetings and found her behavior as a public servant alarming.

Her actions have been antibusiness, derisive to Louisville constituents and voting that ignores Louisville’s constituents/ city needs. In short, she is not a good fit for public service.

I do thank her for her service to our community and again, urge her to resign … saving the city of Louisville the cost and time of a recall election.

— Henry Shaw, Louisville

We humans should serve each other with kindness

We believe the chief purpose of humans is to serve with love, compassion and kindness our fellow humans, not a questionable supernatural being.

Only one life will soon be past, only what’s done for others will last.

— Paul Brynteson and Donna Brynteson, Broomfield

We aren’t doing enough to slow the climate crisis

Increasingly, the world has been battered by weather disasters that are the result of global warming. Consider one recent example: dozens of wildfires in northern Canada, with the smoke obscuring skies as far south as Boulder. Because we’re not doing enough to end or even slow significantly the intensifying climate crisis, we know there will be even larger fires, floods, droughts, tornados and hurricanes.

Our children and grandchildren won’t have to go to Mars to find out what it’s like to be on an uninhabitable planet. All they’ll need to do is step out the door and look at what’s happening on planet Earth.

— James H. Maguire, Boulder