This one is going to be fast and furious with just so much going on!
Let’s start with my favorite topic, whatever you heard about the Wadsworth project and when it’ll be fully completed I want you to start adding to whatever number is in your head, more details in the next issue, read this next part…
How about (you read it here first) 16 million dollars for a new Anderson pool. To be fair, yes we are bordering on the need to replace our favorite park destination, attracting so many, including families from across city limits. But I’m thinking for 16 million dollars every household in this sweet beloved town can get their own backyard pool. Have we lost the sense of reason? 16 million dollars, how many things can we do with 16 million dollars. Eliminate property taxes for a year, pay groceries for every citizen for an entire year. Buy every resident a bicycle and eliminate all traffic jams. On a serious note, what if we got our storm water built out instead of forcing an assessment on every home for such a project. We have 24 parks. What if we sold one or two of them and pay for the pool?
Wait Guy, you can’t say that! I think as a past Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission for 10 years, I can. Life is about priorities. Kids aren’t filling up our parks anymore. No little league, no football and hardly anything outdoors. The scouts are almost gone, but video games are alive and kicking. So sell a park or two and fund the new pool. Because we in fact do need that outdoor pool. But not for 16 hard earned million American dollars. Or better yet, Arvada is getting a new pool at a cost of 46 million dollars, but wait… the Jeffco Board of Education is footing the bill for half of that amount. Have we talked to Jeffco Board of Education? Can the Anderson pool host the high school swim team? Does Jeffco Board of Education have more love for Arvada than Wheat Ridge? I mean they have closed so many of our schools, maybe we can at least get a pool in return.
On the bright side, I am excited that we are finally going to have a sports reporter that will be sharing the scores and stories from games, matches and tournaments right here in Wheat Ridge. We have incredible athletes and future superstars sitting right here in our classrooms.
I’m also looking forward to the amazing summer events we have coming up; RidgeFest a great place for our artists, The Edgewater Music Fest is not to be missed. The Carnation Festival is by far my favorite. Joe Demott’s team is once again hard at work in organizing the event and parade. You must visit the Gazette booth this year. Not only will we have our usual “talk to anyone about anything” station, but we are also entering the Car Show this year. ‘Bruce’ the Volkswagen camper will be showing off its new colors. I know so many empty nesters get a dog as a surrogate child, but ‘Bruce’ has been so much more. I’m told that I am “dog neutral” but definitely “car positive”.
Last point for today… Is it me, or is the same person in charge of the Wadsworth project also in charge of the King Soopers remodel?
As always, thanks for reading.
