Actually, I am a proponent of uniforms, and not only -- or even mainly -- because of their ability to downplay sexuality. Girls in particular (I know, cuz I was one) are highly competitive and even mean about other girls' fashion choices at the middle and high school levels. If you're not able to afford the currently "in" labels and styles, you're relegated to the bottom of the social heap. And if parents give in to their little darlings' desires for designer duds, handbags, etc., it can be a real drain on family finances. Uniforms do a great deal to simplify life for both students and parents (and probably teachers as well), and help level the playing field for all.
Agreed . . . We have lived in the mountains west of Boulder for almost forty years and I can't even tell you the number of times that XCel/PSC boots-on-the-ground have saved our bacon and restored power after floods, wildfires, or major snow events. I recall at least one time when their truck couldn't make it up our non-county-maintained road and the repair guys hiked in to our power pole on snowshoes. Somehow I can't imagine City of Boulder employees -- the same ones who either can't or who refuse to plow snowy streets or fix potholes -- going to similar extremes to service their "customers" (assuming they even know the meaning of that term).
Luckily, we live well outside the City limits, and outside the areas that they are lusting to overtake if that's what it takes to make their silly scheme work; but I feel badly for those who are captive to it: just don't expect to see "snowshoes on the ground" any time soon.
Dear Sophie: As a 7th-grader, surely by now you have been indoctrinated by your liberal teachers (and, perhaps, parents) as to the "threats" posed by climate change, fossil fuels, automobiles, etc. Well, guess what: air-conditioning is considered to be part of that constellation of modern evils. If these people had their way, you and your cohort would go back to living in pre-modern times, in which case the lack of air-conditioning would be the least of your worries.
Hey, I'd like to live in Aspen, Malibu, Sun Valley, La Jolla, or Santa Fe. I don't see anyone bending over backwards to make any of those places "affordable" for me . . . nor should they!
As the old saying goes: "Figures don't lie, but liars sure figure."
I think you may underestimate the sheer number of "bellyachers" who gave up on the City years/decades ago and moved to the mountains or the plains of unincorporated Boulder County; and who are therefore ineligible to run for City office, vote, etc. But since we still have to shop, drive, pay sales taxes, etc. in Boulder when we can't find an alternative (and since Boulder continues to threaten some of us with their hare-brained schemes such as the muni), we reserve the right to belly-ache the hopes of inspiring better local governance.
Ms. White: please go out and rent (or stream) the movie "Dr. Zhivago," if you want to see what your pipe dream actually looks like in action.
It may be "unstated" in LA, but I believe the Boulder bike cabal has been quite open that this is their goal.
"Recalled"? How about "remembered"?
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