Pubdate: Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Source: Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO)
Copyright: 2010 Kristina Lipsky
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Author: Kristina Lipsky

LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE

We already have a 400-foot restriction between K-12 schools and local 
dispensaries. Why do we need to add to that? I, along with a lot of 
other people, believe that we should stop trying to take what is 
helping our economy away from us.

College students are adults with the ability to make their own 
decisions. And as for preschools, if our concern is to keep them from 
being around the dispensaries and the lifestyles associated with 
them, then we need to make sure the preschools keep better track of 
the children attending their centers.

Between all of the dispensaries in Colorado Springs together, they 
are bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly to the City 
of Colorado Springs. Now, can you tell me what is so wrong with that? 
Why can't we just leave things the way they have been? Is the city 
that unwilling to accept that it will bring our city back to the 
beautiful place it once was? A place when all of our city parks were 
maintained and our street lights came on at night to keep our 
neighborhoods safe for our children?

Please leave the laws the way they are.

Kristina Lipsky

Colorado Springs
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