Letter to the Editor
Interesting article in the Pueblo Chieftain about Pueblo West Metro Board voting for temporary halt on growth, halting sale of new water taps and building permits. Our Metro District Board has claimed they have no control over issuance of building permits.
Virginia Dickerson
Letter to the Editor
I realize that I may be one of the so called, “I am here, you are not, you are not welcome” people but I truly think that CC needs to take a serious look at curbing further water taps. Note the article on Pueblo West. CC does not have the back up of buying water from Pueblo or anyone else if we want to be realistic. A second reservoir may be a gleam in our eye but it is nothing more than a pipe dream in my opinion even if we could afford to build one. True we would have water to fill a second reservoir on a good year but we wouldn’t need it anyway on a good year. Long term storage cannot be practical because we all saw what happened to Beckwith just this last year with all the algae so imagine storing water for a couple of years and then being able to clean it up for drinking.
Yes, we have wells to pump but just how long do we think that they would last until the water table got so low water was not available.
Take the Duell well which we continually talk about getting on line. Do you realize that when that well was first drilled in the 1950’s that it was originally artesian?
We need to come up with a positive approach on where CC is going to be down the road based on our water availability and it seems that a major decision must be made to restrict water taps.
I am trying not to be negative but rather just practical and perhaps a little selfish because I have a sizeable investment here in CC and if we do not have water I wouldn’t be able to give it away.
Dave Houghton
Teach The Teacher.
Early last summer I wrote a letter headlined, "School Daze." The letter covered the implementation of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the "1619 Project" into K-12 classrooms.
President Biden's Education Department is now providing grants under American History and Civics Education programs to teach diversity and the effects of "systemic" inequality.
The program's explanation is full of contradictions that are so blatant they look almost comical. The Education blog URL's length is as long as the article itself, so in the interest of brevity, some selective parsing is necessary.
The program invited, "… applicants to explore innovative and creative ways to support educators and the teaching of American history and civics to students." and further stresses, "… [It] does not dictate or recommend specific curriculum, as these decisions are – and will continue to be – made at the local level." Let's see, this all boils down to teach the teacher to teach the students; hence, not necessarily formulate a new curriculum – you won't find any syllabi titled "CRT (101)" or "1619 History (101)" – their approach will be much more subtle.
As a matter of supposed fairness it goes on, "... [it invites] applicants to design projects that incorporate racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse perspectives into teaching and learning." – Labeled as "invitational priorities," but state they'll give no competitive advantage for their inclusion in an application. Well, it turns out the 2021 grantees all SURPRISINGLY stressed those priorities in their applications.
As a closing statement they emphasize, "In planning for the ... programs this year, [we] emphasized two points. First, as every parent knows, when students can make personal connections to their learning experiences, there are greater opportunities for them to stay engaged in their education ... second, we respect and trust the Nation’s educators and know that the work they’re doing to promote important conversations can benefit all students." This can be simply boastful rhetoric on their part, but phrases like "make personal connections" and "promote important conversations" leaves room open for interpretation.
Besides this drive from the national level, it's already present in some classrooms. Locally, who knows?
Enough said.
Anthony C. Powers
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