Author: Toni Moore
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The power of the people: Civilian watchdogs preserve freedom | Guest column
Freedom is not guarded only in courts, elections or headlines. It’s guarded in the ordinary places where power is exercised: local boards and commissions — water, fire, library, planning, city council, county commissioners. Those are the rooms where budgets are set, contracts awarded, policies interpreted and rules bent — or enforced. When those rooms are…
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Get it together, Teller County and Florissant Fire Protection District | Guest Column
I am tired and beat down about Florissant Fire Protection District and the behaviors of the people who were elected or appointed to oversee important functions it. When citizens don’t attend meetings, write letters or look over the shoulders of our elected and appointed representatives, we are called lazy and apathetic. When citizens try to…
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Indian Creek Property Owners Association schedules mitigation work March 20
Indian Creek Property Owners Association will be conducting ITS 4th Fire Mitigation Workday of 2021 on Saturday, March 20. Their continuing momentum has more Indian Creek residents joining their “posse,” having fun, learning the benefits of fire mitigation, and little by little, making Indian Creek and Teller County safer. Concerned homeowners from other areas have…