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Kudos to Arvada, Edgewater and Wheat Ridge

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Contributed by: Harold L. Bober on 8/29/2006

Kudos and sincere thanks to the parks and recreation departments of the above-mentioned cities for offering free musical concerts in their parks again this summer. And a heavy-handed slap on the wrist to the city of Lakewood's Department of Community Resources for charging $6 per person for their outdoor summer concert series.

It is truly ironic that the city of Lakewood finds it necessary to charge the public (and especially senior citizens who frequently constitute a large percentage of summer concert attendees) for their concerts. Not only is Lakewood larger and wealthier than any of the above-mentioned neighbor cities, but it draws financial contributions from similar organizations (i.e., SCFD in particular).

As a Lakewood resident who has provide transportation to these concerts for seniors during the past two months, I am ashamed of my city of residence and call on the SCFD and other nonprofit organizations to deny future funding to Lakewood for summer concerts unless they eliminate their self-enriching concert fees. I also applaud SCFD and other organizations for funding the summer concerts in Edgewater, Wheat Ridge and Arvada. That was, indeed, money justifiably spent! The concerts were wonderful and from what I have heard from a few of my neighbors (who also attended Lakewood concerts), were more numerous and in many cases superior to what Lakewood had to offer. Shame on Lakewood!

Harold L. Bober is a retired pharmacy educator, is active in senior activities and resides in Lakewood.

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