Opinion

Courtesy of the Brighton Fire Rescue District

    There’s never a good time for a fire, so the idea of a fire two days before Thanksgiving is simply incomprehensible.
    But that’s exactly what happened to the Dean family. Its members joined their neighbors and watched the house on South Third Avenue become unlivable eight days ago. The best news was everyone got out safely.

Kyle Cascioli and Dean Saitta
Guest Opinion
    The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District recently paid for 84 families and businesses to relocate in order to make way for the district’s new $470 million dollar wastewater treatment plant in Brighton.
    MWRD District Manager Catherine Gerali was quoted as being pleased that the city was able to help all parties move to new homes—including a colony of feral cats that now occupies a new space at the Brighton Animal Shelter.  We’re pleased, too.

    Do you want to know what makes  covering Adams County elections so much fun?
    It’s knowing that we can always count on Adams County voters to make some bone-headed decision that, while perhaps a reflection of the political climate, lacks any shred of common sense whatsoever.

    Before we launch into our list of choices for city council and school board candidates, we want to salute all of the candidates who showed enough interest in the future of their city to take the time to run.
    Serving on either panel is a part-time job that requires a nearly full-time commitment to do it properly. The fact that so many Brighton residents wanted to serve on these boards shows volumes to what they think about their city and its future.

If you are fortunate enough to have parents who are alive, there is a very good chance they remember what they were doing and where they were when the United States was forced into World War II. Then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “a day of infamy.”
    There was another one. Its 10-year anniversary is Sunday, the day that two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the day that a third plane crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

    Pop quiz.
    What do Roberta Thimmig, Wayne Anderson, Russ Carr, Virginia Guzman, Michael A. Boultwell and Audrey Slorf have in common?
    How about Rob Farina, Richard Rodriguez, Jeffrey Blair, Lynn Baca, Anthony Dyer, Todd Gilchrist and Fidel Balderas?
    All of them have expressed interest – in various forms – in participating in local government, one of the most basic, grassroots forms of government our country offers.

No one can accuse Brighton City Council of good timing. Some could substitute “good timing” for “good sense.”
    On the same night it said it was uncomfortable passing on a water rate increase to its citizens, it approved an $826,000 expenditure --  prepaid from an earlier bond issuance, yes – for landscaping work at the new city hall.

Dear Mom and Dad,
    Here’s hoping you’re ready for 10 days of an extra mouth in the house, an extra place setting at the table, an extra cup of coffee, some extra noise in the house, extra milk in the fridge and 10 days of whatever else may be in store.