Outside money floods Lakewood’s zoning fight—but voters aren’t budging
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
I wanted to offer some interesting updates on Lakewood’s zoning fight. I would also say that if this issue is near to your heart, and you’ve not yet, you might consider subscribing to the Lakewood Informer--an outlet that’s done incredible work covering this issue.
In broad terms, as of the last update, a group of citizens pushing back on Lakewood City Council’s zoning mandates had successfully gotten enough signatures to put zoning on the ballot so residents of Lakewood could have a say on the issue.*
Interestingly, per the second link below a blog entry for the Kim Monson radio show, the measure has drawn quite a bit of monied and big-name opposition, including that from out of state!
Quoting from that l...

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