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Endorsement for Bob Murphy

Sunday, November 4 at 2:00 PM

Barbara Thorman of Lakewood writes:

Numerous wrong and misleading statements made by Rita Bertolli, candidate for Lakewood Mayor, are a concern to me. Her website states “The City of Lakewood receives $5 Million in grant money from Jefferson County Open Space for our public land maintenance and acquisition. Most of our parks, however, were not purchased by our City but donated gifts from family estates.” According to Kathy Hodgson, Director of Community Planning and Development, “11% of our parks were donated to our City and 89% were acquired by the City.” Those figures to me are a long way from “most.”
An often made comment in Miss Bertolli’s presentations and on her website is “they (City Council) never balanced the budget.” The City of Lakewood Charter, written by Lakewood Citizens, mandates the City have a balanced budget, which is what the Council has done continuously! This information was confirmed by Larry Dorr, Lakewood City Finance Director.
As to Miss Bertolli’s statement on her website that “Mike Rock doesn’t even live in Lakewood,” she is again wrong! Mr. Rock has lived in Lakewood since he was hired by the city, as required by the City Charter.
I urge Lakewood voters to select Bob Murphy as the next Mayor of Lakewood. Not a 26 year old woman, who continually misrepresents issues, has very limited business experience and has no city leadership experience.

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