As you already know from my last post, I didn’t like Dean Damon’s agenda and direction he took the Boulder Valley School District in as superintendant after taking the post in 1990. Despite that, however, I read his entire blog he started on Jan. 8, 2009, for his family and friends to read about his lung transplant surgery and recuperation. The link was provided in his obituary.

You can expect every time the Boulder Valley Education Association negotiates with the Boulder Valley School District sparks of some sort are going to fly. The teachers’ sick-out protest this year, however, should never have been a part of it. Nevertheless, worse yet would be to look back with rose-colored glasses at BVSD’s history and past negotiations.

Good for Bob and Daryl McCool of Superior for getting the chicken ban reversed, a move all local communities should make. Think about the reasons of smell and noise sounded for not having chickens in residential areas. Now, compare that to dogs. Chicken noises are a lot less intrusive than dogs barking. And the smell of unattended chicken coops isn’t any more unpleasant than unattended backyard dog kennels. And, as far as chickens attracting predator wildlife, so do dogs and their food.