Opinion: Thanks for being able to serve our community
It’s Thanksgiving week! I want to give thanks for being able to write this column and all the other opportunities I’ve had over the last 40-plus years to serve our Boulder community. My first political foray was in 1982, when I conceived Boulder’s solar access ordinance. This was way before I ever thought about running for the council. I had designed and helped build a few solar houses. And when I read about such ordinances elsewhere, it seemed like Boulder should also have one. I ended up working with Susan Osborne, then in the Planning Department, and later our mayor, on the concepts. And with help from then assistant city attorney Alan Boles, it got drafted and the council passed it. I was blown away — I could actually do something big that would make a positive difference to my community. That led to working at the Legislature, running for council, lots of other projects and eventually writing for the Daily Camera. As a kid, I hated listening to my parents talk politics. And my wor...