🌱 Boozy November Ballot + Slow Start To Snow Making + CO Air Quality

Hello all. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Lakewood Daily — here to explain all the most important things happening in town these days. Including news about...

• Liquor retailers could have an unlimited number of stores if Proposition 124 passes.
• Colorado ski areas may open later than normal this year.
• Colorado's ozone pollution is creating havoc at the state's permitting office.

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Wednesday's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 72 Low: 40.

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. On the November ballot: Should liquor retailers be able to have an unlimited number of stores in Colorado? If Proposition 124 passes, it would allow liquor retailers to own and operate an unlimited number of stores beginning in 2037. This proposition essentially rewrites Colorado's liquor laws. (CO Sun)
2. Colorado ski season may have its latest opening dates this year due to unseasonably warm temperatures through the end of October. Typically, both Arapahoe Basin and Keystone are competing to be the first to open, which typically happens in mid-October. (Unofficial Network)
3. Colorado's air pollution keeps getting worse, and the state is way behind on issuing permits. Courts are ordering the State of Colorado to move faster, at the same time that the EPA has downgraded the front range's ozone to "severe," which requires more polluters to apply for more permits. (CO Sun)
4. Aurora mayor demanding some stores close early after string of robberies. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman is looking for ways to battle an ongoing crime spree in his city. Thieves are burglarizing liquor and convenience stores at an alarming rate across the city. (FOX 31)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Let's Dance: Lakewood Library. (10:15 a.m.)
• Baby Time: Edgewater Library. (10:15 a.m.)
• Craft and Chat: Columbine Library. (1 p.m.)
• BYOB(ook) Group: A book by an Indigenous author. (6:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Help stop crime: Over 40 percent of garage burglaries in Lakewood could be avoided by keeping your garage door closed. Don't make it easy for those that can't help themselves by helping themselves to your stuff. (Lakewood Police Department)
• Lakewood Economic Development news: Week of Oct. 10. (Lakewood)
• Lakewood's Jasmine Market included on this best of international market list: (5280)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you first thing on Thursday morning with another edition of the Lakewood Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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