Reprint from Nextdoor.com

                              Lakewood Doesn’t Care About Us!!!

          The city has once again proven that they don’t care about their citizens. There is overwhelming community opposition to uncontrolled growth in Lakewood, yet the city manager and City Council are marching in lockstep to push it forward. The City Council should be directing City Manager Kathy Hodgson—but in this town, it’s the other way around.

          Now, they’ve overreached yet again, allowing the Texas based developer, Kairoi to disturb the surrounding land without having all the proper grading permits required for erosion control.

Why does the City Council and the City of Lakewood allow this? Because they don’t care.

         In Steve Farthing’s post, he said he hopes a biologist has checked for nesting birds on site. Let me tell you—there has been ZERO oversight. No biologists, no environmental impact analysis, nothing. They don’t care if birds are affected. They don’t care that 69 mature trees are going to be cut down. Yet they boast about their so-called "green" and "sustainable" initiatives while labeling real environmental advocates as “greenwashing,” as Mayor Pro Tem, Jeslin Sharhrezaei called them during a recent city council meeting.

           They deflect blame onto the citizens who actually care while they continue their mission to build lot-line to lot-line across this city. And they will not stop unless we rise up against this.

           Look at the destruction happening—bleeding right into the park. There is no careful demolition being done, and Kairoi still doesn’t even have their major site plan approval.

            The City of Lakewood has completely failed its citizens. They don’t care about green space. They don’t care about environmental hazards. There could be asbestos and other particulates already contaminating the air and impacting the lake—do they care?

Big. Fat. NO.

           They don’t care about the people, the wildlife, or the environment.

           his is outrageous! Make sure you know who you're voting for on March 25th for 2 new city council members. Know that THIS is what happens when you aren't paying attention to your local government. We need to return this council to a power of the people council, not a power of the City Manager and her attorney council.

          Please support the group trying to fight this at www.savebelmar.org! This isn't over!! #StopTheDestruction #LakewoodFailsUs #Localgovernmentmatters