Shelters prohibit registered sex offenders access even in sub-zero temperatures. Lawmakers nationally fail to resolve this issue.. We urge folks to contact your local lawmakers and shelters, and ask them to resolve this issue before another freezes to death. Here, not even an offer of help to other facilities, whats wrong with these folks?12-19-2009 Colorado:
He said the department had to borrow drivers today from the Pikes Peak Highway, traffic engineering department and the Park and Rec department to drive the city's plows.
With a hiring freeze in place for at least the next year, and the park and rec department also losing employees at the beginning of the year, there will be less and less people available to drive the plows as the winter goes on.
"People are going to have to find some patience because we won't be able to clear arterial streets in a timely manner," Peterson said.
The cutbacks mean the city will only be plowing residential roads with at least 6 inches of snow, and even then it's dependent on how passable main roads are. Peterson said that residential streets won't see a snow plow today.
"We can't move into residential areas until the arterial and collectors are as safe as they can be," he said.
The problem with this storm is that the snow is falling continually. As soon as city plows clear a street and sand it, they often have to return again soon because snow has covered up the sand. With the temperatures remaining frigid until late in the week, he doesn't anticipate any big change in conditions until the snow starts melting.
"We tend to put more sand on top of sand to keep everything passable and safe," he said.
On roads maintained by the county, Highway Superintendent Pete Cozzolino said plows should be able to reach residential streets today. He said there are 32 trucks currently plowing county-maintained roads with many centered around the worst-hit areas -- near Security and Fountain and west of the city, where a foot of snow is reported on Old Stage Road. There are also several trucks up north, near Monument and Black Forest.
The frigid temperatures and icy roads also put several school districts and businesses on two-hour delays this morning. Temperatures are expected to top out at 16 degrees today and remain in the 20s through Wednesday.
At the New Hope Shelter for the homeless, center director Gene Morris said there were about 56 additional people staying at the shelter because of the cold. Whenever the temperature below freezing, the center opens up around the clock, he said. However, the center will turn away people who are sex offenders, are drunk or appear to be on drugs.
"We'll offer to take them over to detox," he said. "If not, it's up to them where they go." ..Source.. Maria St.Louis-Sanchez The Gazette
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