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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

5 months

This morning my attorney, Dan Williams, filed a lawsuit on my behalf against the City of Boulder for constitutional rights violations. 1/ Press Release below, and link to Complaint here: @DanWilliams303

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

3 months

If you must put your family in a car, absolutely do make it a small car. Put everyone in a small car. Regulate, tax, and remove large vehicles from our cities. Limit city speeds to 30 and below. Encourage families to walk, bike, and use public transit. Make cities safe again

Barrett O'Neill

@barrettjoneill

3 months

Ignore this at your own risk. Do not put your family in a small car. Yesterday, my wife was driving my son to school and an oncoming delivery truck crossed the center lane and hit her head on — the driver had a seizure was going 40 mph. I was on my way to work in a separate

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

4 years

Oh man she’s got a spine of steel and a great sense of humor. Can’t wait for @ewarren to be our president. #PresidentElizabethWarren

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Biked around Boulder today to get a first-person look at the dangerous Boulder public spaces I keep reading about on Next Door.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

11 months

Concerns at Boulder City Council that allowing more smaller, attached housing will create “ghettos” and that housing “should not be cheap”. Raising my family in a small four-plex in one of the wealthiest, safest cities in the US, IDK where to even begin with this dog whistling.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

What happened tonight in Douglas County was shameful. When community attention is focused more on national politics than local needs our communities collapse. If you know more about Trump than your local government, get engaged - real change happens locally, for better or worse.

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

2 years

Superintendent Corey Wise has been fired without cause on a 4-3 vote, ending his 26-year career with DougCo Schools. All conservative board members voted yes. All progressive board members voted no.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Boulder, if you’ve been on Twitter for the past 5 hours, and I know we all have…take a break for a few minutes and eat something.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Crazy contrast between deep green grass and deep white snow on the walk home today. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

As of today we are officially a car-free family! There will be challenges on the path forward but we’ve worked hard to get to a place where this is doable and we’re excited for this new chapter. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

I’m disgusted and heartbroken by what happened tonight in @dcsdk12 . Wise deserves better. Douglas County students deserve better. Douglas County teaches deserve better. This BOE majority made a mockery of their office and the cost of their actions will be borne by their district.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

I was a gun owner until I had my first child. The stark contrast of doing everything possible to keep our newborn safe while storing a deadly weapon in the house led us to get rid of the gun immediately. Know better/do better. If you keep it, keep it safe. #SafeStorage #Boulder

Boulder Valley School District

@BVSDcolorado

2 years

Let's Be SMART for our students. If you have a gun at home? Ensure that it is secure. It can save lives and prevent school violence. More information:

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Tonight’s Boulder City Council vote to interfere with police oversight was unlawful & unethical. The police union, police foundation, & anti-homeless hate groups have pushed a weak city council into breaking the law. This is a clear case of politics prevailing over the law. 1/

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

@gspeng It should’ve been wearing reflective gear.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

I am one of the plaintiffs in the #ACLU “camping” ban suit against the city of #Boulder . Sending police in with billy clubs & bulldozers to take away what dignity and possessions folks have left is cruel & inhumane; it’s also neither effective nor a good use of resources. 1/

Dan Williams

@DanWilliams303

2 years

This just in - Boulder’s one-year review of its policing-first homelessness strategy shows it’s an abject failure. With millions allocated for enforcement, here are the results per the City: "April and May reports of camping have risen significantly beyond 2021 levels." 🧵

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

It’s not a prank. It’s not a hoax. It’s weaponizing fear and using it to traumatize a community. It’s terrorism, and it won’t stop until we value people more than guns. I’m donating to @MomsDemand today and continuing to use my time and my voice to insist on a better tomorrow.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

11 months

Today marks one year since we became a completely car-free family. One year of cycling, walking, & cargo-bike-riding. One year of hot summer days, torrential spring rains, & icy winter months. One year of joy, adventure, exercise, & togetherness. Couldn’t be luckier. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Chris Hansen is asked to explain his ad that shows “people of color appearing to commit crimes” and he responds by pointing out that he’s endorsed by all law enforcement agencies.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

7 months

What day is it?!?!? It’s NEW BIKE DAY!!!! Please say hello to our big yellow taxi :) @ericmbudd @ternbicycles #Boulder #Denver #bikelife #cycling

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

3 years

A petition has been filed to recall me and two other BVSD board members in opposition to our safety-first and science-based stance during this pandemic. I reject this recall effort as a potential threat to public health and a waste of BVSD resources. 1/

Boulder Valley School District

@BVSDcolorado

3 years

Tonight the Board shared that petitions have been filed with @BoCoClerk to recall three of the seven Board of Education directors: Vice President Kathy Gebhardt - District C Richard Garcia - District G Lisa Sweeney-Miran - District A

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

It’s been nearly 4 months since I traded a car for a bike & as of today I’ve biked 2,000 miles! That’s ~500 miles a month for work, commute, & errands; with kids & shopping; for travel, exercise, & just for fun. ~1500 traditional/500 ebike. Love these new wheels. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Top-notch administrators and teachers are difficult to find and retain. Conservatives in Douglas County trying to decimate school staff to serve an extremist agenda should serve as a warning signal to school districts everywhere. Your vote matters - pay attention and get involved

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

2 years

Colorado conservatives, including @710KNUS host and former @9NEWS legal analyst @GeorgeBrauchler , are calling on Douglas County Schools to publish the names of teachers who protest the conservative school board's secret attempt to fire Superintendent Corey Wise. #copolitics

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

More than 50 current and former School Board Directors across Colorado sign on to letter of support for ousted Douglas County Superintendent Corey Wise. Amazing support. Read the letter below. #Boulder @BVSDcolorado

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

People who are unhoused *overwhelmingly* want to be indoors. Clearing encampments doesn’t shelter people, it’s just forces them down the street. If you want fewer encampments then fund more housing, not more police. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Unhoused folks trying to fight off the bitter cold of a below freezing storm by standing next to a fire are not “exploiting the system”, they’re being deeply and inexcusably **failed by the system** If you’re going to return to an encampment let it be to bring food not judgment.

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

1 year

NEW: Denver mayoral candidate @KwameSpearman describes unhoused people "exploiting the system." I asked Spearman what people sleeping outside on this 4° night are exploiting the system to receive. #copolitics

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans kids are none of your fucking business. #TransDayOfVisibility

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Boulder needs a lot of things…but one of them is definitely a roller rink.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

The latest quotes from one particularly terrible candidate for Denver mayor are too racist and offensive to retweet. I'm not going to give this guy any more free press on my dime, but I am going to always remember who he is and never shop Tattered Cover again.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

We have all spent too many days panic-scrolling on Twitter this year. It just feels impossibly endless lately. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Boulder wants all the benefits of a university campus with none of the students.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

There’s not a person in our community who isn’t grieving. For themselves, for their neighbors, for friends and family; grieving for the future and for the loss of stability and the feeling of safety. Everyone is dealing with trauma fallout, remembering that is important. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Just a girl, standing in front of my TV, asking it whether I should start my thousandth rewatch of Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, or Schitt’s Creek.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

“Why isn’t this city more diverse?” “Why is my child’s school half-empty?” “Why is there a lifeguard shortage?” “Why is homelessness at an all-time high?” #Boulder

Denver Post Business

@denverbusiness

2 years

Boulder mansion lists for nearly $20M, well above city’s record

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

At the Homeless Memorial, 24 hours before Boulder falls into subzero temperatures Shanan Collins, COO of Mother House/The Lodge, is reading the names of the 55+ people we lost in 2022 Daughters, sons, mothers, fathers, friends- people who died too soon Housing is a human right

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

“2 teenagers on an e-bike were shooting at a homeless person” Shooting an airsoft at him. Harassing & terrifying someone with nothing. This is what you are teaching your children, Boulder. This kind of hate. This kind of intolerance and dehumanization.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

There are many reasons discriminatory occupancy limits in Boulder are bad. One we don’t talk about enough is this: vibrant, healthy cities *have* noise and people and life. They have laughter, and cookouts, and music that’s a little too loud at midnight on a Saturday. 1/

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

There’s a little too much news in Boulder lately.

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Forcing people to leave without giving them somewhere to go is deeply unethical Human beings are not illegal Poverty is not a crime We owe our community much more I look forward to the @ACLUofColorado suit prevailing and the unconstitutionality of these practices being affirmed

Daily Camera

@dailycamera

1 year

Homeless encampment told to vacate downtown Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

City by city. County by county. We can do from the ground up what they won’t do for us from the top down. So thankful to the bravery of @MomsDemand , @rachelkfriend , and others who are willing to meet guns and violence with words and laws to keep our communities and schools safe.

Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

2 years

Boulder’s assault weapons ban was deemed invalid by a District Court last year. But after @MomsDemand volunteers helped overturn the state’s preemption law last year, the city is preparing to restore the ban and large-capacity magazine limit ordinance.👏

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Always incredible how folks in Boulder will both demand that the city remove unhoused folks from public spaces and then also fight against services like a day shelter.

Boulder Reporting Lab

@BoulderRL

1 year

Boulder officials will begin meeting with residents and businesses near a proposed homeless day center site at 1844 Folsom St. that has drawn opposition. Neighbors don't have power to approve the project. But they could be influential in how it operates.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 months

This is so wildly irresponsible. #Boulder #xcel

Boulder Reporting Lab

@BoulderRL

2 months

UPDATE: Foothills Hospital in #Boulder is still without power and hasn't received any updates. “We’re still on generator power,” hospital staff told BRL this afternoon. “The planned outage was supposed to be until 12, but we haven’t had any updates."

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Is #Boulder really so afraid of allowing people to live together that we are penalizing folks who opened their homes to fire victims? Our neighbors experience community and personal devastation on an incomprehensible level and our response is roughly: move along, not our problem.

Daily Camera

@dailycamera

2 years

Boulder couple who hosted Marshall Fire victims facing potential code violations

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

10 months

The largest homeless survey in 25 years is further proof of the facts: Homelessness is caused by our housing crisis. Most unhoused people are living in the same area in which they were housed. This crisis will only deepen without new housing. #Boulder

The Root Cause of the Homelessness Crisis

Researchers at UC San Francisco have released the largest representative survey of homeless people in more than 25 years.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Unhoused folks are absolutely residents. They are part of our community, the live here and work here and send their child to our schools. Money is not a requirement for residency, not matter how much some folks may wish it were. #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

4 months

Heading down to Denver with a bus full of 4th graders to check out how our laws are made. Best field trip of the year! #coleg #copolitics @ericmbudd

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

In downtown Boulder with my kids the other day - trying to cross West Pearl my 9yo looked confused & asked why cars were driving down the street. We explained and he actually started to cry. He didn’t remember it being a car street before, he only thought of it as a people space.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

This is all...actually insane, right? #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Instead of housing we get cops. Instead of mental health services we get cops. Instead of social service networks we get cops. I’m so tired of nonprofits and neighbors and GoFundMe doing the work our governments should be doing while my taxes pay for sirens and fear and brutality

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Thinking of the folks at @bouldercohealth ahead of their meeting tonight. No matter which changes are made to the current health order they will face criticism & likely harassment for doing their job. I appreciate how seriously they have taken their role & trust in their judgment

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

No. The Boulder Chamber of Commerce is not a social service agency. They have no business weighing in on homeless policy. They should not be advocating for the violation of basic constitutional rights. Property will never be more important than humanity.

Daily Camera

@dailycamera

1 year

Boulder business leaders adopt homelessness policy framework

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Hearing the Boulder Police Oversight Panel tonight being threatened with removal by the city attorney if they strike was beyond belief. Did city council sanction this? Did our mayor? Did our city manager? This is shocking and unacceptable.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

4 years

@KylaGraceP @BernieSanders Well. I’m sad because I love having you as part of our “club”, but if it’s because you’re loving him and not because you’re doubting her, then best of luck to you. Either way we’ll all be together again on the other side.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Will #Boulder be enforcing its blanket ban - making people choose between breaking the law and surviving? Will we be standing up an emergency shelter for those with no homes like we did for victims of the Marshall Fire? Whose life matters in Boulder and why isn’t it all of us?

NWS Boulder

@NWSBoulder

1 year

🥶🥶🥶Wish we had better news, but dangerously cold wind chills are expected by Wednesday night, some as low as -50°F possible over the northeast plains. Frostbite to exposed flesh in 10 minutes or less. #COwx

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

6 months

Lovely goodbye ceremony tonight at @BVSDcolorado It’s been a great 4 years - improving the district for all our students with some of the hardest working people in the education - Rob Anderson, Richard Garcia, Kathy Gebhardt, & Stacy Zis Best wishes to the new board! #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

10 months

Don’t worry Boulder, if you can’t make this event there will be many other opportunities to hear the police present a work of fiction.

Boulder Police Dept.

@boulderpolice

10 months

Storytime with Boulder Police! Children and their adults are invited to join us in person for an all-ages Storytime with Boulder Police officers this Saturday morning at the library! Officers will be reading books like this one from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, July 29, at

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

8 months

In the years I’ve worked in unhoused services addiction has been an ongoing problem. But it is not the only problem. It’s roughly equal with: - Abusive Parents - Domestic Violence - Predatory Landlords - Unaffordable Healthcare/Meds - Police/State Violence Housing first works.

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

…but we were told it was a dangerous hellscape of crime, drugs, and terror.

City of Boulder

@bouldercolorado

1 year

We're proud to announce that Boulder has been ranked #4 in @usnews 's 2023-2024 #BestPlacesToLive rankings! 🎉 Details ➡️

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Students are a key part of Boulder and deserve housing and respect. Blocking occupancy reform won’t lower enrollment at CU but it can certainly lower enrollment at your local K8, reduce hours at your grocery store, and keep pools closed this summer. We need more housing now.

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@LSweeneyMiran

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2nd grader: “Ack! Daddy! There’s a spider in my room right now!” @ericmbudd : “Oh honey, there’s *always* a spider in your room, you just usually don’t know where it is.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

The vote this evening to remove me from the police oversight panel was taken despite city council having neither cause nor authority to act. The City of Boulder has broken their own laws, violated due process, & trampled on the 1st amendment. We are not done with this fight. /5

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

The Boulder Police Oversight Panel deserves diverse viewpoints, and mine should not be excluded based on a complaint from a disgruntled resident seeking to substitute his judgment for that of the POP Selection Committee and the City Council itself. 1/2

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@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Walked outside and stood in a little rain shower. It’s cold and damp and smells like wet earth, after the last few weeks that feels a lot like hope. #Boulder

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@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

This is what happens when low voter turnout and insidious special interests combine to allow takeover of local government by people whose primary agenda is completely unrelated to their sworn duties. School board races matter. City Council races matter.

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

People love to say that we just don’t have the resources to house everyone in the US like they don’t know that a bored billionaire threw away $200 BILLION dollars this year just cause he was bored and wanted to be transphobic online.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

7 months

I’m so pleased that we will continue to have Aaron’s leadership in Boulder for the next three years! Aaron is an advocate for housing, LGBTQ rights, and transportation. He works hard to always be accessible and engaged with people across our community. Congratulations Mayor!

Aaron Brockett

@AaronBrockett12

7 months

Results are in, and the outcome looks clear: we won the Boulder mayor’s race! I’m deeply grateful to all our volunteers and supporters, our extraordinary campaign team, and most of all to my dear family. We will work together for a more inclusive, sustainable and equitable city!

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

My kids are debating the sex of their bearded dragon. My 8yo says “Since we don’t know we should just say ‘they’ until we find out.” 😍😍

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Arresting people for being unhoused. Jailing people for poverty. Unconstitutional. Unethical. Immoral. Dystopian. Leaders don’t kick people when they’re down, they offer them a hand up. Kelly Brough doesn’t deserve your vote, Denver.

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

1 year

NEW: Denver mayoral candidate @KellyBroughDen says people living on the streets should be arrested if they won't go into city-provided shelter or treatment. Brough says it's the 'last resort' in her strategy to end unsanctioned camping in one year. #copolitics

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

10 months

Our BVSD meeting tonight had homophobic & anti-trans hate speech in open comment. Our kids are only as safe as we fight for them to be. We have candidates for Boulder municipal & BOE offices who know what it means to parent LGBTQ+ kids. Who will fight. They have my vote.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

7 months

Boulder. Denver. Everywhere.

Allen Cowgill

@AllenCowgill

7 months

This. In my experience the most dangerous thing in our city isn’t unhoused residents or drug addicts, it’s drivers.

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@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

The breadth of this tragedy and its coming ripple effect throughout all areas of our community is just impossible to understand.

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

“I don't pretend to believe that putting officers back in schools is going to make schools safer,” said Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas 👆👆 Even the Denver Police Chief knows that SROs don’t make school kids safer.

Gun Reform and SROs Won't Solve School Violence, Say Denver Leaders

Speaking at a roundtable community discussion on March 30, city leaders and community members admitted that the added safety measures just won't be enough.

www.westword.com

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

4 months

Folks who take surveys in Boulder believe that crime has increased & Boulder is unsafe. But is it true - is Boulder unsafe or has crime has increased? Statistically, no. I wonder why people would believe incorrectly that Boulder is unsafe? Who have they been hearing this from?

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@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

They have neighbors shoveling snow for each other and kids playing in the street and diversity. They have babysitters around the corner and Halloween block parties and renters. What Boulder wants isn’t a healthy, thriving city - what Boulder wants is a retirement community. 2/2

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is common. Abortion is life-saving. Abortion is liberating. Abortion is individual choice. Abortion is a human right. #coleg

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

In fact, most housed people aren’t! 🙃 #Boulder

Patricia Bourque

@TrishaBourque

2 years

Keep reading until it sinks in.

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@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

“Camping” bans criminalize poverty. “Camping” bans dehumanize people. “Camping” bans violate human rights. “Camping” bans are a cruel & unusual punishment, levied on individuals who pay for the crimes of society’s neglect. I am honored to be a part of this suit. #Boulder #ACLU

Quentin Young

@qpyoungnews

2 years

The @ACLUofColorado is suing city of #Boulder over its camping ban. Plaintiffs include BVSD school board member @LSweeneyMiran . Suit: "City seeks to expel from its public spaces the growing number of its residents who call the City home but cannot afford to live indoors there."

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

This is *exactly* why schools need to be active in safe storage messaging.

Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

2 years

A teacher found a loaded gun in a second grader’s backpack at Pamoja Preparatory Academy in St. Louis. Police say the child got the gun from an unsecured lockbox under his parent’s bed; no charges filed. Missouri does not have a secure storage law. #moleg

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

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Is the city of @bouldercolorado planning an emergency shelter for this upcoming storm? Are we going to let people try and survive while 16” of snow drops on Boulder and every warm space is closed and locked, or will we offer humanity and dignity and life-saving care?

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Ready for arctic adventures, treks across the surface of Hoth, or walking the half mile to school in February.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Such a missed opportunity for improvement. In a year with some incredible candidates watching Denver choose people who will only represent *some* of the community is heartbreaking. This is largely a failure of finance & off-cycle voting - we need to improve our elections.

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

1 year

If #DenverMayor results hold, a @MikeJohnstonCO + @KellyBroughDen runoff means several key issues are no longer in dispute. Both support forcible clearing of homeless encampments and hiring more police. Both oppose supervised use sites and rent control. #copolitics

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

3 years

I just told my kid I was born in the 1970s and he actually asked me “did they have colors back then??”

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

“taxpayer” is a dog whistle sounded by those who have the luxury of worrying about property investments rather than rent increases.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

4 months

No. Wrong. Drunk driving is believing that your convenience is more important than someone else’s life. Stealing food to survive is believing that your life is more important than someone else’s profit. There is no question which one is the moral failure.

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

4 months

@GeorgeBrauchler @LynchForCO @denverpost "Few people intend to drive drunk," Brauchler said. "You don't accidentally steal. You don't steal because you're drunk. And please stop the garbage narrative I'm stealing to feed my kids. No one does that. That's not real."

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

A parent asked me “What (if a child who is using new pronouns) is just going through a phase?” A. So what? We support & love our children based on who they actually are today not based on who we think they might be in the future. B. They’re probably not. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Support Trans Kids

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

8 months

Especially thankful today for the incredible step-father that @ericmbudd is to our kids. Also thankful for wonderful parents-by-choice generally, and for people everywhere who have any relationship to a little and who are lovingly raising that child.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

“We can’t have well-funded libraries because we need affordable housing” is really the perfect third act to the years of obstruction and delay, by all levels of government, to meaningful housing solutions in one of the most expensive cities in the US.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

How many of these people won’t be able to afford to stay in our county? How many kids will be pulled from their schools & their friends? How many people will start the cyclical unhoused cycle of shelters & caseworkers & instability? How many will choose between housing and food?

Lisa Guerrero 💃🏽

@4lisaguerrero

2 years

Colorado fire update: THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE forced to evacuate Boulder area : NPR

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

The reactions to today’s BVSD Teachers of Color Hiring Fair underscore the need for such an event. Making sure BIPOC folks are well-represented in teaching & leadership positions across our country helps combat racism & increase opportunity. Diversity makes us all stronger.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Every post I see on #ebikes has responses from people who claim to be baffled by why anyone would need an ebike. It’s ridiculous. Ebikes are great and very enabling. Here’s a (non-comprehensive) list of some of the people who benefit from ebikes and who might not bike without: 1/

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

11 months

The evidence is clear: cops in schools don’t make our kids safer. Really disappointing to see DPS placing politics over people. This will harm so many more children than it will help.

Jessica Seaman

@jessicaseaman

11 months

The board voted 4-3 to reinstate SROs

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Huge thanks to the incredible team at @BoulderJCC who were ready and willing to support us at The Lodge today when we feared evacuation would displace us. The JCC is consistently there for our unhoused community. Support them here: #NCARfire #Boulder

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Homelessness is a policy choice. Homelessness is a policy choice. Homelessness is a policy choice.

Boulder Reporting Lab

@BoulderRL

1 year

City officials warn more families could slip into homelessness in the months ahead, as demand for safety-net resources exceeds funding levels, according to a city staff memo that will be presented to Boulder City Council on April 13. Via BRL Today -->

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Boulder is not exceptional in its policing. We have the same issues and problems here that exist nationwide. People across this city have been harmed by police. The city has paid out more than a million dollars to victims of police, and every month more complaints are filed. 2/

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

7 months

Ranked Choice Voting is easy, quick, and allows all voters to vote for their top candidate! It also saves the time & expense of a lengthy runoff by letting voters rank some or all candidates for an instant runoff if no one wins in the first round. Loved having it in Boulder!

Ranked Choice Voting for Colorado

@RCVforColorado

7 months

Boulder voters used #RankedChoiceVoting on Tuesday to elect their mayor for the first time. A very strong majority - 86% - said RCV ballots are easy! Well done @BoCoClerk 🙌

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

9 months

Almost 40 speakers in for tonight’s Boulder City Council occupancy hearing and 100% of speakers ‘till now have spoken about how necessary occupancy reform is if we want a Boulder that’s inclusive and just. …for some of us though it’s lasting a little long… @ericmbudd

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

Boulder: People are homeless by choice and deserve to be shamed, harassed, and targeted. Also Boulder:

Eric Budd

@ericmbudd

1 year

"The median sales price for a detached single-family home in Boulder climbed to $1.5 million in April, the highest so far this year but down from the $1,674,000 during the same month last year"

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

1 year

By overruling the voices of NAACP Boulder County and El Centro Amistad, the City of Boulder is silencing the very voices the Police Oversight Panel was created to elevate. The members of council who voted for this must be held accountable and must answer for this overreach. 3/

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Got 6 (mostly happy) miles and 700’ elevation through deep snow and mud out of my “not a fan of hiking” 6yo today and I’m just so glad to be raising my kids in Colorado.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

It is fucking enough already. It was enough a long time ago. We all know what we need - gun control, background checks, stronger laws - and either our representatives are working for us or they’re working for the gun lobby, but they absolutely can’t do both.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Unacceptable that everyone out there trying to make our communities a better, safer, more inclusive place for our families and our neighbors are still being treated like misbehaving children by a generation that can’t let go of power.

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Lisa Sweeney-Miran

@LSweeneyMiran

2 years

Hey #Boulder we were just informed that the @BVSDcolorado recall petitions were not returned by the deadline and the elections office considers the recall effort over. Thank you so much for your incredible support and for making sure that our community knew to #DeclineToSign !

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