Re: [cobirds] Resolving the "feeding the birds with the Brambling" problem

CoBirders, I don't think the ordinance is a "possibl[e] solution;" it is the solution.  I think the plain language of the ordinance settles the matter.  That's not to say that the Park doesn't have broad authority to protect human visitors to the park by establishing rules on an ad hoc basis; it may have such authority.  But, if the Park stands on Lakewood Ord. § 6.05.050, then its sign and its policy have no legal basis.  The "law is the law" meme that is trending in these threads doesn't mean anything if the facts don't support its application.  

I note several threads on here that seem to take offense at the notion that Joe Roller compared the willful violation of this ordinance to civil disobedience of times gone by.  For heaven's sake, folks are even stating that this suggestion is offensive to those who lost everything to fight for civil rights.  HE WAS JOKING; lighten up. 

Joe Roller, thanks for your efforts & your humor. 

Nicolle Martin
Littleton, CO

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Leon Bright <urraca2@comcast.net> wrote:

COBirders,

Along with about 18 other happy birders I was able to get a very good view of the Brambling this morning around 10:00.  Before that, I noticed the "no feeding" sign listed the ordinance number as the reason for the restriction.  On person, who had been told (I think incorrectly) by someone connected with a normally responsible bird conservation organization that Park officials had said bird feeding there was admissible, started to put out some seed.  Some of us advised against it and the person did not continue.

We owe a vote of thanks to Paul Hurtado for looking up the ordinance and thereby providing a possibly simple solution to the problem.  Umm, I would be remiss to not mention that Paul is a Pueblo native. :-)

Leon Bright

Pueblo

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