There is so much wasted public spending in Aspen.
Wonder how much the eating out for city employees would help fund childcare?
Wonder how much letting go of private (public funds) funding of the now infamous "$6,000 per bike cost" bike sharing enterprise would help fund childcare?
Do you think that the "overwhelmed with applicants" concern could possibly be because there are that many low-income, struggling parents in Aspen, Colorado?
Or maybe so many families finding it really, really hard to live in Pitkin County on slightly above poverty level wages?
Ah, the 'Slums of Aspen' and "The other side of Paradise" issues that just never seem to 'go away'.
Wonder why?
"ASPEN — A cap on the number of Pitkin County families that can receive child-care assistance under a state-mandated program will be dropped, county commissioners agreed Tuesday despite lingering fears that the program could be overwhelmed with applicants as a result...."
(Janet Urquhart)
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