{"id":6090,"date":"2015-12-16T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2015-12-16T22:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T05:00:59","slug":"stapleton-picks-snow-wall-fight-with-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6090","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Picks \u201cSnow-Wall\u201d Fight with Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"snowwall<\/a>Stapleton residents have long been hoping for additional security<\/a> in Stapleton, and much of what they want is simply keeping Aurora residents out<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not saying I want a gated community,\u201d says resident Aaron Lane. \u201cI just want a community where only people who live here can enter and exit. I don\u2019t like all of the in and out of those who aren\u2019t Stapleton residents.\u201d Many members have asked SUN and the MCA to do something about visitors from the outside, but nothing has changed. \u201cThis problem isn\u2019t new,\u201d said resident Kevin Ditchman. \u201cWe have been pulling for some sort of security for a long time, but nothing has changed. So, a lot of us took it upon ourselves this week to do what we could.\u201d\nThrough social media, residents banded together to make connections with private snowplow companies and used their own shovels to block off several of the through streets<\/a> in Stapleton with giant snow mounds. Many of the mounds reach 10 feet high and are 15 feet thick. \u201cWe know it\u2019s not going to last,\u201d said Ditchman. \u201cBut, if anything, it sends a message. And maybe it can even slow down crime for a little bit. Maybe it will change their traffic patterns and they will drive around Stapleton<\/a> like the old days.\u201d Resident Geoff Plakke says it shows the community is united on the issue. \u201cIf we as a community are willing to do something on our own, we should get the support of the MCA, SUN, and the City of Denver,\u201d said Plakke. MCA President Liza Kampstra says the MCA does not condone community members altering city streets. \u201cThere is a right way to do things, and this isn\u2019t it,\u201d said Kampstra. \u201cThis is not how we get the City of Denver and the City of Aurora to work together.\u201d\nIn fact, several residents are extremely annoyed with the wall. \u201cAside from the fact that it is highly illegal, it is also really annoying,\u201d said resident Stacey Melton. \u201cPeople from Stapleton take that route all the time to get to places across the border. So, inconveniencing hundreds of Stapleton residents just isn\u2019t the answer.\u201d For now, the City of Denver says it will let the issue run its course. \u201cWe aren\u2019t going to deploy snowplows to remove the walls at this time,\u201d said City Maintenance Spokesperson Brian Kleese. \u201cWe aren\u2019t going to waste our funding on something this petty. It doesn\u2019t completely disrupt traffic, so we won\u2019t make any changes at this time.\u201d It is unclear if Stapleton residents will use a snow blockade in the future. \u201cHopefully this gets the point across,\u201d said Ditchman. \u201cAnd maybe the next wall will be made of a slightly harder material than snow.\u201d Snow or no snow, it seems Stapleton will continue to give Aurora the cold shoulder.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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