Councilmen Zuch mocked parents, clergy, students

 

 

 

One of the most callous and egregious acts of disregard for students safety as we have ever witnessed

Dear Loveland Voters,

As parents go the polls tomorrow, I hope they would consider what hundreds of parents and school officials witnessed as one of the most callous and egregious acts of disregard for students safety as we have ever witnessed by a council member sworn to act in the public's benefit.   

As if The Sandy Hook murders weren’t caustic enough, to a society plagued by gun violence in our schools but to have Councilmen Zuch mock those parents, clergy, and students in attendance concerns, regarding the placement and timing of such an establishment and to accuse the citizens of “using the tragedy to  our advantage” was simply reprehensible and disgusting. (The setting was the council meeting on January 8 after citizens found out about the proposed shooting range next to the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools. Brenton Zuch's Speech About Shooting Range Angers Crowd)

While the debate over gun violence continues, all parents in this district should be concerned when council members such as Zuch place a higher value on taxable businesses over public safety.

Whatever side of the debate you are on the facts are irrefutable, gun violence in our schools is not a rarity and is not going away.  We do not need councilmen who are so naïve as to think a shooting range targeting our children as clientele, could not have profoundly negative consequences on our citizens.

You need look no farther than the mother herself of the Sandy Hook murderer who naively believed a shooting range was a healthy outlet for her sons issues.

Councilmen who value short-term appeasement of a selective group of individuals should not determine such fate altering issues unless they have performed their due diligence into the ramifications of such long-term effects on individuals as well as the economy.

Its unbelievable that liquor establishment would be deemed inappropriate to place in front of an elementary school, yet a shooting range capable of training someone’s brain for mass carnage could even be entertained much less promoted.

For this reason alone, Zuch is out for our family and hopefully any other parents who have opened up to the fact that school shootings can and do happen anywhere.

Sincerely,

A Concerned Loveland School District Mom