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ILLUSTRATION BY MARCUS MURRAY “THE BIG SLEEP,” ALAN PRENDERGAST, AUGUST 15 R E M E M B E R I N G E L I J A H Thank you for keeping the memory of Elijah McClain alive and reporting not just on his murder, but other injustices in Colorado. When will we ever learn? Julie Masters Denver I know ketamine has helped many people, but the way it was used on Elijah McClain was criminal. Jeremiah Axtell is lucky to have survived. Please stay on this story. Lacey Fleming Aurora Beautiful cover illustration of Elijah. Thank you. Mark Washington Denver Bless you, Elijah. I have kept you in my thoughts and in my heart all these years. From one introvert to another. Ronda Toney-Lazar Posted on Facebook “PACKING UP TENTS,” BENNITO L. KELTY, AUGUST 8 H O M E , S W E A T H O M E A tuff shed with a bed isn’t a tiny home. Just a tiny place to stay. David Dyer Denver It’s better than sleeping in a tent on the sidewalk somewhere. It’s a step in the right direction. Scott Hanks Gilbert, Arizona These are lockable, well-insulated, tem- perature-controlled sleeping rooms. For each community, there is a larger unit with plumbing. All units must be permitted. Ev- ery year, every unit is inspected not only by fi re, but also by a building inspector. Social services must be provided. Number, loca- tion and duration of community depends on zoning and politics. They are not meant for permanent housing. Diane Didier Vollmer Denver Welcome to the Blue State Homeless Industrial Complex, where instead of invest- ing in the root causes of homelessness or just improving individual’s lives, we enrich companies with taxpayers’ money to build optically cozy projects that objectively do not help the problem whatsoever. Tate Che Boulder I stayed in a hotel as a homeless man paid for by the county. Less than sixty days later, I had a job, transportation and housing. Housing-fi rst programs are the only thing that work, not shelter programs. 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