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Douglas County School Board chides state rep Tea experience
in Parker is family affair BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
tion, with the Daily Mail, New York Post and Newsweek writing about the social media fervor. Amid the attention, in an interview with the Douglas County NewsPress, Bradley said she posted to social media because she doesn’t feel the school district is responsive to her concerns that students might be educated on LGBTQ topics she disagrees with. “At a certain point parents need to do what they need to do to effect
After months of anticipation and hard work, siblings Victoria and Patrick Lam have opened a second Tea Street location in the metro area, bringing a piece of their Asian heritage with them. The new location, in Parker, is special to the family because it is close to where they grew up. “It’s a reflection of who we are,” said Victoria. Inspired by their family’s history in the restaurant business and years of studying tea abroad, the Lam siblings opened their first store in 2018 in Denver’s Colorado Boulevard shopping district. The Parker location introduces their authentic taste to a smaller, more closely-knit community. The opening comes after a difficult period for the family. The siblings lost their mother a few years ago and Victoria said the months after was about healing and finding purpose. They went back to the fundamentals and spent time understanding tea. By 2022, they felt like they had healed, and were ready to open another store and then began planning. The months of construction allowed them to travel to Taiwan, where their tea is sourced from. There, they worked to refine their skills and redefine their menu. “We weren’t trying to rebrand ourselves,” said Victoria. “We wanted to elevate and continue our education
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Republican state Rep. Brandi Bradley, shown at the Colorado Capitol, was chided by school board members for posting concerns COURTESY COLORADO HOUSE REPUBLICANS with her son’s teacher to social media and potentially creating safety concerns for the school.
Brandi Bradley called out teacher over Mona Lisa theory BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Members of Douglas County’s school board are raising concerns about state Rep. Brandi Bradley after she turned to social media to criticize her son’s teacher.
Bradley alleged on X that the teacher told the class that the Mona Lisa painting, created in 1503, may have been a depiction of its artist, Leonardo da Vinci, as a woman. She claimed the Douglas County School District teacher said that the painter may have been “genderfluid.” Bradley also said in the post that she planned to confront the teacher and called them a “groomer.” The Republican’s post has gone viral with more than 46,000 likes, 2,700 shares and around 2,200 comments. It also caught national news atten-
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