January 31, 2012

SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "Why is Silt's URA so appalling to BOCC?"

Posting up a letter to the editor by Carl McWilliams of Silt is like walking through a minefield for 'SandBox Nanny'.

She and a very large majority of the local population disagree with many of McWilliams views and how he goes about his anti-gas industry activism.

But today, McWilliams is dead on with his critcism of 'how' Garfield BOCC put Silt through its paces over their Urban Renewal request.

SandBox doesn't think there's some 'grand conspiracy' such as McWilliams insinuates in this letter. 

We do think there is a glimpse into a growing sense of empowerment that does make one feel a little uneasy.  With that said, we do not believe the friction is because we have an all Republican board of commissioners.

Our impression here on SandBoxBlogs is that the newly elected Jankovsky needs some balancing out and the way to do that is to change our county charter and laws to increase the board size from (3) commissioners to at least (6). 

For a county the size of Garfield it is necessary.

As far as Silt and their assistance from GarCo, we know they will spend the money very wisely and the benefits from that renewal will be seen far and wide as a very, very good move on GarCo's part.


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