April 20, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Comment Spotlight " 'glenwoodsprings22' on the CMC Trustees action on compressor station"

"glenwoodsprings22 said..."
"Good job by Jensen. This is where the whole thing should have stayed, should never have been tattled on to BOCC and letters to the editor. That kind of phone tree fauxtrage rounding up back strokers is a thing of the past.

Here's what I think about the compressor station itself. It's not about the station, it wouldn't matter if they hid the thing decked out as a high-end custom build exterior. These neighbors up in Spring Valley have been deadset against any kind of build, any kind of growth. CMC only thinks they would have smooth sails if they wanted to build more campus on these lands. Nothing, nothing is going to please these people. The proof of that is in the years worth of project bid submittals for developing Spring Valley. Go to bid clerk or Dodge reports and surf for Spring Valley under the parameters of the past 15 years. Then sit back and see the glimpse of the hard hitting cronyism politics that CMC trustees are really dealing with here. Nothing will please these people. You watch now, this new spot is going to be met with the same ruckus by the same people. Just under a different hat.

Source needs the station, natural gas is a natural fact of life. The best spot for it was the one just left behind. Since that is gone now because everyone that is above board and not steeped in self-interests took the high road and let these people go through democracy without looking into history, that ideal spot is a no-go.

The trustees did what we elected them to do and bent over backwards as diplomats. That's done now, let's get down to the business at hand and be done with it. No more delays.

Nice job, CMC trustees." (April 12, 2012)

2 comments:

MR said...

Until the day comes when trustees, boards, councils and commissioners stop taking that high road trying to placate people, they're going to keep setting up same for falls and public harm.

Unless of course. They finally get off their laurels and start putting their foot down on the powers that corrode that are so good at intimidation tactics, even a board with as much sensibility as CMC trustees will cave. A simple apology for failed communication should have sufficed for the compressor station. It's all the explosion of spotlight focus that ironically gets twisted and turned in whatever way the maestro(s) behind it want it to go. Who wouldn't cave? They have personal lives and desires to maintain their good standing that got them to trustee elected status.

Bullies in the school yard are just bullies. The compressor and development issue in Spring Valley is all about the money and the power. 22 is dead on.

jbend said...

Remembering the PI flamer title of the first article on the compressor revolt. "..causes uproar".

lol. You'd think that the old gals would get a new spin factor. By now they should be realizing that the little guys out here are on to them and that isn't going to change.

Talk about an uproar. Uproar indeed.