Great advice from Hauenstein. Up on the Aspen Daily News.
Ward Hauenstein, Aspen:
"...The city does not want to discuss the issues related to the hydro project. They want to divert attention, and cry WMD and Swift Boat. They want the public to be distracted from the city’s deceptive process and lack of fiscal responsibility. The city wants to make the public fear a group that has exercised its legal and ethical rights to oppose the hydro project.
SOS is not the dark, sinister, extreme right wing boogie man that Mayor Mick Ireland tries to project. The city government is trying to use fear to distract attention from the real issues. WMD, Swift Boat, you are with us or against us. These tactics are despicable and damaging to democracy. I think the citizens of Aspen can see through them if they just see it for what it is.
I am outraged by the behavior and culture of my city government. The many irrational rants delivered by our mayor and condoned by council is a disgrace to the democratic process. My sponsorship of the petition on the hydro project was a protest of the city’s behavior.
Be a critical thinker. Be a skeptic. Be a cynic. Who is engaged in misinformation?...."
(Read the rest? You should. Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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February 29, 2012
February 15, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Aspen hydro plant opponents succeed in petition drive"
"...calling out around the world....are you ready for a brand new beat....summer's here and the time is right....for dancing in the streets....."
Congratulations, Aspen! You rock. Especially you little guys.
The right hydro project, for the right price, just might be a good idea. Someday.
In the meantime, heck with this one shoved down the throats of the taxpayers by special interests.
Andre Salvail:
"ASPEN — Call it a major score for the group opposed to the city's Castle Creek hydroelectric project.
On Tuesday, Aspen City Clerk Kathryn Koch certified the petition that aims to overturn a recent City Council decision to rezone land off Power Plant Road south of Aspen for the hydropower facility.
Needing at least 594 valid signatures from Aspen voters — the figure represents 10 percent of the city's electorate — anti-project forces had gathered 953 signatures when they turned them in to Koch's office on Jan. 17. Koch's letter to petition co-organizer Maurice Emmer, a “statement of sufficiency,” does not say how many of the signatures were valid but notes that the minimum requirement was met.
“After examining the referendum petitions submitted by you and (co-organizer) Ward Hauenstein … I hereby certify that your petition contains more than the 594 signatures of city electors required by the City of Aspen Charter Section 5.3(a),” Koch's letter says.
However, Koch wrote that she cannot make an official “final determination of petition sufficiency” until the end of a protest period. Anyone who wishes to challenge the validity of the petition drive has until Feb. 27 to file a protest with her office...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Congratulations, Aspen! You rock. Especially you little guys.
The right hydro project, for the right price, just might be a good idea. Someday.
In the meantime, heck with this one shoved down the throats of the taxpayers by special interests.
Andre Salvail:
"ASPEN — Call it a major score for the group opposed to the city's Castle Creek hydroelectric project.
On Tuesday, Aspen City Clerk Kathryn Koch certified the petition that aims to overturn a recent City Council decision to rezone land off Power Plant Road south of Aspen for the hydropower facility.
Needing at least 594 valid signatures from Aspen voters — the figure represents 10 percent of the city's electorate — anti-project forces had gathered 953 signatures when they turned them in to Koch's office on Jan. 17. Koch's letter to petition co-organizer Maurice Emmer, a “statement of sufficiency,” does not say how many of the signatures were valid but notes that the minimum requirement was met.
“After examining the referendum petitions submitted by you and (co-organizer) Ward Hauenstein … I hereby certify that your petition contains more than the 594 signatures of city electors required by the City of Aspen Charter Section 5.3(a),” Koch's letter says.
However, Koch wrote that she cannot make an official “final determination of petition sufficiency” until the end of a protest period. Anyone who wishes to challenge the validity of the petition drive has until Feb. 27 to file a protest with her office...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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