Saturday, June 7, 2014

Cloaked Easement Negotiations



The Walsenburg city council is pushing to complete the Northlands Sewer project regardless of the consequences.  The secrecy about the easement negotiations is pronounced.  Even council members are asking for information.  There is reason to believe that the administration and some council members are discussing business by cell phone and e-mail between council meetings.  Never mind open meeting laws.

City property can be traded in easement deals which leave the citizens out of the loop. I only bring these things up because I was raised to believe in democracy.  If citizens don't insist on being informed, they send the message that government can act unilaterally.

I have asked the question repeatedly, what have the Northland residents contributed to this project?  I haven't received an answer yet.  The city has contributed money and many man hours to this project.  If half this effort and money were spent on the city, we would have new Infrastructure and paved roads.

We need to re-examine this project and pull out before we lose more money and time to a speculative venture that may only benefit a few land speculators.

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