- Tea Party Central Important Story Developing in Elbert
- Teaparty Update on the Commissioners Rubbish Program
- Jill Duvall’s Budget Meeting Turned Into a Rubbish Ordinance
- New Plains Anonymous’ Why You Should Be Vewy Vewy Afwaid
- William Thomas’s New Plains Editorial
Lots of garbage this week.
First off, Rowland misrepresented the process of enacting this law. Ordinance NO. 12-01 replaces Ordinance NO. 11-01 which commissioners signed last year at this time. To infer that this is an extraordinary action on the part of the Commission misrepresents the facts.
As for this law offending a conservative sensibility, if anything, it appears the new law actually expands the zone of liberty from the old law by exempting industrial tracts of ten or more acres and agricultural land. Last year’s law contained no such exemption. (Correction: It was pointed out this clause was actually in the old law through reference to C.R.S.) Moreover, a number of clauses in the old law dealing with motor vehicles have been taken out of the new law.
Once again, Rowland demonstrates his intemperance, leaping into issue after issue spouting fire and brimstone with no foundation, no material contribution to the discussion, and another sack full of mudballs flung wildly at his targets.
Where was he last year at this time when Ordinance NO. 11-01 was first brought up and passed by this Commission? Oh that’s right, Rowland wasn’t a Republican candidate at that time, or even a Republican?
And what’s with this nom de plume Edwin P. Jasper? Are the left so scarce in Elbert County that the only people they can find to agree with them have to be simulated? Is this someone’s avatar they paid good money to publish? He’s not on any of the voter rolls in Elbert County. Maybe he’s just too young to vote, though it’s a little surprising that a youngster would spend his lunch money for advertising to encourage everyone to register to vote, presumably against the current commissioners.
And then you have Pippin buying his own letter writing space, County Government & Me, because evidently it is all about him. It’s a sad admission, having to buy space in the local fishwrap to make his point, you know, that lunker he keeps fishing for in the recesses of county file cabinets.
Another load to pick up from this week’s fishwrap comes from Mr. Ross’s reprise of his remedial sojourn through the dictionary at the candidate forum last week. I know he means well, but it felt weird to hear a lecture on these definitions at the candidate forum, and it doesn’t stand up much better in print.
Then we have web contributions fueling the fires of populist umbrage and righteous indignation from Mr. Rowland, Mr. Thomas, Ms. Duvall and New Plains Anonymous, all of whom dither about their purported right to input, also known as hijacking county government for their personal unelected agendas.
In sum, the BOCC is acting within the statutory powers they were elected to perform. If people don’t like it, the ballot box is the time and place to voice that opinion.
Calling for demonstrations, whipping up the usual populist suspects to come on down and make a good ol’ fashioned clamor, this self-aggrandizing narcissism is no portend of sound leadership or good government. No one elected these people to represent us. They appointed themselves. God forbid any such rabble be given the reigns of county commissioner.