From: elbertteaparty@gmail.com
To: elbertteaparty@gmail.com
Subj: ELBERT COUNTY WATER NEEDS OUR ATTENTION
ELBERT COUNTY WATER NEEDS US NOW!
We all remember last August when we discovered that the current Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) appeared to be headed toward approving a Water plan for one Karl Nyquist that would have granted him statewide authority and that we believed and now know was a serious threat to our county water resources. We all remember how it took 1,200 of us showing up at that historic BOCC meeting to stop that threat. We all remember that this BOCC, under public pressure, then implemented a one-year moratorium on making water decisions, a moratorium now set to expire next month in August 2012.
Following that, the current BOCC selected individuals and put together a Water Task Force to study Elbert County water issues and to report back to this BOCC with recommendations for future decisions about our water resources. This Task Force has been meeting, and to date has not allowed any public comment or input into their meetings or procedures.
We all know that the primary election is over, and that two of the current sitting Commissioner will be leaving office in January of 2013. We all know that the one remaining sitting Commissioner made it quite clear last year that he supported passing the plan at that time, and was very vocal in stating his intent and support for the applicant.
We have been told that on July 12, 2012, the Water Task Force is presenting their recommendations to the current Board of County Commissioners in a meeting that must be open to the public. Our work is not done, and our presence and our voice in critical water decisions affecting every resident of Elbert County must be heard again. We do not know what the recommendations will be, we do not know what, if any plans the current BOCC have in making binding water decisions before the board changes in January. We are waiting for official confirmation of this meeting with the required legal public posting, which traditionally the BOCC does at least 24 hours in advance.
But we do know, that this issue, and the potential impact on our county is a very serious matter and requires that every one of us stands up, listens and participates to continue protecting our water resources.
We need a showing of citizens at this upcoming meeting that again sends the message that you are still our elected officials and we expect you to hear our voices. We need everyone to tell your neighbors, your friends, your email contacts that we must all show up at this meeting like we did last August. I will notify everyone the moment this meeting is confirmed, but we all need to mark our calendars now and plan on being at this meeting the evening of Thursday, July 12, 2012.
PLEASE HELP US PROTECT OUR WATER RESOURCES IN ELBERT COUNTY AND JOIN WITH OTHER CITIZENS AT THIS IMPORTANT MEETING
ELBERT COUNTY WATER TASK FORCE MEETING
(Elbert County Board of County Commissioners)
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
7:00 P.M.
Location: Presumed to be Exhibit Hall, Kiowa Fairgrounds
(more information to follow)
Robert Rowland, Republican Candidate for Elbert County Commissioner, District 1
303-601-7608
Received from Mrs. Shipper:
“The Task Force has no designs on water, neither do the Commissioners. And last August NOTHING HAPPENED. And with or without the crowd nothing would have happened. The Nyquist project didn’t pass the feasibility bar. So John and Del would have voted no. Thus, Nyquist simply withdrew — end of story.
So the Task Force had a chance to get organized, the Commissioners put in place a one year moratorium on water projects. Nevertheless, Mr R must create a crisis.
I understand this meeting was announced at the previous meeting. Nothing is being hidden.”
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