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"Just the facts M'am, Just the facts." -- Sgt. Joe Friday

a playground for fools and cads

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Duke letter
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Leaving Mr. Schroeder’s problems aside, the leftist big-government pro-tax wing of the Elbert County Republican party does at least as much damage to Republican ideals.  End the corrupt caucus system.

lawfare

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Mark Steyn Is Not Alone

By Brooke M. Goldstein

Published 1/15/2008 1:08:45 AM

Award-winning author Mark Steyn has been summoned to appear before two Canadian Human Rights Commissions on vague allegations of “subject[ing] Canadian Muslims to hatred and contempt” and being “flagrantly Islamophobic” after Maclean’s magazine published an excerpt from his book, America Alone.The public inquisition of Steyn has triggered outrage among Canadians and Americans who value free speech, but it should not come as a surprise. Steyn’s predicament is just the latest salvo in a campaign of legal actions designed to punish and silence the voices of anyone who speaks out against Islamism, Islamic terrorism, or its sources of financing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: PC

regulation or advice ?

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Legal Authority of Elbert County Master Plan (click to enlarge)

Nothing here about the master plan in authority over the BOCC.

http://www.elbertcounty-co.gov/documents/Planning_MasterPlan.doc

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Elbert judge stops Spring Valley development

By Tom McGhee
The Denver Post

Article Last Updated: 01/31/2008 04:44:08 PM MST

A judge has put a stop to controversial plans for a new development that would have increased the number of homes in Elbert County by nearly 70 percent. Elbert County District Court Judge Jeffrey Holmes ruled Wednesday that the County Commission abused its discretion by approving RCI Development Partners’ applications for a project called Spring Valley Vistas. The commission exceeded its jurisdiction by authorizing a development with housing density that would surpass limits permitted by the county’s master plan, Holmes said in the eight-page ruling. [Read more…]

caucuses

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At some age, mere survival usually brings a certain enlightenment. You come to know when something emanates from the south end of a northbound bull. You know the difference between what works and what looks good. You’ve learned the fine line between art and crap. You know to judge ideas by their predictive value, not by how seductive they seem. At a certain age, you know, or should know these things.

Next Tuesday, February 5th, Coloradoans are supposed to bring this sort of experience to their political caucuses to make decisions about representatives and issues. [Read more…]

adjacency

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John Hill on adjacencyKen Johanson on adjacency
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These gentleman believe in protecting the vision of Elbert County they claim we all desire, but who protects citizens from their vision? They’ll trot 5th Am. property rights out to defend your land against a toll road incursion, but woe unto those who try to exercise their own property rights to sell their water or land to maximize their own interest when such a sale conflicts with their vision. [Read more…]

ECDC/1B case

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The volume on the following audio files is low but the clarity is very good.  Use headphones or earphones.

January 14th Trial Part 1   64 megs     Note:  Right click and save file to your computer for listening.

January 14th Trial Part 2   20 megs     Note:  Right click and save file to your computer for listening.

January 14th Trial Part 3   36 megs     Note:  Right click and save file to your computer for listening.

Denial of Summary Judgment

Hearing Notice and Procedural Orders

ECDC Responses

sales tax and charities

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6 Jan 07 In response to questions from local charitable organizations, I researched how the new Elbert County Sales & Use Tax will impact local non-profit organizations. Here are the results of that research. [Read more…]

Thomas Jefferson

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

Aristotle

"Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved."

Karl Popper

“A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is nonscientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.”