Pinon Canyon expansion
In a recent article in the paper it quotes Senator Allard saying “a bigger Pinon Canyon Financial boon for the region, but ranchers who sell land for the expansion won’t see much he admits.” This targeted area will take my home, my mother’s home (of 50+ Years) and my brothers’ home, when the Comanche National Grasslands that is right across the fence from them, goes unused, WHY? The government already owns it; the grabbing of private property like this is what communist countries do, not America.
We have no place to go; the rich and famous own all the ranches that are not in the hands of developers for urban sprawl. What are we supposed to do with our dogs and cats, our horses and what about all the wildlife? Recent articles have expressed concern about the bird numbers being down because of urban sprawl; we have them by the thousands here on the ranches the military wants, what will happen to them? We also have a lot of animals that have been pushed down here from the mountains because of over-development in the mountains. Why make these peaceful prairies a tool of war when the government already owns millions of acres they are not using?
The service jobs gained in Colorado Springs and Pueblo will not offset the loss of many times that number in Southeast Colorado that these ranches support. There are several power companies looking at putting wind farms here, so think about how many jobs they could create and bring lasting prosperity to the region with the added power for sale. We have let almost all our manufacturing jobs go to other countries, do we want to keep importing questionable food too. With the loss of food and power, how good will your money taste in the dark?
Please don’t be fooled by a few bucks being waved in your face, think of the long term consequences of our governments’ actions on this one. Please call your Senators and ask them to stop this insanity now, while we still have the chance.
Thanks for your help!
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This man makes his points, which I agree with, without using disparaging language and name calling tactics. I just don't know when people are going to stop being concerned only with themselves and wake up to see that our unbridled government and the clueless about the common man's plight legislators are eroding every one of your freedoms and rights while you sit, as yet uneffected, on your duffs by the wayside while your fellowmen and women suffer outrageous oppression of the freedoms and rights you still, for the moment, enjoy. Shame on you, you think more about your fleeting comfort than the laws and rights that provide it. You are blind to the fact that if you don't defend others freedoms and rights, you invite the demise of your own, this is not possible, it is inevitable.
Posted by Allen Campbell on August 15, 2007 08:33 AM