Sunday, November 29, 2009

McInnis: Pseudo-conservative?

According to the Colorado Office of Economic Development agriculture is Colorado’s second leading industry, and Southeastern Colorado alone feeds nearly a million people.

Keeping business and protecting property rights along with protecting our food supplies should be a conservative principle - don't you think?

Not so for Scott McInnis’s position on the Pinon Canyon expansion and his 'contract with Colorado' (but now he's calling it the Republican 'Platform for Prosperity').  With the failure of the Republican Platform to reverse the view that the elimination of 10,000 square miles of private property is somehow 'OK', how can anyone support him or for that matter the Republican party?

Scott McInnis' 'Platform for Prosperity' denies the opportunity for any kind of survival let alone prosperity for for all of southeast Colorado - supporting the expansion denies southeastern Colorado residents the constitutional right of private property ownership and burdens the entire state with the resultant job losses that will occur when the production of food for almost a million people is eliminated along with the elimination of more than 17,000 people (the Army's own figures).

Conservative?  Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Bennet: Pinon Canyon moratorium extension likely


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Denver News Blog

Wake-Up Call: Army maneuvers appeal of Pinon Canyon ruling

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It's more than just......

While the “Pinon Canyon controversy” is often characterized as fight between ranchers and the Army, in reality opposition to the Pinon Canyon expansion comes from individuals and groups representing the entire political spectrum.  Opponents include conservatives and liberals, property-rights organizations, and environmental groups. They include groups representing peace and justice advocates and veterans. Opposition to expansion has been stated in the local and/or state platforms of both the Republican and Democratic parties, and has been expressed by candidates from both parties.  Expansion has been opposed by all levels of government, from county commissions and cities to regional councils and our state legislature, and both house of the U.S. Congress. Historical preservation groups and agricultural organizations have weighed in on the issue.


Obviously these diverse groups object to the expansion on the basis of differing interests. That is why the Pinon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition, PCEOC, calls itself a coalition. We believe that the fact that expansion is opposed from so many different is perspectives is why Colorado has been so successful in standing against this threat.  Ever since our organization began, almost four years ago we have endeavored to be inclusive and non-partisan, focusing on just one issue; stopping the Army’s plan to turn the Southeastern corner of Colorado into a huge, 6.9 million-acre, live-fire range.
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