Ok, I am making this personal. I took this shot of the valley floor from Society Turn back in May of 2004. This is the first image on the the approach into Telluride. The Framework that we are voting on calls for "22 multimillion-dollar homes would be built on a 47-acre parcel that cuts the valley floor in two", says the Denver Post. YUCK!!! At that time I took this picture I was debating where in Colorado I would like to work "remote". I chose Telluride over many place in Colorado because the citizens cared to protect against sprawl. Please voters, don't give up the fight and vote NO!
Ok, now on to what what everybody has said regarding one of the biggest decisions in Telluride history, let me point you to a few links.
First here is what we are voting on. Lots of legalize
Valley Floor on The Towns Website
A Denver Post perspective
Land vote pits heads, hearts in Telluride, Article in Denver Post
Here is a fascinating history (with a Vote No Bent) how Neil Blue (owner of the property), tried to amongst other things buy the local newspaper, change Colorado law, to help influence things in his favor. Wow!, but what do you expect from a weapons manufacture.
Doing the Right Thing: ItÂ’s the Last Stand
A great place to get quick facts on the issue.
Sheep Mountain Alliance fights TEN REASONS TO VOTE NO ON FEBRUARY 14, 2006
National Trust Historic Preservation lists Telluride as
1 of America's 11 Most Endangered places.
There is so many good vote NO articles, but here is a sampling.
This Mountain Town AinÂ’t SellinÂ’ Out!, by Darryl Hannah
Top 14 reasons to think about saving the Valley Floor
Bad Government
A few quotes I like
"Once you give it away, it's gone forever."
"Society is defined not only by what it creates, but also by what it refuses to destroy."
Please Vote With Your Head and Your Heart
-Michael Mowery
1 comment:
Agreed!
Exactly why do we need to "improve" the valley floors by putting-up multi-million-dollar eyesores that nobody but the wealthy will ever get to benefit from. Isn't Colorado our state as much as it is theirs?
Allowing this construction will ruin views like this one. You cannot put the egg back in its shell, once we allow this, the scenery that we all love so much in Colorado is gone forever. Perhaps the words of the Eagles from The Last Resort are fitting here:
They called it "paradise"
I don't know why
You'd call someplace "paradise"
And kiss it goodbye
If you have the chance, Michael is right - Please vote no. If you don't have the chance, please, tell as many people as you can that might have the chance to vote no.
djb
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