Thursday, August 11, 2005

When It Rains, It Pours

And they say that Thursdays are a slow-news day?

Today’s Pueblo Chieftain has all KINDS of news. Mostly in the category, I’d describe as ‘environmental issues’; earthquake, (sewage) flood, etc.. But something of interest in terms of politics as well.

Admittedly, I should have written something on the DA’s threat to sue our friends in C’Springs over the recent series of sewage spills yesterday, but I was out of town and the cell-phone/laptop couldn’t find a strong connection up at Pueblo Mountain Park. Someone ought to set up a tower to support Beulah. I know they could camouflage it to look like a tall pine tree. They did that with two towers at the high-point of Monument Hill. Look to the west side as you are approaching it from the north. They’re almost impossible to see coming from the south. At least if you want to keep you car on the road.

At any rate…

This Stuff Stinks

I was beginning to wonder what had become of our vaunted new DA of late. All the sewage rolling down the Fountain and nar a peep from him. Glad to see he’s actually working. Let’s see what transpires.

Also glad to see Sierra Club is getting involved. I’d heard they were in the area. But never saw much of what they were doing. I suspect that the threat of their law suit may have got our DA to do something of his own. And he managed to get his into the paper first….how nice.

As for what our friends in C’Springs think of all these people waving writs in their face, we’ll have to see. Sure, they’re disappointed. It means they’ll have to ‘clean-up their act’ [tongue firmly in cheek]. And that will cost money. Money they were probably hoping they wouldn’t have to spend.

Personally, I think the lawsuits should go forward. It will be nice to see our DA in action on his first, as far as I can tell, major effort in his new job.

My current question, which will never be fully answered, is would his predecessor have acted sooner?

Speaking of Politics

We’ve got a race!!!!!

It’s Steve Narwocki vs. Judy Weaver; for Pueblo City Council First District.

I know a bit about Steve. I know NOTHING about Judy, except for what is written in the Chieftain.

The next Quarterly General Meeting of OHNO will be Tuesday, 6 September, 2005. Place and agenda to be determined. However, we are seriously looking at having Steve and Judy, and anybody else who has thrown their hat in the ring for first district, speak to us.

We’ll keep you apprised as to what happens about that idea.