That's the headline in the July 5 AZ Star.
Of course the Rosemont folks say they'll do things to "mitigate the effects." Yeah. Sure!
Too bad Hiremath, Hornat, Snider, Waters & Solomon refused to allow any speakers to address this issue at the last council meeting.
Oh no! These 5 were in too much of a dither to vote on rescinding a more than four year old resolution where Oro Valley joined in to strongly oppose this mine.
So now, thanks to these five, this mine will not only have a negative impact on our environment, our wildlife and our water aquifer; it will impact the astronomy that brings millions of dollars to the area.
Once again, these 5 "rushed to judgement" without considering the ramifications.
Add this to the multitude of reasons why a RECALL OF HORNAT & SNIDER IS MANDATORY!
Here's the AZ Star article.
http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/article_105a6379-db02-53a8-902e-bfbcb76cdef5.html
3 comments:
Beyond general environmental gas pains, I fail to understand why anyone in Oro Valley cares about this mine. The town council should shut up and worry about local issues.
Nombe,
Perhaps you missed this earlier, but to answer your question about why anyone in OV should care about the Rosemont Mine, Barry Gillaspie summed it up this way at a recent council meeting:
"This item is a regional issue. This item affects the economy and the environment and the quality of life for everybody in the area. Numerous governments in this area have all commented on it. It's part of the public process that we would submit a letter in this regard. This has sat quiety for 4 years and then out of the blue it was placed as a consent agenda item. It's NOT COMMON for a government to take an item that was passed by a previous council, and try to push it through as a consent item without public comment, particularly on an item that's so important. And I think the record would show, if we had the opportunity to talk about it, that any perceived economic benefit to this can be severely questioned. In fact, it looks like it could damage the economy of the region more than it might help it and that needs to be brought out in public."
Indeed, just as I said, the present TC should shut up and worry about local issues, why change something that was decided years ago!!
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