HomeMy WebLinkAbout20131581.tiffPeter M. Brown
9769 County Road 57
Keenesburg, CO 80643
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720-459-2581
June 17, 2013
Weld County Board of Commissioners
915 10`h Street
Greeley, CO 80631-1117
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WELD COUNTY
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Commissioners:
I was stunned to hear that you're considering creating a new state. Now, after reading the
news accounts, I'm deeply disappointed. Perhaps you're merely posturing but you might
be serious. Your actions, in either event, are an embarrassment, and make Washington's
dysfunction look like child play.
My first allegiance is as an American; next, I'm a Coloradan; and finally a citizen of
Weld County. I've never believed that as a Weld County property owner I'm entitled to
ignore our county regulations or our state laws. Just as anyone else, I may not agree with
all the laws which affect me, but I'm mature enough to understand that our system of
laws protect me as a citizen of our republic. And I'm wise enough to sense how foolish it
is to threaten to secede from this union of states.
Presently, as a county, we haven't even paved all of our roads, whereas only 1% of all the
nation's streets and highways remain unpaved today. We're not just rural — we're way
behind. Natural gas pipelines run right past my property, owned by large companies who
will furnish that low cost energy to others around the continent, while I must depend
upon a propane truck to deliver my heating fuel at substantially higher rates.
If you're really searching for a mission to help us, why not start by improving those
elements of our out-of-date infrastructure?
Those of us in rural Weld County could probably anticipate a proposed "State of North
Colorado" to offer a life style similar to a third world country. And I shudder to
contemplate how you'd run an entirely new state if you think moving our county out of
Colorado is truly an acceptable mission.
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Pete'r M. Brown
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