By Dick Ulmer. HB188—to give our county some “teeth” in dealing with current and future gravel mining operators, has moved to its second committee and we need to let the committee members know how we feel. Several of us (ES-CA President Bob Gorrell, and LPT Board members Dick Ulmer, Bob Byrd, Steve Vaughan) were in Santa Fe last week and visited individually with committee members, lobbyists, and other influencers. Opposition from contractors and gravel operators is being loudly voiced—so we need to make sure we are heard.
Legislators need and want to hear from you. Attached is the list of committee members that we need you to contact. Also, we have provided a set of talking points that you should be able to copy and paste into your messages to them. Click link to open 22Feb2015_CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT HB 188.
We will also send out an “all hands on deck” alert when this bill gets scheduled for a hearing in this committee so that any of you who can attend will be able to help us to further show we are serious about this.
Thank you for your help!
My name is Renee Kirk and I have lived in Placitas for almost 12 years, We have lived with the mining operations of La Farge (high dust, noise and excessive water use) all during that time. Now there is another large mining company that will be doing business in the area.
I know we can’t stop the businesses from operating but if the present fine of $300.00 total for zoning violations could be increased to $1000.00/day, that would give local authorities more enforcement power.
I totally support HB188 and hope that it will be passed.
Thank you,
Renee Kirk