Anyone know the contact info for the town and county appointees? ---- "Michael D. Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like Alder Larry Palm is still having > some difficulty voting for the > environment....(see Phyllis Hasbrouck's appended > message below). > > The drumbeat for expanding US Highway 14 has > already started. With more sprawl development > like this the increased traffic will make it > "inevitable" that the the Black Earth Creek will > have to be paved. Keep in mind that Black Earth > Creek is a Class I Trout Stream > (http://www.madison.com/communities/becwa/). It > is a world renowned restoration project. (And > contrary to what the highwaymen will tell you, > giant culverts below giant highways are not good > trout habitat.) > > And of course the biking out there is > spectacular. More sprawl means more traffic out > on the little country roads like CTH K as they > clog up US 14. This is the sort of development > that is slowly killing great biking in the > Madison area. > > Developments like this will undo decades of work > by countless volunteers and, yes, far-sighted > politicians. > > Please consider writing a letter to Ald. Palm, today. > > -Mike > P.s. And please forward widely. > > > >Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From: Phyllis Hasbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: call Larry Palm today to stop Mazomanie from doubling in size! > >Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:51:58 -0500 > >To: west waubesasbc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Dear Friend, > > > >You helped in the campaign in January and > >February to get strict new criteria for the > >CARPC, the Capital Area Regional Planning > >Commission, the body that decides on whether new > >sewered developments can be built in Dane > >County. We need you to make a phone call or send > >an email TODAY as part of the ongoing struggle > >to preserve our groundwater, lakes and streams, > >and farmland. We need you to contact > >Commissioner Larry Palm, who was appointed by > >Mayor Dave Cieslewicz to represent the interests > >of the people of Madison on the CARPC. > > > >Larry Palm was a swing voter who helped approve > >a new set of criteria which aimed to preserve > >more land and water and to stop more sprawl. But > >things aren't turning out that way. Since > >February, 2 of those commissioners who voted for > >the new criteria have been replaced, and one has > >resigned. Since February the CARPC has approved > >9 developments and disapproved none. In fact, > >neither the CARPC nor its predecessor the RPC > >has EVER TURNED DOWN A REQUEST FOR AN URBAN > >SERVICE AREA EXTENSION. > > > >That needs to change, and soon. The Village of > >Mazomanie wants to expand its Urban Service Area > >by 187 acres when it already has 117 buildable > >lots, contradicting the CARPC's expressed > >intention to fill in Urban Service Areas before > >expanding them. Ald. Palm needs to take a stand > >and help make this the first Urban Service Area > >Expansion ever denied by the CARPC or its > >predecessor. We need you to contact him TODAY to > >urge a NO vote. > > > >Please send Ald. Palm an email at > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(SAMPLE EMAIL BELOW) or call him at 692-8416 > >TODAY, and ask for his vote AGAINST this > >unnecessary development. We need the CARPC to > >stop rubberstamping, and he is key. He has > >listened to us before, and may do so again. And > >please send this on to your neighbors and > >friends who care about our earth and water. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Don Hammes, Director, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation > >Phyllis Hasbrouck, Chair of the West Waubesa Preservation Coalition > >Harry Read > >Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club > >Gary Werner > >Connie Threinen > >__________________________________________________________ > > > >Here's a sample email. Please be sure and > >include at least one sentence of your own. You > >can use the talking points below. > > > >Dear Ald. Palm, > > > >I was pleased that you voted for the compromise > >new criteria for the CARPC back in February, but > >I'm disappointed that your subsequent votes have > >not always reflected those values of preserving > >water quality, farmland, and compact communities. > > > >Please vote NO on the Mazomanie USA extension > >application before you on Thursday at the CARPC. > >It violates that needs criterion of the CARPC > >and will destroy farmland and may endanger > >streams. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Your name and address > >______________________________________________________________ > > > >WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE MAZOMANIE PROPOSAL? Here > >are some quotes from the Town of Mazomanie > >clerk, Maria Van Cleve. > > > >* "No contiguity between the Village of > >Mazomanie and the new "Village of Mazo East." > > > >The Faga property will be developed East to > >West. There will be ABSOLUTELY no connection > >between the two villages for at least 10 years. > >Even after the second phase of development is > >completed there will still be no significant > >connection between the old village and the new > >one because there is a major area (and a creek > >and railroad tracks) that can never be > >developed." > > > >* "Currently there are 117 buildable lots in the > >Village of Mazomanie. Additionally there are > >scores of previously owned houses on the market > >here." > > > >* "Transmission line > > > >,,,a power transmission line runs directly > >through the Faga property beginning about 500 > >feet west of Voss RoadThe power company has a > >100 foot easement on either side of this > >transmission line, yet I see no corridor > >reflecting this easement in the developer's > >plan. According to the plan, this transmission > >line will run across streets and through > >backyards." > > > >* "Garbage and sediment run-off from Wendt Creek > > > >This past week the creek flooded for the 4th > >time in 6 months. Every piece of flotsam (in > >this case literally tons of corn stalks) and > >plenty of soil was deposited on my land. It is a > >major concern of mine that any garbage tossed > >off by the residents of the Faga Development > >will float downstream and become my problem." > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > Bikies@danenet.org > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
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