Stopping the Martin Marietta gravel mine, the expansion of Gross Dam, and ending fossil fuel extraction by a direct fight against corporate power.
This blog post by Cliff Willmeng appeared on the Willmeng For Boulder County Commissioner website, July 17, 2018.
All of these projects share a conflict regarding local authority nearly identical to the dynamic we experience in the eastern County, as we fight to hold off 1800 oil and gas wells now. Communities like Boulder County are expected to yield local autonomy to the State and corporations and because of this legal expectation the defense of the environment and rights of the affected people fail by design. The corporations enjoy the upper hand, the environment becomes a secondary consideration, and local officials, connected politically to the same system operating to move the projects forward, relegate themselves to talking points and superficial legal and political responses. MORE…