From the Styx by Peggy Tibbetts

He’s baa-a-aack!

Dick Cheney was in Vail last weekend, attending the uber-secretive American Enterprise Institute World Forum, where a handful of corrupt politicians, neo-con wonks, and some oil executives get together and hold closed-door meetings about world domination. On a local level, it’s sort of like how some members of the Town Board meet in secret to plot what THEY think is best for Silt.

This week The Washington Post is running a 4-part series on Dick Cheney titled, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. The Angler Series (Angler is Cheney’s Secret Service code name) paints a portrait of a manipulative, secretive, control freak of a Vice President obsessed with running – or ruining – all levels of government. In his End Justifies the Means Crusade, Cheney willfully and habitually disregards laws and procedures.

Reading about Cheney’s corruption brought to mind the Silt Town Board. In particular, in Part 2: Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power, an unnamed “former White House ally” said:

The only person in Washington who cares less about his public image than David Addington is Dick Cheney. What both of them miss is that … in times of war, a prerequisite for success is people having confidence in their leadership. This is the great failure of the administration – a complete and total indifference to public opinion.

I thought about the recent resignations of Town Administrator Rick Aluise and Community Development Director Janet Aluise. How the details of their resignations have been classified as “confidential personnel matters” to shield the facts and circumstances from the people.

I thought about the June 11, Board Meeting. According to the Minutes, The Mayor said that “a mountain has been made out of a mole hill, and that he would like to see it go away”. He added that “this personnel stuff has got to stop, and that there are two sides to every story”. The Mayor also said that “he believes the investigation done by Officer Taylor was illegal”.

Then I played this little word game:

The only person in Silt who cares less about public image than the Town Trustees is The Mayor. What they miss is that in times of turmoil a prerequisite for success is people having confidence in their leadership. This is the great failure of the Silt Town Board – a complete and total indifference to public opinion.

If there are two sides to every story, let’s hear them both. Evidently there has been an investigation. The Mayor said so. The people have a right to know if any elected officials were involved in the resignations of Rick and Janet Aluise. And what, if any, laws were broken.

Make no mistake, members of the Silt Town Board are actively engaged in a cover-up of the facts and circumstances surrounding the resignations of the Town Administrator Rick Aluise and Community Development Director Janet Aluise.

Of course the BIG EXCUSE for the cover-up is that it’s for the good of the community.

Did the voters elect Board Members to decide what’s good for us? According to the Silt Home Rule Charter, Article II, Section 2-1:

The Board of Trustees shall be the governing body of the Town and shall have all policy-making and legislative powers and other powers possessed by the Town not otherwise limited or conferred upon others by this Charter.

Doesn’t say anything about the “good of the community”.

Call up Board Members, ask them pointed questions about the recent resignations of Rick and Janet Aluise. Demand answers. I’m not saying you’ll get any. It’s the asking that counts. THEY need to know WE’RE watching them.

Though don’t be surprised if The Mayor pulls a Dick Cheney and claims he’s not actually a member of the Silt Town Board. I just sayin – it COULD happen.

Mayor Dave Moore
Mayor Pro-Tem Tod Tibbetts
Trustee Doug Williams
Trustee Meredith Robinson
Trustee Ron Morgan
Trustee Jim Voorheis
Trustee Bobby Hays

They are all in the book.

At the June 25, Board Meeting the members returned from their closed-door Executive Session where they discussed their BIG SECRET and voted unanimously in favor of a training session on do’s and don’ts for Board Members.

What’s THAT about? Are they admitting they don’t know the rules? Can’t they READ? The Mayor and Ron Morgan were on the committee that wrote the damn Town Charter last year. What is it about their positions as elected officials who are elected by the people this crew does not get?

How’s about this for “do’s and don’ts”?

DO obey the law.

DON’T cover up the facts.

Somehow I don’t think I’ll get the job as training coach.

Wait a minute …

On Monday the freeway exits from here to Glenwood were crawling with government vehicles and the black helicopters circled I-70 for a couple hours. Rumor has it Dick Cheney was en route to his secret hideout in Bunkerville-North-of-Rifle. Perhaps The Sneermeister himself would be available for a training session with the Silt Town Board.

I think he’s just the coach they’re looking for – as in The Art of Obfuscation and Cover-Up.

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I’d like to introduce you to Vicki Taylor, an award-winning author who writes stories with strong women as her main characters.

Her first novel, Not Without Anna, won 2nd place in the 2003 Florida Writers’ Association’s Royal Palm Literary Awards and was published in January 2004. She won an honorary award for her short story, “And Justice for All” in the Fire to Fly contest from Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine.

A prolific writer of both novel length and short stories, she brings her characters to life in the real world. Her memberships include the National Association of Women Writers, Short Fiction Mystery Society, Romance Writers Association, and many more. She has had hundreds of articles published in electronic and print publications. She is one of the founders and past President of the Florida Writers Association, Inc. and speaks to local writing groups.

Vicki’s latest novel, Trust in the Wind is available at Amazon. She graciously took the time for an interview.

Me: Where did the main character, Joanne in “Trust in the Wind” come from?

Vicki: A dream. I dreamed the entire book one night and woke up and hurried to write it down before I forgot it. Joanne was a great character to write. She really loved her son Joey and only wanted to protect him and make like better for him. She worked hard. She didn’t trust many people, because those she put her trust in before betrayed her.

Me: Your novel, “Not Without Anna” won 2nd place in the 2003 Florida Writers’ Association’s Royal Palm Literary Awards. How has that affected your career?

Vicki: It was a big deal to my publisher. They even put the award design on the back cover of the book. It helped with marketing a bit. To me, it made me realize I could write something that people thought was award winning material. That gave me a confidence boost.

Me: Where do call home and how has that setting influenced your writing?

Vicki: I live in Tampa, Florida with my husband and my dog and my parrot. I’ve set my books in Florida, usually around the Tampa Bay area. I’ve lived her for thirteen years. Tampa’s a great city. Really full of character, as is Florida itself. That’s why so many people use it as a background in their books. Tim Dorsey is a really good example. He sets all his Serge Storm books in Florida. They’re really good.

Me: What do you do when you’re not writing?

Vicki: I read. I love to read and I try to take a break from my writing when I’ve finished a book and need to let it cool before I go back and start editing. During that cooling time, I’ll devour as many books as I can. And watch movies. I record them on my DVR and then watch them when I’m ready.

During the day, when I take little breaks from my computer, I play with my dog and my bird. My husband says I’m obsessed with them. I don’t know about that. Just because they each have their own website, is that obsessed?

Me: What’s on your desk?

Vicki: Oh, you don’t really want to know, do you? Okay here goes: a phone, extra ink cartridges for my printer, my lap top, a flat screen monitor, a tape dispenser, my external hard drive, my digital card readers, a calculator, miscellaneous scraps of paper with various notes, quotes, etc. A food journal (I keep track of what I eat every day). Some Ice Breakers Sours. About a dozen or so disks with backups of documents on them. My current manuscript journal. (I keep weekly track of how many pages I edit, write, and the number of words.) Umm, what else? Let me move something around. Oh, the empty box for Office 2007, a peppermint, speakers, some pencils, a pen, a highlighter, some business cards and my credit card for online shopping. Oops, and a tube of chapstick. I guess I need to clean my desk, eh?

Me: Hah! Don’t we all. I keep a shovel nearby.

Thank you, Vicki for taking the time to share a little bit of yourself with my readers. I hope your Virtual Book Tour is a huge success!

Buy Trust in the Wind at Amazon! 

Watch the book trailer:

Visit Vicki Taylor’s website

Vicki’s virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours.

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Have I got a band for all yall!

Xiren Kenny from the band Xiren – pronounced “see-rin” – get it? see-rin and hearin – hah. Anyway Xiren messaged me and said if I like Coldplay, I’ll like his band. He also asked me if I wanted a free CD. And hey, who doesn’t want a free CD?

Plus Xiren hails from Colorado. They’ll be performing live at the South Park Music Festival on June 24, and at the Boulder Millenium Harvest Event on July 27.

I’m not a music critic. I don’t even play one on the internets. But I know what I like. The CD arrived a couple weeks ago. I’ve been listening to it ever since. For me the true test of good music is whether it sticks in your head and comes back to you when you’re hiking or riding bike, or just doing something else. Resonate is the word – and Xiren’s music resonates.

Another good test is if you listen to a CD over and over do you get sick of it? The more I listen to Xiren, the more I like them.

You can read all about them at the Xiren website and MySpace page, but here’s an excerpt from their PR blurb:

Xiren, a name derived from Greek mythology and Celtic lore, is a rock trio packing a counter tenor and a lifetime of musical performances. Loaded with volumes of original songs and talents as broad as their reach; they’re east-meets-west with a knowing grin and firm handshake. It’s new music, built to last, with roots in a Detroit garage and branches spanning the Colorado Rockies and beyond … With a style fusing classic with modern rock, they deliver the answer to, “What if Sting joined Led Zeppelin?”

Sorry, but I didn’t get a Sting joined Led Zeppelin feel at all. For me Xiren is more like Lindsay Buckingham meets U2. Sexy vocals mixed with good, solid funky rhythm rock. This ain’t no garage band.

Yup, these guys are that good. This CD is produced – not just recorded. In fact it’s so well produced, I have no clue why they are giving away a free CD to a 100-year old shut-in like me. Maybe Xiren knows how much I LOO-VE new music. I’m not a stuck-in-the-80s-kinda-girl. My feet are firmly planted in the 21st century and I have adventurous taste in music from Angelique Kidjou to Pink – from Trashcan Sinatras to, well, Coldplay.

But Xiren shouldn’t be too quick to compare themselves to Coldplay. In terms of haunting melodies that stick with you, kay sure. But lyrically – huh-uh. Coldplay’s lyrics can be well – maudlin – sometimes.

“Everything” is Xiren’s never-before-released track. “I Need You Tonight”, “Invisible Hero”, “Circus”, and “Polite Conversation” complete the lineup on the CD. Not one of those songs can be described as maudlin. Xiren’s lyrics are metaphorical – as in storytelling. I like that – a lot.

The only thing wrong with Xiren is why am I not hearing them on Sirius’ The Spectrum, dammit?

The way I see it, the angels are definitely looking down on Xiren, and they can see what went right. Xiren’s music is unforgettable.

Here, try Xiren and hearin’ for yourselves: 

Xiren website

Xiren on MySpace

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Yikes! When I said Silt’s politics were heating up I didn’t mean for the whole damn county to start on fire.

Sunday night we had a lightning storm. This week we’re on fire.

The biggest one — shown in the photo above which was taken while Ema was standing on top of the camper outside my house on Tuesday — is the New Castle Fire, about 9 miles east of Silt, which has burned over 1,000 acres, near hundreds of homes.

Here’s the latest update as of 4:30 p.m. (MST):

New Castle Fire evacuees likely will spend another night away from home
By Donna Gray

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — About 100 evacuees gathered in the gym of Riverside Middle School in New Castle Wednesday afternoon to hear whether or not they would be allowed back in their Canyon Creek homes. About 200 homes are threatened by the New Castle Fire which went into its fourth day.

A mandatory evacuation order is in effect for a total of 90 homes in Canyon Creek.

Electricity to the area was shut off Wednesday morning and would remain off until early evening, said Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario as a safety measure.

He said the evacuation would not be lifted and people should plan to spend another night away from their homes. He also said he too lives in Canyon Creek, in the cluster of homes alongside Interstate 70. He and his wife voluntarily evacuated their home Tuesday.

“I want to go home as badly as you do,” he said …

You can read more about the New Castle Fire at the Post Independent website.

See New Castle Fire photos here.

My heart aches for the people who have had to evacuate from the New Castle Fire, especially Deana Rambo who moved here after evacuating from Katrina. Two evacuations in one lifetime seems a bit over the top.

Tuesday afternoon there was a small fire across the river at a gas well pad. That’s always so comforting. But our brave Burning Mountains Firefighters put it out – for free of course – they’re volunteers.

Firefighters douse well pad fire south of Silt

SILT — Firefighters quickly doused a small fire at a gas well pad south of Silt Tuesday afternoon.

The report of fire came in at 1:45 p.m. and was contained and “virtually out” a couple of hours later, according to Burning Mountains Fire Protection District Chief Brit McLin.

McLin estimated the fire near Dry Hollow and Mineota roads burned roughly 5 acres.

Two interagency units and a single-engine air tanker responded to the fire, along with mutual aid from the Rifle Fire Department. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office and Silt Police also responded.

With the fire being bordered by roads, McLin said the main concern was an above-ground gas pipeline in the area. McLin credited the workers on scene with keeping the fire at bay until fire crews arrived.

McLin said an investigation is under way as to whether the cause of the fire came from the well pad or through other means.

In other wildfire news:

The Cottonwood Creek fire burned 4 acres east of Parachute – about 10 miles west of Silt – and was 100 percent contained by Tuesday afternoon.

And finally, the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center reported good news today on the Whittaker Flats Fire, which is about 60 miles west of Silt:

Excellent progress has been made on this lightning-caused fire. The fire is 80 per cent contained at 1,013 acres with containment expected today (6-20). The fire is located 11 miles east of Grand Junction, Colorado in Mesa county.

Helicopter, slurry bombers, and smoke fill the sky. And here’s me without my misters up yet. Tod’s out of town and I’m a lousy plumber so the misters will have to wait till he gets home. The smoke hasn’t been too bad so far. Tuesday morning was the worst. Or maybe I’m just getting used to it. Ugh – what a thought. Oh well – tis the season.

Think it’s high time for a little rain dance …

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It promises to be a long, hot summer in Silt town politics.

At last Monday’s (June 11) Board of Trustees Meeting, Trustee Tod Tibbetts made a motion for the Board to go into Executive Session (closed session) to discuss confidential documents which were received by the Trustees.

Mayor Dave Moore responded by saying he was against discussing the issues (referenced in the confidential documents). He said he had a problem with Officer Paul Taylor’s “illegal investigation”. He added that he felt the Board should be done with this and the issues should just “go away”.

Trustee Tibbetts’ motion was voted down.

What issues should just go away?

What should the Board be done with?

What illegal investigation?

In May, Town Administrator Rick Aluise and Community Development Director Janet Aluise both resigned their positions amid allegations they had been harassed by two Board Members to the point of not being able to do their jobs.

The Town Law Clerk Pamela Barber – who was supposed to be the Town Attorney once she passed the bar exam – didn’t pass the bar exam and was fired.

Town Treasurer Kyra Markeckie was also fired.

With all this – for lack of a better term – employee activity going on, naturally I was curious about the “illegal investigation” The Mayor mentioned at Monday’s meeting. I filed a FOIA request this week for a “copy of the investigation conducted by Officer Paul Taylor and mentioned by Mayor Dave Moore at Monday, June 11, public Board Meeting.”

Rick Aluise is currently serving as the interim Town Administrator. He declined my FOIA request for the following reasons:

1 – Not yet part of public record
2 – Subject to ongoing investigation
3 – Subject to protection under personnel records

Was this an illegal investigation as The Mayor described it?

In a word – NO.

I’m not an employee or trustee but I’m around Silt politics all the time. So I know a thing or two about a thing or two. To me this is a no brainer, but here’s Trustee Tod’s explanation: “The allegations surrounding the departures of three key employees had to do with violations of state statutes and town ordinances, therefore the Town Administrator had no choice but to order an investigation. He was just following town ordinances.”

After weeks of investigating the issues on my own I’m nowhere. None of the details of the issues surrounding the departures of Rick Aluise, Janet Aluise, and Kyra Markeckie can be made public.

All I’m left with are more questions.

Why did Rick Aluise and Janet Aluise resign?
I know but I can’t tell you because I have to respect the rule of law and be patient.

Why was Kyra Markeckie fired?
Officially, in part because she did not obtain the required training to maintain her duties as Town Treasurer. Based on her public hearing before the Board of Trustees on May 29, there’s more to her firing than has been made public. Even though she requested a public hearing, she then complained that there were things she wanted to talk about but was not allowed to say in public.

Are Silt Town Board Members allegedly involved in harassing town employees?
Yes, there are allegations that Board Members harassed town employees. I know who the Board Members are, but I have to respect the rule of law and be patient.

Is there a cover up going on?

I don’t think Rick Aluise is covering up anything. Nor is Janet Aluise. I’ve spoken with them many times and it’s clear they are simply following procedures. They can’t discuss employee matters that haven’t been made public. They have to respect the rule of law and be patient.

Trustee Tod is in the same bind. He can’t talk about the specifics. However his efforts to bring the specifics into closed Executive Session have been thwarted. He said, “If I was just John Q. Public I could say or do anything I want with the information I have. But I’m a Town Trustee, I took an oath of office, and I have to abide by the law. ”

He also has to respect the rule of law and be patient.

He added, “Since I learned the details surrounding the employee departures, I have been doggedly pursuing the facts. Now that I have seen the results of Officer Taylor’s investigation I am continuing my efforts toward measures that will eventually bring the facts to the public.” 

Even though Janet Aluise has resigned as Community Development Director, the Board hired her as a consultant to complete her ongoing projects and through the transition of hiring her replacement. So we’re very lucky to still have her expertise. Tod and I have known her for many years and can’t begin to describe what her talent and dedication have meant to the growth of this town. She truly is irreplaceable.

Rick Aluise, as I mentioned, is still serving as interim Town Administrator. Again we’re very lucky. We desperately need him right now. We have also known him for many years. Town Administrator is not just a job to Rick. He lives and breathes this town. I have no idea how Silt will get along without him.

The Town of Silt faces two huge losses with the departures of Rick and Janet Aluise. Not only did they bring two lifetimes of knowledge of Silt history – they were both born and raised here – but they also love this town.

The public has the right to know what happened to these two dedicated employees to drive them from their jobs. The very least the Board of Trustees should do is support an investigation of the facts, no matter where they lead, then make the results of that investigation public. To do any less shows disrespect for Rick and Janet’s years of service. They deserve better.

The people are waiting …

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the agency that oversees US public lands. Last I remember public lands meant lands that belong to the public – as in the PEOPLE. Not the government. Apparently I am mistaken.

BLM: Drill the Roan
By Gary Harmon

Natural gas drilling can move forward on the Roan Plateau under decisions released Friday by the Bureau of Land Management — to the disappointment of environmental organizations and delight of energy companies.

The decisions also sparked anger in the office of Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, who had sought 120 days to study the plateau drilling proposal drafted by the previous administration of Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican.

“There was no crisis, no imminent reason why the BLM could not have granted a 120-day review period for a new administration,” said Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer. “We are now reviewing all possible options.”

The decision flew in the face of requests by Colorado congressional Democrats that the agency withhold action for more comment.

“I’m extremely disappointed and urge BLM to refrain from taking any further action to issue leases on the Roan,” said U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., who said he would consult with U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, a Democrat running for the Senate, “to determine what options are available to us to delay the leasing so that our constituents can be heard.”

Oh, for God’s sake the constituents have been heard until we’re blue in the face. Two years ago the BLM received nearly 75,000 comments about gas well drilling on the Roan Plateau, the majority of which were against it. But BLM Project Manager John Spehar said back then: “We don’t count votes. We don’t really give any more weight to an issue raised 50,000 times than we do to an issue raised once. People can’t expect to just send in a postcard without reading the (environmental impact statement) and somehow influence the decision.”

So there you have it, what the people say doesn’t matter. They can’t even EXPECT that what they think or do should matter. Stupid peeps. Public lands aren’t really PUBLIC lands at all. They’re US GOVERNMENT lands which are currently being sold to the highest bidders – the energy companies. And they would like us all to just shut up and sit down.

According to a Post Independent article on the BLM decision on the Roan:

BLM has projected 1,570 new wells could be drilled in the planning area, including 210 wells on top of the plateau, also known as the Naval Oil Shale Reserve, over 20 years.

So then is this next article what we have to look forward to over the next 20 years?

Is gas drilling affecting health?
Residents near energy development have numerous complaints
By Donna Gray

Dee Hoffmeister is feeling better these days. She’s been going to an acupuncturist for a couple of months and is taking Chinese herbs.

“It’s helping,” she said.

But she also knows her health problems, which she attributes to the natural gas drilling near her home south of Silt, are not acknowledged by traditional doctors.

“I was in the hospital and I had all the tests. I told them in the beginning they wouldn’t show anything unless I glow in the dark,” she said.

That’s been the frustration for Hoffmeister and others living in the gas patch in western Garfield County where hundreds of wells are drilled every year. Residents have complained of headaches, skin irritation, nausea and dizziness from breathing noxious fumes that emanate from the rigs. But their complaints that the fumes are causing illness don’t wash with regulators, they say, because there’s no medical data to back it up …

… Beth Dardynski, who also lives in Dry Hollow, has suffered similar ailments. “We’re in the bull’s-eye of tons of development,” she said. “I’m really sensitive.”

When she smells the fumes she gets sick to her stomach and suffers from headaches, she said. It’s been going on for some time.

“We bought our property in 1999, and this (drilling) has been going on for at least five years.”

Nor does she see any slowdown of development. “We have wells 360 degrees (around their home).”

“I don’t know that we can do anything about health effects” caused by oil and gas operations, “except advise them to see a physician,” said Garfield County environmental health manager Jim Rada. “One of the problems is when people call they generally don’t have any medical information to support their claims.”

Oh, by the way the answer is:
Yes, gas drilling IS affecting health.

And so far there’s not a damn thing we can do about that.

My friend, Oni Butterfly had to sell her home in the Divide Creek area because the gas drilling activity around her homestead was making her sick with respiratory ailments. She moved up to Carbondale last fall and told me that within 2 weeks her symptoms started to clear up. “I knew I was sick but I didn’t realize how sick until I got out of there,” Oni told me last month.

I’m glad Oni’s feeling better. But what about the rest of us who can’t just sell out and leave?

This spring the Rifle Citizen Telegram ran an article about a gas well worker who is sick. For the life of me, I can’t find the article. It was probably disappeared down the old memory hole. But it doesn’t matter. They can’t keep it quiet forever. The energy company spokesholes used to say, “Well if gas well drilling causes so many health issues, why aren’t the workers sick?”

THEY ARE, Spanky, they ARE sick.

Which brings up another question. So many questions – never enough good answers. So how do they plan to drill the gas, finish the pipeline, and run the shiny new refinery they’re building north of Parachute if all the workers keep getting sick?

Of course the REAL CORKER in all of this is most people think the natural gas coming out of western Colorado is going directly to heat homes across America. WRONG! Most of Western Colorado’s natural gas is heating homes across Japan. The only ones profiting from this boom are the energy companies. And they don’t hesitate to spend those profits on keeping us from even measuring the impacts, let alone doing anything about them.

We gave up on the whole public lands argument a couple years ago. Now we’re asking whose HEALTH is it anyway?

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Cele tagged me for a MeMe. So now I’m coming for you. 

Here’s the scoop: I write 8 random facts/habits about myself, and then tag 8 people. If I tag you, you have to play or I will pester you for the rest of your life.

1 – I’m hearing impaired. Can’t hear a thing out of my left ear. In 1985, I wrestled a deer tick and nearly lost. Lyme disease. They say it’s not curable but I’m pretty sure I’m over it cuz …

2 – I take at least 27 herbs, vitamins, and/or supplements daily,

3 – and I don’t eat any red meat. I think I could become a vegetarian someday but I’m not ready yet. I don’t think I can hack it as a vegan cuz I love eggs and cheese too much.

4 – I was the Dunn County (WI) Spelling Champion in 1966. But I tanked at regionals in Minneapolis so never made it to nationals. I’m a really good speller.

5 – I don’t own a cell phone. I can’t stand them. I think they’re annoying, expensive, time consuming. And I haven’t the slightest idea how to use one.

6 – I love movies. I’ll watch just about anything – drama, action adventure, sci-fi, horror, romantic comedy, comedy, musicals. Watching movies is more relaxing than reading because when I read I constantly edit so I’m always thinking about work.

7 – I want a horse – really bad. But I live on a lot in town. And I don’t want to board the horse at one of the nearby stables because then I would only be able to go visit my horse and it wouldn’t be like I really have a horse. No, I want a horse in my yard. I know, I’m crazy.

8 – I can’t stand 24 but I can’t stop watching. It’s like a train wreck – or a soap opera. I’m addicted. I think it’s stupid, contrived, and total propaganda but I keep right on watching.

K, now it’s my turn. I tag Ema, Beth, Heather, Vicki, Dorothy, Gabs, Olgy, and Joe.

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