The Parker Town Council ruled Tuesday, July 5, 2016 to approve a motion to grant Xcel a special use permit, allowing the company permission to build its unneeded ultra-high voltage, long-distance transmission lines through 5.4 miles of the Town of Parker. Several members seemed disgusted by not having the leverage to deny the proposal. But they could have joined us in the fight more than two years ago. Would the outcome have been different? No one knows. But the effort would have been made, and we doubt the minimal and mislabeled "mitigation" was worth the neutrality and appeasement approach.
The final vote was 4-1 in favor. One member was absent (lucky fellow).
Thanks to everyone who has in the past couple of years fought this project.
We always knew we were up against the odds, and we didn't get the outcome we wanted. But making our voice heard was worth it. The silver lining is that until the line is built, it's not over. A lot could still happen between now and 2019 or 2020.
Is our part in the fight over? Good question with no good answer right now.
Here's how the votes went:
Mike Waid (no tie, so he didn't vote)
John Diak (voted yes to approve Xcel's project)
Amy Holland (voted yes)
Debbie Lewis (voted no)--Thank you Debbie!
Josh Martin (voted yes)
Joshua Rivero (dodged the bullet and wasn't at the meeting)
Renee Williams (voted yes)
Thanks to all of you for all your efforts to fight what should never be built.
Mike Roueche
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