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Comments on: STATE OF THE COMMUNITY Town Hall http://dave4council.com/2009/03/state-of-the-community-town-hall/ Dave Gardner for Colorado Springs City Council Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mary Ann Evans http://dave4council.com/2009/03/state-of-the-community-town-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Mary Ann Evans Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:36:43 +0000 http://dave4council.com/?p=205#comment-6 Illegal Immigration, why dosn't any of our politicans want to address it and how it is affecting our communitis with crime drugs, organized crime, health benefits to those that break Americans laws to benefits themselves, stolen SS#, welfare to illegals for children born in America, job especially construction that should be for our own people. What are you doing to enforce the laws of our country? This is all benefits at American Taxpayeers expense. Jobs, for our youth, jobs for those that have lost theirs through no fault of their own, give jobs to Americans. Charity starts at home. Serve and protect Americans that is why we elect our politicians, not to serve Mexico. Thank you, Mary Ann Evans Illegal Immigration, why dosn’t any of our politicans want to address it and how it is affecting our communitis with crime drugs, organized crime, health benefits to those that break Americans laws to benefits themselves, stolen SS#, welfare to illegals for children born in America, job especially construction that should be for our own people. What are you doing to enforce the laws of our country? This is all benefits at American Taxpayeers expense. Jobs, for our youth, jobs for those that have lost theirs through no fault of their own, give jobs to Americans. Charity starts at home. Serve and protect Americans that is why we elect our politicians, not to serve Mexico.
Thank you,
Mary Ann Evans

]]> By: Dave Gardner http://dave4council.com/2009/03/state-of-the-community-town-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dave Gardner Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:39:48 +0000 http://dave4council.com/?p=205#comment-3 Just to keep you up to date, my opponent, Jerry Heimlicher, feels this town hall is a "setup trap" and that I am misleading people about his refusal to attend. One of the things I am promising the citizens of Colorado Springs is more transparency and more inclusion. I want to honor all citizens and all views. This attitude is missing in the current Council, and Jerry's attitude seems to me to support that. Here is a comment I just posted to his blog: Jerry, I'm so sorry you feel my interest in organizing a State of the Community town hall is a devious, underhanded campaign trick. I genuinely want to give citizens a chance to have some constructive, interactive dialogue. I was totally honest in my email, on my website, and with the news media about who has declined and why. I did highlight your decision because this is a contested race, so your decision is more important to the voters. Bernie Herpin's daughter is apparently getting married that day, so I feel his not attending is really not newsworthy to the voters. If you can find a way to be comfortable with a format that doesn't have a command-and-control approach, I want you to know you are still welcome to change your mind and attend. Dave Gardner Just to keep you up to date, my opponent, Jerry Heimlicher, feels this town hall is a “setup trap” and that I am misleading people about his refusal to attend.

One of the things I am promising the citizens of Colorado Springs is more transparency and more inclusion. I want to honor all citizens and all views. This attitude is missing in the current Council, and Jerry’s attitude seems to me to support that. Here is a comment I just posted to his blog:

Jerry, I’m so sorry you feel my interest in organizing a State of the Community town hall is a devious, underhanded campaign trick. I genuinely want to give citizens a chance to have some constructive, interactive dialogue.

I was totally honest in my email, on my website, and with the news media about who has declined and why. I did highlight your decision because this is a contested race, so your decision is more important to the voters. Bernie Herpin’s daughter is apparently getting married that day, so I feel his not attending is really not newsworthy to the voters.

If you can find a way to be comfortable with a format that doesn’t have a command-and-control approach, I want you to know you are still welcome to change your mind and attend.

Dave Gardner

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