Memory Lane... Alberta Park Field Trip, Democratic State Convention

Looking at old posts I found four more worth bringing up:

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ The Memes Courier 4/14/12 (side one) 

In honor of the Colorado State Democratic Convention I put together a two sided flier on legal size paper resembling a single-sheet newspaper publication of old.  It’s the culmination of years of attention to this issue and a distillation of previous posts here at NO-VillageAtWolfCreek.blogspot, along with news. . . 

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Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ (side two) The Memes Courier

The Memes Courier, April 14th, side two . . .

Red McCombs’ Alberta Park Poker Game, Texas Style

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Wolf Creek development tangled with political ties
By Mike Soraghan
Denver Post Staff Writer

Posted:   02/05/2006
Updated:   06/02/2010
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3474870

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Alberta Park Openhouse ~ Recalling the RGNF Sept. 20th, 2011 Field Trip

September 20th, 2011 the Rio Grande National Forest sponsored a 
four hour field trip/hike through Alberta Park, 
site of the proposed VWC development. 

Led by District Ranger Tom Malecek the tour was intended 
to inform the interested public about the project.  
Below is a report I filed with the Four Corners Free Press on the event.

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Printed in the Four Corners Free Press 

November 2011 issue

page 28

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"Moving The Village" 

It appears Billy Joe “Red” McCombs’ longtime dream of constructing a luxury resort town in the middle of Alberta Park (elevation: 10,300 feet), nestled against the Continental Divide on Wolf Creek Pass Colorado and coincidentally home to some forty feet of annual snowfall, burns hot as ever.

After having over a decade's worth of development preparations thwarted McCombs dumped Bob Honts, his developer, regrouped his Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture and has hired a new developer, Clint Jones, to spearhead a new plan of attack. . .

Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ (side two) The Memes Courier

The Memes Courier, April 14th, side two . . .

Red McCombs’ Alberta Park Poker Game, Texas Style

{a 777 word review}

{Plus, the RGNF mandated to take Climate Change into consideration.} 

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Let me tell you a sad saga of a man named Red. It was back in the 80s when Red purchased some private land within the Saguache Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest. It was nice land; land the US Forest Service had been eyeing for some time and Red had a plan.
 
With those chips in hand, Red saddled up to the USFS table proposing to trade his coveted Saguache District chips for an incredible parcel smack in the middle of the high country. But, in 1986 after due process Red’s proposal was rejected by RGNF officials.
 

Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ The Memes Courier 4/14/12 (side one)

In honor of the Colorado State Democratic Convention I put together a two sided flier on legal size paper resembling a single-sheet newspaper publication of old.  It’s the culmination of years of attention to this issue and a distillation of previous posts here at NO-VillageAtWolfCreek.blogspot, along with news. 

I’m replicating that “Memes Courier” at this website because I believe it’s the most valuable summation I’ve put together superseding most previous posts I’ve written.  {As it should be; these things are ongoing projects.}  In any event, I circulated about 2750 copies at the Democratic State Convention in Pueblo on April 14th.

And as I wrote at the bottom of the flier: 
 Feel free to copy, use, and pass along any of this.

 

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The Memes Courier

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April 14, 2012

Alberta Park, Rio Grande River Watershed, Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, USA

Reporting on the Bid for a Luxury Development 

at Wolf Creek, 10,300’ elevation