McDonalds: 1C is undemocratic

Observation: Undisciplined Home Rule Legislation can eventually isolate the voting constituency from democratic self-determination.

Masked agenda legislation serving systemic governmental cronyism, garnished with surreptitious gratuity may seem on the surface relatively benign for commissioners drafting legislation, but a succession of this biased legislation over decades can eventually give commissioners demigod authority. Eventually this absolute power morphs into autocratic/narcissistic rule with impunity hubris. It seems all too common in the news of reports involving abuses of discretionary governmental authority overreach, inclusive to crimes of disinformation, largess, gratuitous bribes, and cronyism.

Could this be Pitkin County?

Measure 1C is a clear example of commissioner’s Home Rule running amuck. 1C’s verbiage injects hyperbole with conflated issues that are completely divorced from measure 200’s intent. This illustrates clearly that measure 1C purpose is to expunge measure 200’s relevancy from the ballot. This seems blatantly autocratic and unconstitutional.   

Measure 200 simply asks to limit landing aircraft with wingspans less than 95 feet. Whereas, measure 1C’s verbiage is tantamount to, “If we don’t get what we want, we’re going to burn down the barn.”

If measure 1C carries, this assures that the county commissioners can maintain their agency over all things ASE, including the airport diagram to accommodate new direct route, long-haul, nearly 2x larger, fuel guzzling commercial aircraft with less than 118-foot wingspans, and mountain “TOGA” flying capabilities analogous to driving a Greyhound bus on a jeep road.

Personally, Pitkin County’s dictatorial; seemingly incompetent and narcissistic government deserves a phoenix rebirth by voting “no” on 1C, “yes” on 200.

Scott and Caroline McDonald

Aspen