By Larry Van Elsberg, former Coos County Roadmaster
Dear Commissioner Perry,
As a citizen of Coos County, I feel an obligation to try and stay informed on matters that affect our way of life here in our great county. I realize that you are not running for county commissioner, but you still have the potential to make decisions that affect us all before leaving office next January. This makes me nervous. You were not elected by the people and chosen by a handpicked few of people representing special interest groups. I’ve come to realize by watching Public TV on the internet, reading local media and blogs that most candidates have an agenda supporting those groups who supported them. This is what always bothered me about Coos County Politics.
While you have great speaking abilities, your passive approach to solving problems that face Coos County in my opinion, don’t seem to be in the public’s best interest. An example would be your position on the Waste Connection matter and them not abiding to the agreed tonnage they should have been hauling to that facility over the years. I realize that the recent engineering report puts a different light on this matter, but the fact is the Board of Commissioners “current and past “have failed the citizens of this county by not enforcing this agreement.
Regardless of the outcome on the Beaver Hill Disposal Site, I strongly encourage not only you, but the full Board of County Commissioners to seek compensation from Waste Connection for their violation of this agreement.
The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of MGx.
They would rather face public scorn, than piss off an SCDC buddy. When your in cahootz with someone, you have to support the plan, even if everyone knows what your doing.. A million dollars, they’re laughing at that. These guys will never charge Waste connections one cent, but they will set up more contracts to make SCDC happy. Whats the cut for Jon to push this deal?
What a crock. Did you guys see what the three of them did when M asked them why they aren’t collecting cash due the county, as per written contract? I know for a fact, the court takes contracts very seriously. Did you guys see them? Nothing.Then Cam starts with his Very Gentle Passive Aggresive rubbish. Not an answer. I suggest every tax payer demand to know why they won’t perform their fiduciary responsibility ? That’s prosecutable isn’t it? For a public figure?
When he’s asked why the County Board of Commissioners doesn’t enforce the agreement with Waste Connections, and why the Board doesn’t make Waste Connections pay the million or so dollars it owes the county, Commissioner Parry responds with a big load of his own solid waste. He’s hiding something under his piles of verbal garbage, and we need to know what it is.