Crocodile tears over open lands?
City Council candidates Green, Haitz, and McCallister are shedding crocodile tears over their âexclusionâ from the Outdoor Recreation Councilâs questionnaire on public lands and recreation issues. As described in the Sentinel article on April 1 ,âcandidates miffed by public lands discourse,â the ORCâs screenshot proves that the questions were mailed to all 8 candidates; only three chose not to respond.
Coincidentally, these are the same three candidates who chose not to participate in two well-attended online forums hosted by Western Colorado Alliance in February and March, even though they were invited repeatedly.
Mr. Green in his response to the Sentinel claims to have 25 years of involvement in public access through âPublic Lands Access Associationâ and âCitizenâs Access for Public Lands.â Google these organizations and youâll find that they have little to do with public lands and recre
Several City Council candidates voiced displeasure with a local organization of outdoor recreation leaders after it published responses to a questionnaire that did not include all the candidates.
In Sundayâs edition of The Daily Sentinel, a letter to the editor from Outdoor Recreation Coalition (ORC) member Sarah Shrader pointed readers to the ORC website, which published candidate responses to a questionnaire on public lands and recreation issues.
The questionnaire itself was not part of The Daily Sentinelâs news coverage of the race, but an independent effort by the ORC.
Following the publication of the letter, candidates Jody Green, Greg Haitz and Mark McCallister said they did not receive the questionnaire from the coalition.