Comments on: Burlingate Numbers Game Gets Worse http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/07/15/burlingate-numbers-game-gets-worse/ Think Global : Post Local Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: piepowder444 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/07/15/burlingate-numbers-game-gets-worse/#comment-54617 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:45:58 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/07/15/burlingate-numbers-game-gets-worse/#comment-54617 I looked in the online dictionary under SNAFU. Guess what it said. It had the origin of SNAFU and then it had the revised 2008 SNAFU. Officials have speculated that BURLINGAME should be the replacement acronym but they know it will take time to spread in circulation. They estimate that by 2012 the acronym BURLINGAME will be used more than 500 million times by people describing the biggest SNAFU in the history of Aspen. Because Uninformed Residents Listened In Naive Genuine Acceptance Mindless of Economics I looked in the online dictionary under SNAFU. Guess what it said. It had the origin of SNAFU and then it had the revised 2008 SNAFU. Officials have speculated that BURLINGAME should be the replacement acronym but they know it will take time to spread in circulation. They estimate that by 2012 the acronym BURLINGAME will be used more than 500 million times by people describing the biggest SNAFU in the history of Aspen.

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]]> by: Marilyn Marks http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/07/15/burlingate-numbers-game-gets-worse/#comment-54590 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:32:23 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/07/15/burlingate-numbers-game-gets-worse/#comment-54590 Con Man, It is too bizarre for words. Not only do they misquote you as saying that Burlingame was a “half billion dollar MISTAKE”, but they claim in the rresponse marked “fact” that they are building 7 single family homes in their total cost of $58.5 million. It is just plain untrue. The single family lot owners are building their own homes at their own expense, which is NOT included in the city’s $58.5 million. After several rounds of emails, the city finally confirmed that my information was correct, and that, contrary to their ad, the single family homes were not included in the cost. I asked if they would correct their statement, and they refused, saying that they saw no need to correct it. Yet, the statement was clearly incorrect, by significant amounts. As demonstrated in their response to Jim Perry’s call for an independent investigation, they consistently take the position that the city is above being required to give accurate information. They believe that it is acceptable to make up statements and pass them off as official information so long as it meets their immediate needs. It is so appalling that we tolerate this here in Aspen---one of the most well educated towns on the planet! If citizens do not care enough to stand up to the unethical and reckless behavior of the city, then we will deserve the kind of government we get. Marilyn Con Man,

It is too bizarre for words. Not only do they misquote you as saying that Burlingame was a “half billion dollar MISTAKE”, but they claim in the rresponse marked “fact” that they are building 7 single family homes in their total cost of $58.5 million. It is just plain untrue. The single family lot owners are building their own homes at their own expense, which is NOT included in the city’s $58.5 million.

After several rounds of emails, the city finally confirmed that my information was correct, and that, contrary to their ad, the single family homes were not included in the cost. I asked if they would correct their statement, and they refused, saying that they saw no need to correct it. Yet, the statement was clearly incorrect, by significant amounts.

As demonstrated in their response to Jim Perry’s call for an independent investigation, they consistently take the position that the city is above being required to give accurate information. They believe that it is acceptable to make up statements and pass them off as official information so long as it meets their immediate needs. It is so appalling that we tolerate this here in Aspen---one of the most well educated towns on the planet!

If citizens do not care enough to stand up to the unethical and reckless behavior of the city, then we will deserve the kind of government we get.

Marilyn

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