An article in the May 2011 issue of The New Falcon Herald talks about the town meeting held on April 9, 2011 by Mr. Hurd and the ìCitizens for a Better Falconî committee.Mr. Hurd, with legal counsel present, acknowledged that Colorado Springs has no interest in annexing the Falcon area.†He did, however, add ìat this time.î†He then noted another ìwhat if issueî to create an air of looming disaster to hopefully frighten Falcon area voters: oil well drilling.There may be oil under the land Mr. Hurd mentioned and the lease holders may decide it is cost effective to drill for it, but the plain facts are that we have no say either as an unincorporated or incorporated area. (Protect our Wells article NFH, May 2011)†It would seem that Mr. Hurd and the committee are putting up another smokescreen hoping to cloud enough votersí minds in an effort to get their agenda passed.†If all Mr. Hurd and the committee can do in their effort to create another layer of government and increase the Falcon area voters tax base is to come up with ìwhat if scenariosî to scare voters into incorporating, then who will be in control?A few questions:1. How will incorporating improve what is already being provided?2. Will taxes be raised or new taxes levied to pay for incorporation?3. Does the $20 million debt carried by Woodmen and†Falcon Hills each for the sewage treatment plant become Falconís debt upon incorporation?†If so, where will the money come from?4. Does the multi-million dollar bond issue proposed by Woodmen and Falcon Hills (to increase the capacity of the sewage plant) become a problem for Falcon to resolve?5. After incorporation, how does the committee plan to rein in the runaway costs of the District 49 school board?6. Why does the committee believe that opting out of the PPRTA will be a good idea?Art Wilson
