How subtle?  How f&%$*#g insidious!  Is this being made a campaign issue?
Some of these BoS yahoos have to be on the ballot, don't they??

Bill

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:06 PM, DAVE GREGORY <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
>
> How subtle!
>
> It irritates me that the Linn Co Bd of Supervisors appointed one of its own
> members to the Linn Co Conservation Bd. So much for distancing conservation
> from politics.
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:17:47 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Rock Island State Preserve, Rock Island County Preserve, Highway
> 100
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Earlier this week the Linn County Board of Supervisors and the Cedar Rapids
> City Council each passed resolutions that affect the Rock Island State
> Preserve and a 100-acre neighboring property owned by the Linn County
> Conservation Board and being managed as a county preserve.
>
> The crown jewels of these two properties are the diversity of native plants
> and the large number of butterfly species.  In addition there is a
> reproducing population of blandings turtles that use both properties.  The
> 100-acres was donated to the Linn County Conservation Board.
>
> The resolutions state:
> - once the City of Cedar Rapids annexes the land surrounding the Rock
> Island State Preserve, the Linn County Conservation Board will be requested
> to approve transfer of the title to the property to the City of Cedar
> Rapids.  The City of Cedar Rapids will maintain the Rock Island State
> Preserve as a state preserve.
> - the county-owned portion of the preserve would be better managed as a
> city park, with management by the City of Cedar Rapids
> - the City of Cedar Rapids will pay the Linn County Conservation Board
> $200,000 for the purchase of the 100-acre county preserve and the Linn
> County Board of Supervisors will also pay the Linn County Conservation Board
> $200,000 for the purchase of the preserve property.
> - With the transfer of land to Cedar Rapids, the easement for the highway
> will be established.
> - The Linn County Conservation Board is being requested to agree to this.
>
> Last night the Linn County Conservation Board tabled any action, with
> resolution to be made by April 18.  Letters may be sent to the Linn County
> Conservation Board,  1890 County Home Road, Marion, Iowa 52302
>
>
> Pam Mackey-Taylor
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