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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Politics Countdown to the Council Hearing

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Thu, Nov 15 at 1:16 PM

Folks who wanted to speak at today’s hearing started showing up an hour ago, waiting for the sign up sheet to appear at 1 pm. Immediately, three people apparently affiliated with the César E. Chávez Committee grabbed the pen, and each jotted down five or six names each, from County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey to Serena Cruz. A handful of Interstate business owners were also on hand, and signed up. We’re already on page four of people signed up to testify, and the meeting doesn’t even start until 2—and this item isn’t up until 3.

Meanwhile, the committee is here, ready for their meeting with Commissioners Erik Sten and Dan Saltzman.

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Committee members jotting down five or six names each just goes to show the sense of entitlement they seem to feel. They should be able to sign themselves up but not others that aren't there. It is not fair to the people that have waited for an hour or more to sign up. In addtion, depending on how they order speakers from the list, it ensures that 15 to 18 pro-voices are heard before anyone else.

Posted by Don | November 15, 2007 1:52 PM

I've never seen or been able to find who is actually on the committee. Does someone have that info somewhere?

Posted by Curious | November 15, 2007 2:07 PM

That 5 or 6 names stuff shouldn't be allowed. Now they're going to give the impression that support for Interstate-to-Chávez is greater than it is. I call shenanigans.

Posted by José_on_Denver | November 15, 2007 2:30 PM

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