Well, now it all makes sense. Benker is helping Peck establish her party platform for the next city council election ;) Wait...for...it. LMAO.

A reminder from 2009 that Benker isn't the best at lobbying anything...
“A Longmont lobbying effort, including Dove chocolate squares taped onto sheets of talking points, fell short of securing federal stimulus funds for a new Diagonal Highway interchange. Before the start of Wednesday night’s Denver Regional Council of Governments meeting, Councilwoman Karen Benker distributed the chocolate-bearing fact sheets — and a letter from Mayor Roger Lange — arguing the case for a $25 million interchange at Colorado highways 119 and 52. Benker is Longmont’s representative on the DRCOG board…” It gets better.

In another Times-Call story, at the same DRCOG event (reminder of previous sentence – “Benker is Longmont’s representative on the DRCOG board”): “No one stepped forward at Wednesday’s hearing to testify in support of Longmont’s application for the McIntosh Lake trail proposal.” Did this part occur prior to the other? Was she out buying a $3 bag of Doves? The result was the same whether Councilmember Benker was there (in the first case) or not (in the second case) – nothing for Longmont. Thanks for the great representation!

But what did get approved? Among other things, a project for Nederland that will help them with their Frozen Dead Guy Days. Ironic that Ms. Benker should choose chocolate from a huge food conglomeration (I happen to love Doves by the way – only if dark) at around the same moment news breaks of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory closing its store at the Twin Peaks Mall (another place I love and will miss). It’s almost like dancing on the grave of your constituents who just lost their jobs. Wait, someone did that too, Congressman Jared Polis about the Rocky Mountain News shutting down.

The fun never ends." http://longmontpolitics.com/tag/karen-benker/page...

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That's also the sound of me still able to take an afternoon nap on the weekend, windows open with Hwy 66 traffic within earshot out my back door and living underneath DIA arrivals at 15K.

Yeah, don't look at those hundreds of people who like the airport and its skydiving operation or the Governor who knows the value of GA airports like Longmonts...THEY'RE ALL STUUUUUUPID.

Want me to post linksto the thousands of people who like seeing the skydivers (who train at LMO) at Broncos games? Or the stories about MHS giving back to the community? Maybe I should post about the CQS whiner who complained about MHS helping with flood recovery.
I have ZERO sympathy for people who try to shut down an airport and its legally operating businesses. And it's not just about the MHS plane...I and others have seen and heard proof otherwise. Spare me. And opposition is growing every day? From where? Other small whiner groups around America? Put you all together and you may reach triple digits.

"Skyjockies"
"Inconsiderate"
"Unconscionable"
"Selfish"
"Lack of formal education"

Personality assassinate much?

Maybe you should read the years of airport complaint logs and years of letters to the city and years of letters and emails to airport managers and airport boards (including one arrogant letter from 2011 of Ms. Wood's that the FAA in Longmont filed in the round basket)...the fallacies found there about the licensed pilots who use Longmont Airport are "lovely."

It's one thing to be reasonable and it's another to be part of groups like C.A.R.E. and C.F.Q.S...who butcher the facts when they are put in front of them. Such a time suck. Rinse Repeat Yawn.

But, hey...all these people get it! :) https://www.facebook.com/longmontcompass/posts/15...

And even John Hickenlooper gets it: https://www.facebook.com/supportcoloradoaviation/...

Ah, there she is...one of the airport's "Pitchfork Vigilantes" from days of no one C.A.R.E.'s past. Wonder why she wasn't a plaintiff on the CQS lawsuit? But, hey...the "Erin Brokovich" of CQS puts out the call to pad the TC line and Opinion section with anti-airport complaint letters and she rears her ugly head again.

It's interesting to note that Diane Wood's artist website starts by calling herself "One of Longmont's cherished artists..."

Where's the data to prove THAT? Art is subjective.

Just a non scientific example of public sentiment about where the support leans for this issue...

11 people "like" this post by Kim Gibbs.

Compare that to the 3,133 who instead "like" this article... http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_2...

Yep, that sounds about right.

Were Shari Malloy's 33 years of educational experiences at Twin Peaks? Does she have firsthand knowledge of the issue? My kids went to the affected school years ago at the lower grade levels, and I have firsthand experiences with the principal and the school board president...but I don't claim to assert things that only someone firsthand (like Evan, his parents, the principal, and the school board, etc) would have the right to have a public opinion about.

Again, too many cooks in this kitchen which will result in burning the kitchen down.

Did you read the TC's editorial...perhaps you should. It was fair. Shari Malloy and her pushing of the Polis and LAD agenda is old. I've seen it before. I didn't come here seeking her out or the issue, but came across her name during a glance at other LTE's. And in my experience with her in city politics over the years, she has gotten her nose in issues specifically for promoting a party agenda. That's my issue with her LTE. Let Evan and his parents and the school sort this out without every Shari Malloy Dick and Harry getting their two cents in to rile things up. Did you see the interviews with Evan's parents? They don't want the attention.

Have a good day...GesBooHoo.

Blah blah blah Shari Malloy...insulting for you as a teacher to second guess the decisions made at another school. Let them handle it firsthand and stop letting your Polis party pushing card show.

Did you even read this editorial? It was fair. You are not. http://www.timescall.com/opinion/editorial/ci_282...

What I really find laughable (and yet again, I refer back to Atty Leffert's: "If it wasn't so serious, it would be funny" said during the closing arguments)...

The site visit was something the judge requested after hearing the plaintiffs present their case about the annoyance to them. And she must not have believed them, for it was day four that she surprised the courtroom with her request for a scheduled site visit order. Why is that? Why didn't CQS think to ask for that before it even went to court? Are they now having remorse that they couldn't control the site visit and instead dealt with an occurrence that day called "weather"??

And as for experts, it's also pretty amusing how the judge didn't even mention the hired aviation "expert" CQS found on an "expert" website. Anyone wonder why she never bothered to mention Matthew "I'm really a crash investigator" Robinson of Robson Forensic in her ruling? He also testified he looked at WebTrak data and did site visits to your home and that of Gibbs and Yates. Most likely because his testimony about the "noise" from MHS was irrelevant and thrown out. Just as is Mr. Behrens desperate attempt to state that MHS is "an acknowledged nuisance." To whom Mr Behrens??? There are almost 90K people in Longmont and you all could only round up SEVEN who feel the way you do for your deceptive claims? Your wife also under cross examination was asked about her filing complaints for dates that according to the flight logs of MHS, showed they weren't flying then. I'm sorry your wife feels she can't hold garden party fundraisers anymore at your home for the symphony, but did either of you ever consider your own mistatements and how they may impact MHS' own charity work in the community too?

Seeing that Mr. Behrens is also a plaintiff on the case, I hope MHS' court attorney sends him a letter about defamation of character like he did Gibbs yesterday.

Do you get it now?