Toll road
Marsha Looper’s toll road bill, HB1007, is scheduled to be heard in committee 24 Jan 2008, despite efforts by toll road opposition leadership to pull this bill. Ms. Looper believes she is making a good decision for all corridor residents, despite the sentiments brought to her by many corridor residents.
Efforts must now be mounted to stop this bill in committee.
Please feel free to copy/paste or otherwise use parts or all of the letter below or use the simple statement included into an email or fax and send on the committee members as soon as possible.
This bill serves to either hide the fact that the corridor exists from buyers or lenders or will serve to make buyers or lenders think the corridor has been removed, because a document in the title would says says the original notice is void.
The corridor still exists. This bill does nothing to correct that fact. By passing this bill the legislature may think that there is nothing more they need to do to get the corridor removed.
Notes: Please find a sample letter to the Representatives sitting on the Colorado House Transportation Committee. Please feel free to edit, modify or use this letter as is.
Contact information for the House Transportation Committee Members is located at the end of this Update.
Sample letter:
Dear Representative _______,
On Thursday, January 24th, you will be hearing HB08-1007, Representative Marsha Looper’s toll road bill, in the House Transportation and Energy Committee. I am writing to ask you to please kill this bill in committee.
HB08-1007 does NOT solve the issues facing residents of Colorado regarding private toll roads. Below are just a few reasons why HB08-1007 is a bad bill and needs to be killed:
1 HB08-1007 allows the corridor (Prairie Falcon Parkway Express) to continue in existence, but removes notice of its presence from public land
records
2 Future landowners, who rely on information recorded with the county clerk, would not learn of the corridor unless sellers tell them
3 Future sellers, knowing how the corridor would impact their sales, would be tempted to not make full disclosure
4 Information about toll roads would be filed with planning agencies instead of with the county recording offices
5 HB08-1007 allows insulation from litigation to the toll road companies, title insurance companies and county clerk and recorders
We need comprehensive toll road legislation, but unfortunately HB08-1007 is not the bill which will help protect the citizens of Colorado from what is still an enormous land-grab.
Respectfully,
Your name
address w/ county
phone number
House Transportation Committee Members and Contact Information:
Chair: Buffie McFadyen
D, HD 47 Fremont / Pueblo
Ph: 303-866-2905
Email: buffie2006@hotmail.com
Vice Chair: Gwyn Green
D, HD 23 Jefferson
Ph: 303-866-2951
Email: gwyngreen@yahoo.com
Alice Borodkin D HD 9, Denver
Ph: 303-866-2910
Email: aliceb321@aol.com
Claire Levy D HD 13, Boulder
Ph: 303-866-2578
Email: claire.levy.house@state.co.us
Don Marostica R HD 51, Larimer
Ph: 303-866-2947
Frank McNulty R HD43, Douglas
Ph: 303-866-2936
Michael Merrifield D HD 18, El Paso
Ph: 303-866-2932
Email: michael.merrifield.house@state.co.us
Diane Primavera D HD 33, Adams
Ph: 303-866-4667
Email: dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us
Joe Rice D HD 38, Arapahoe
Ph: 303-866-2953
Email: joe.rice.house@state.co.us
Christine Scanlan D HD 56, Eagle
Ph: 303-866-2952
Email: christine.scanlan.house@state.co.us
Jerry Sonnenberg R HD 65 Logan
Ph: 303-866-3706
Email: jerry.sonnenberg.house@state.co.us
Spencer Swalm R HD 37 Arapahoe
Ph: 303-866-5510
Email: spencer.swalm.house@stateco.us
Glenn Vaad R HD 48 Weld
Ph: 303-866-2943
Email: glenn.vaad.house@state.co.us
Group Email List:
PC Version:
glenn.vaad.house@state.co.us; spencer.swalm.house@stateco.us; jerry.sonnenberg.house@state.co.us; christine.scanlan.house@state.co.us; joe.rice.house@state.co.us; dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us; michael.merrifield.house@state.co.us; claire.levy.house@state.co.us; aliceb321@aol.com; buffie2006@hotmail.com; gwyngreen@yahoo.com
MAC Version:
glenn.vaad.house@state.co.us; spencer.swalm.house@stateco.us; jerry.sonnenberg.house@state.co.us; christine.scanlan.house@state.co.us; joe.rice.house@state.co.us; dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us; michael.merrifield.house@state.co.us; claire.levy.house@state.co.us; aliceb321@aol.com; buffie2006@hotmail.com; gwyngreen@yahoo.com
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