Response to Evenson's Comment
Village President Jon Evenson left a comment to my previous post (-->Click Here to Read His Comment<--) giving his explanation of what happened during that "meeting" on July 5th, 2006.
It is quite true that we both agreed to meet and discuss the artwork display. What Jon doesn't mention however, is that instead of discussing artwork display, he launched into accusations that the comment I submitted to FERC was not written by me, but supplied to me by "the opposition" as he refers to them, and submitted under my name.
I was of course upset by this accusation, as it was the third time I was accused of not writing publicly accessible material submitted in my name, when in fact, everything submitted in my name originated solely from me.
Further, despite my membership to the Bridgewater Public Access Committee (BPAC), and despite my intent to faithfully fulfill my committee duties, I as an individual and citizen of this village am entitled to my own personal opinion and response, regardless of it's alignment with the Village's or anyone else's position.
If one were to read my submission to FERC, and read the FERC Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), One would find that my opinion aligns not with "the opposition", but with FERC. -->Click Here to Read My Comment<-- -->Click Here to Read the FERC DEA<--
In fact, if you were to read "the opposition's" comments, you will see they insist to FERC that the conditions needed to be met for the development to proceed should be categorically denied.
(All comments on the FERC DEA can be read at the FERC website. (-->Click Here For FERC SITE<--) On the search page, enter "04/01/06" as your start date, and today's date as the end date for all comments. Lower on the search page, enter "p-2192" in the "docket number" box. Then click the "submit button at the bottom of the page for the results)
Not once in my comment to FERC did I suggest that the proposal be denied.
When I wrote my comment to FERC, I sat down and the only material I referenced was the FERC DEA itself. It is quite true that I made a statement in error in my comment, and that I submitted a secondary comment to correct my error. I however thought it quite reasonable to fix my error, rather than leave it stand. -->Click Here to read Correction Comment<--
In the end of our discussion, Jon Evenson refused to believe I had written the comment myself. I asked him straight out if he believed I was lying, and in so many words, he said yes.
At that point, knowing my integrity was suspect by Jon Evenson, I decided to resign as a member BPAC, as I felt my position on the committee would only be undermined by Jon Evenson and those in agreement with him.
And by the way, the only discussion of artwork that took place was my parting comment, "Call me when you're ready to hang some artwork."
That took about 5 seconds, and if you believe that a 5 second comment is worth $40, then by all means, he can keep the meeting per-diem.
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I am still awaiting a response to the email sent to the Finance Committee in regards to this.
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It is quite true that we both agreed to meet and discuss the artwork display. What Jon doesn't mention however, is that instead of discussing artwork display, he launched into accusations that the comment I submitted to FERC was not written by me, but supplied to me by "the opposition" as he refers to them, and submitted under my name.
I was of course upset by this accusation, as it was the third time I was accused of not writing publicly accessible material submitted in my name, when in fact, everything submitted in my name originated solely from me.
Further, despite my membership to the Bridgewater Public Access Committee (BPAC), and despite my intent to faithfully fulfill my committee duties, I as an individual and citizen of this village am entitled to my own personal opinion and response, regardless of it's alignment with the Village's or anyone else's position.
If one were to read my submission to FERC, and read the FERC Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), One would find that my opinion aligns not with "the opposition", but with FERC. -->Click Here to Read My Comment<-- -->Click Here to Read the FERC DEA<--
In fact, if you were to read "the opposition's" comments, you will see they insist to FERC that the conditions needed to be met for the development to proceed should be categorically denied.
(All comments on the FERC DEA can be read at the FERC website. (-->Click Here For FERC SITE<--) On the search page, enter "04/01/06" as your start date, and today's date as the end date for all comments. Lower on the search page, enter "p-2192" in the "docket number" box. Then click the "submit button at the bottom of the page for the results)
Not once in my comment to FERC did I suggest that the proposal be denied.
When I wrote my comment to FERC, I sat down and the only material I referenced was the FERC DEA itself. It is quite true that I made a statement in error in my comment, and that I submitted a secondary comment to correct my error. I however thought it quite reasonable to fix my error, rather than leave it stand. -->Click Here to read Correction Comment<--
In the end of our discussion, Jon Evenson refused to believe I had written the comment myself. I asked him straight out if he believed I was lying, and in so many words, he said yes.
At that point, knowing my integrity was suspect by Jon Evenson, I decided to resign as a member BPAC, as I felt my position on the committee would only be undermined by Jon Evenson and those in agreement with him.
And by the way, the only discussion of artwork that took place was my parting comment, "Call me when you're ready to hang some artwork."
That took about 5 seconds, and if you believe that a 5 second comment is worth $40, then by all means, he can keep the meeting per-diem.
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I am still awaiting a response to the email sent to the Finance Committee in regards to this.
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