The story is informed of a hiker who was treking where it was really cold. He looked down and saw a rattlesnake, which was not able to move since of the cold. The snake asked the hiker to take him down the mountain where it would be warmer.
The hiker informed him “no” since he feared the snake would bite him. The snake guaranteed he would never ever do that because, after all, the hiker would have saved the snake’s life. After a prolonged conversation the hiker was lastly persuaded that he might rely on the snake. So the 2 of them trooped down the mountain. When the snake lastly got warm, it bit the hiker. In overall shock the hiker asked how the snake might do such a thing. The snake reacted, “You knew what I was when you picked me up.”
Changing the zoning beside Carpenter Natural Area from industrial to commercial is similar to bring the snake down the mountain; there will be little control over what occurs with that land now or in the future.
It likewise makes no sense to release a minimal usage license, which would enable all the objectionable usages other than for keeping fire wood.
Hopefully, Cortez City Council will follow the city’s own zoning policies. Surely, Independent Log Co. can discover a better suited piece of land to supply an extremely necessary service.
David and Patricia Faulkner
Cortez
