For those who have not seen it yet, Marcus De Leon, an independent Hollywood movie maker/writer has created the first of several videos about the proposed smelter in our community. I urge you to check it out and to subscribe to his You Tube channel so you can be notified when subsequent episodes are posted….
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Alliance Metals PR Release
The most recent press release from Alliance and Rose Law Group was just published in the Parker Pioneer and an article regarding this permit was published today on AZCentral, which is the online version of the Arizona Republic. As I have mentioned in prior posts Alliance is trying to make the intent to grant the…
P&Z Meeting Preparation
December 5th is fast approaching. We need to make sure that everyone who cares about the future of McMullen Valley is prepared to attend the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Just as a reminder, it is on the 5th at 3:00 pm at Centennial Community Center. It would be great also if as many people…
Letter to Planning and Zoning Commission Board Members
STOP THE SMELTER! Please Sign Our Petition by Clicking Here! I have been asked to post the letter I sent to the Planning and Zoning Commission members. I created this letter so that the Commissioners would have facts when considering Alliance Metals request for a minor amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and their rezoning request….
Not All Permits are Created Equal…
Alliance Metals and Rose Law Firm are working very hard at making us all believe that the smelter that they want to build is no big deal with regard to the environment and public health. One of the ways they are trying to do this as of late is with this statement: “There are six…
Content of Alliance’s application for rezoning
Curious and want to be informed? Click on the link below so you can view the actual application that Alliance Metals submitted to the county for their rezoning request. Please form your own opinions about the content but I would like to point out that they never use the term ‘smelter’. They only talk about…
Notice: the Planning and Zoning meeting December 5th at Centennial Community Center.
The location for the Planing and Zoning meeting has been determined and will be held at the Centennial Community Center in Wenden. This is to our advantage since it will be readily accessible for the people in our community to attend and just being present is extremely powerful. Prepare notes to speak and we can…
ADEQ Approves Air Quality Control Permit for Alliance Metals
I have received word that ADEQ will be issuing the Air Quality Control permit to Alliance within a couple of weeks. As I have stated before, this is only one of several issues for Alliance before they can build their smelter and they still have major hurdles at the county level before they can…
Deadline for Letters to the County
This is very important. If you haven’t already done so and want to write a letter or email to the County it has to be in their hands by November 11th. If it is not received in time it will not be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission for them to consider it prior…
Diversion VS. The Truth
The dictionary defines diversion as “something that is intended to take someone’s attention away from something you do not want them to concentrate on or notice. Diversionary is defined as “intended to take attention away from something.” Alliance Metals and the Rose Law firm’s basic narrative is one diversion after another. They don’t use words like “smelter”,…
NO SMELTER HERE 