Re “The controversial Harmony Grove Village South project faces 2 lawsuits. One local lawmaker’s bill could change that.” (May 20): $80,000. That’s how much the developer behind Harmony Grove Village South steered to candidates during key supervisor elections, according to the Union-Tribune. And $850,000 was offered to the fire district. Is it any surprise supervisors approved the project, despite dozens of independent fire experts saying it would cause entrapment?
The community sued and now state Sen. Brian Jones has introduced a bill written to negate the legal action, insisting he’s not helping the developer avoid fire safety standards.
Our fire chief said last year the project “couldn’t pass today’s fire safety standards.” But I guess throwing money at everyone involved makes that OK.
The community is suing because the project needs to meet current fire safety standards — not those from 2014.
SB 1256 is not going to “streamline housing.” It’s a narrowly-crafted favor to a billionaire who gets to rewrite the rules for the rest of us.
— April Bevins-Cooper, Eden Valley