Post by Admin on May 14, 2018 20:06:39 GMT -7
Kathleen Rakela for South Glastonbury Director
Administrator's Note: Candidate Kathleen Rakela along with candidate Ed Dobrowski, son of candidate Clare Parker is currently suing the GLA Board. GLA legal costs to April 30th, 2018 for the Rakela lawsuit are $13,630.49.
I am a creative thinker, successful small business owner, and non-profit organization director holding BA degrees with Honors from MSU in Media & Theater Arts, Film and History.
The main reason I am running for the board is ROADS, ROADS, ROADS. I am tired of years of promises by the GLA Board to take care of and fix our roads and then hardly anything is done. We need to have safe, snow-plowed roads in the winter and dust free, weed free, smooth roads in the summer.
The second reason I‘m running is because there appears to be bias in project review approval. When an engineer asked Kevin Newby at a board meeting where he got the authority to require a certified stamped engineers report for a driveway when the GLA road standards don’t require such, Mr. Newby replied that his authority came from “looking out for a neighbor.” Creating higher standards than the GLA’s own standards for the benefit of friends needs to stop.
Third, the Project Review process has become overly burdensome with landowners that do not live in an affected subdivision being given authority to state opposition to projects when they have no jurisdiction to do so. I believe that the GLA board should not be policing Glastonbury using other landowners’ minor subdivision covenants, or Federal, and State laws. The Board’s authority should be limited to enforcing the GLA Covenants.
The beauty of Paradise Valley and the thought of living in a friendly, peaceful, rural community magnetized me to Glastonbury where I purchased land in 1999 and built a home. This is what I want for Glastonbury but, unfortunately, Glastonbury is trending towards being a bit like a police state. If incumbent board members are re-elected it might be you who becomes the next landowner in their scope.
The main reason I am running for the board is ROADS, ROADS, ROADS. I am tired of years of promises by the GLA Board to take care of and fix our roads and then hardly anything is done. We need to have safe, snow-plowed roads in the winter and dust free, weed free, smooth roads in the summer.
The second reason I‘m running is because there appears to be bias in project review approval. When an engineer asked Kevin Newby at a board meeting where he got the authority to require a certified stamped engineers report for a driveway when the GLA road standards don’t require such, Mr. Newby replied that his authority came from “looking out for a neighbor.” Creating higher standards than the GLA’s own standards for the benefit of friends needs to stop.
Third, the Project Review process has become overly burdensome with landowners that do not live in an affected subdivision being given authority to state opposition to projects when they have no jurisdiction to do so. I believe that the GLA board should not be policing Glastonbury using other landowners’ minor subdivision covenants, or Federal, and State laws. The Board’s authority should be limited to enforcing the GLA Covenants.
The beauty of Paradise Valley and the thought of living in a friendly, peaceful, rural community magnetized me to Glastonbury where I purchased land in 1999 and built a home. This is what I want for Glastonbury but, unfortunately, Glastonbury is trending towards being a bit like a police state. If incumbent board members are re-elected it might be you who becomes the next landowner in their scope.