How many times is this quarry going to be in discussion? Didnt it get ruled against time and time again? Do they keep trying different tactics to wear the community down to just accept it? I want them to go away!

How much money is being paid to these county supervisors? They must be getting kick-back money to try to pass the quarry in Temecula. The quarry is not wanted by any resident in the Temecula area, and they better not even try to go ahead with this plan to destroy our mountains and pollute our air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell the supervisors in Riverside if they think it is such a good idea to have a Quarry put the Quarry out it in Riverside there are lots of Granite Mountains there and the atmosphere is already polluted. Leave the Temecula Valley alone...
Candi

Ignoring all the SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION of the Land owners, Business owners, Residents/Home owners, Tribes, and Cities (incorporated or not),..... the fact that this project is a monstrous 414 acres, will produce unfathomable, permanent and irreversible destruction to the environment and ground water should be ENOUGH for county officials who supposedly represent all of the afore mentioned. Again, I would remind you of the 9th and 10th Amendments to the constitution that gives citizens the rights to do what our government fails to do for the benefit of all. Granite is not the only Demon here. It is our Public Representatives who are forcing this issue in some escued and illegal form of Imminent Domain.

One way or another Liberty Quarry must NOT go forward. Liberty Quarry would be nothing but a blight on our community.

Seems the best answer is to fire these county supervisors. We pay their salaries, they work for us, the residents, they need to be replaced

How can the community combat this quarry? When are and how do learn of public local government meetings? Also, is anyone investigating financial ties to local and county supervisors?

11:19am on Sunday, August 7, 2011

To be against the quarry is to be against America and the American way.
Mining is what makes America strong as it creates high paying blue collar jobs. The millions of dollars in taxes will help bring our state, county and cities revenue.
You hate America if you do not support industry in America as this is what is needed to keep America going.
God bless America, land of the free and home of the brave.

I support the quarry! 1st of all I am not shoving anything down your throat or anyone else's. I am voicing my opinion and no I am not affiliated in any way with the quarry. Try and put the quarry where? The desert? That's a joke! Have you heard of environmentalists? Remember they scream about the endangered turtle or the k-rat, or some fly, etc. (Oops are you one of those?)

The quarry has had a full environmental report approving it's location. There is far more dust and pollution created by the hundreds of thousands of cars that drive on the I-15 freeway everyday, should we get rid of the I-15 freeway?

Here is the South Coast Air Quality Management District full report: (Don't let the facts get in your way.)
http://www.libertyquarryfacts.com/studies/FEIR%20Liberty%20Quarry%20FINAL.pdf

Myth: Liberty Quarry will impact the air in our Community with dust.
Fact: Granite monitored the air emissions from the Rosemary’s Mountain Quarry in Fallbrook for 12 months in 2009. The results show, that even at distances of only 600 ft from the quarry that levels of dust and crystalline silica were less than the state standards. Granite has offered to set up air monitoring stations in the City, including the closest public school, prior to construction.

By the way Tired your comment about eyes is a racist insult directed at me.

The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont Mckenna College analyzed Granite Construction's EIR.

Dr. Ralph A. Rossum is the Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government .

Dr. Ralph A. Rossum is on the payroll as a board menber of:
Academy of Tribal & Local Government

http://www.atlgonline.com/our-faculty.html

Gee no bias in his report is there?

I can't wait until the quarry opens!! My son can apply for a job, get off unemplyment and hopefully save his home and feed his family. I'm sure thousands of other Temecula residents feel the same way.

I support the Liberty Quarry!

I support job growth for the Temecula Valley!

I support America, God bless America, the land of opportunity!

Leroy, your argument has been registered..... I've spent more than a lifetime in various forms of engineering. Putting it all together has nothing to do with what is wrong for this region of California. The quarry is damaging beyond your knowledge and the expertise of the people you cite as experts. This has happened many times before across our country. Why here? After-the-fact apologies and lawsuit damages are not acceptable any more. Why haven't you referred to the reports of the specialists and professionals that the city of Temecula appointed and others who did studies and have lived here.... My experience too is that EIRs can be designed to say and focus on whatever you want them to for a specific purpose... We are talking about PEOPLE, our HOMES, and ENVIRONMENT in this immediate area. The rest of America has the right to defend themselves also if they choose to. Believe me.... many choose NOT to for their own fears and personal reasons.

why is Leroy Achoy comparing Rosemary's Mountain Quarry to Liberty Quarry, Rosemary's Mountain is hardly operational, couple trucks a day, no asphalt plant yet.
There is nothing to compare with the two except one is going to be way larger. Liberty Quarry will get its worker from other quarries in the area that will be cutting back, no gain. If you own land up there, down goes your property values, who wants to live next to a quarry.

The quarry should not be placed where they've proposed it, just upwind of the entire population of the Temecula Valley. It would create only a few dozen jobs, but it would eliminate many more than it would bring. It will create a traffic nightmare directly in the path of many Temecula Valley commuters, and a health hazard that will blow over the valley every day for decades. It is un-American to think that a single big, rich corporation can jam this unwanted project down the throat of a community that is almost entirely united in opposition, with the exception of a few cranks who throw about charges that people who care about their farms and homes and neighborhoods and communities and health are un-American.

Call the next Marine you meet "UnAmerican" and see what happens!!!

I support the Liberty Quarry!

I support job growth in Temecula!

I support America, God bless America, the land of opportunity!

Area at Liberty Quarry is zoned:
R-R
SECTION 5.1. USES PERMITTED

(15) Mining operation that is subject to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 is a permitted provided that the operator thereof holds a permit to conduct surface mining operations issued pursuant to County Ordinance No. 555, which has not been revoked or suspended.

Maybe you should have done research BEFORE you bought your house, if you do not want to live in an area that is zoned for mining operations.

That's right, most of the drinking water for our Marines and their families on Camp Pendleton comes directly from the Santa Margarita River, just a few hundred yards downhill from this giant industrial pit mine site. THAT'S un-American.
p.s. Leroy, your either your keyboard is stuck or you are out of logical arguments.

And for someone who played the "race card" in a comment above, from what I've read in your other comments you sound surprisingly racist! "Welfare queens?" "Gang Banger kids?" Go away, Leroy, and take Granite Construction with you.

I am in support of the Liberty Quarry!

I support job growth in the Temecula Valley!

I support America, God bless America, the land of opportunity!

We support the Liberty Quarry!

I support jobs in the Temecula Valley!

I support America, God bless America, the land of opportunity!

Everyone knows that for well over a century the Indians have been forced to survive in the usually harsh environments called reservations under extraordinary pressure. Granite thinks that there is no value in this or the efforts of the aboriginal people of America to do all possible for the survival of tribes, culture, and traditions. They cite that the Indians should lay down unconditionally without further investigating and challenging their "beneficent" projects and efforts to destroy natural habitats and pristine environment because they provide jobs for a few people.... and the residents of Temecula should do the same??
I have worked on MANY major construction and engineering projects for Major companies (including Granite's projects) all over California. A great many of the employees have been out-of-the-area, out-of-state, and even out-of country which does nothing for the economy of surrounding communities or the state of California.
(I apologize for this complaint that I have been voicing for many years since exiting the office environment and working on-site.)

Jerry are we suppose to feel sorry for the Indians? Ask Pechanga girl how they treat their own.

The following was posted in the Patch:
Pechanga girl
8:12am on Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I have my Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood that states I'm Pechanga (dated 1977), my Mother was on the original enrollment list at Pechanga, my family has attended Pechanga meetings before we were a Federally Recognized tribe, my family received the Federal Judgement fund because we belonged to the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, my GG Grandmother was on all the census records at Pechanga before allotments, and my GG Grandmother was an original Allottee on Pechanga.

Now......how can Pechanga say I don't meet the criteria to be a member? We were SCREWED and our identities were STOLEN!!!

Our paperwork is better than most at Pechanga! We can trace our lineage to the 1700's with more proof that we are from Temecula before there was a Pechanga Reservation!

Your s typical teaparty loser.

Granite has numerous labor violations.

I support the Liberty Quarry, it will bring over 100 jobs that will pay for $65-130K!

I do not see any other companies bringing over 100 high paying jobs into the area.

I support America, God bless America, the land of opportunity!

Leroy Achoy - I suggest you check Granite's own air monitoring data from August 2010 for Granite's Rosemary's Mountain Quarry and you will find that they exceeded the state standard for Crystalline Silica.

I do not see the Pachanga Indians send money to help the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Sioux.

■Recent reports vary but many point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.
■39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.
■There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some larger homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

■Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

Leroy, I commend your Spirit and Bravado and I understand the depths of your wounds. At Wounded knee, "We buried our hearts" (do you know this meaning?) and Our Chiefs proclaimed "We would fight no more forever" for the sake of everyone, not just our own open wounds.
The citizens of Temecula and the bordering regions support the efforts of the City of Temecula. We welcome the efforts of everyone including your nemesis the Pechanga Indians along with other tribes. We are thankful too that they are showing their heart an concern in the support of this effort.... Vivat Jesus!!

Leroy, what is Granite paying you? Your arguments on multiple posts are full of hateful rhetoric, lies, smoke and mirrors. I fail to understand how most of your talking points stack up against the FACTS. FACT: the vast majority of Temecula residents DO NOT WANT THIS MINE. FACT: Granite has repeatedly lied in their data on truck movement, air quality, etc. FACT: You watch too much Fox News where they practice the tactic of saying a lie over and over until people start to believe it is truth.