Here Heidi Hall, representing CLAIM-GV, urges the Planning Commission during its April 22nd meeting to review especially the letter from Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger and the other legal analyses in opposition to the application of the Blue Lead Mine for “vested right to mine.”

Heidi stresses to the Commission that their decision in this case is very important for how it might represent a precedent, and expressed CLAIM-GV’s goal that “Nevada County not become a dumping ground” for such cases.

This is an especially important point. The Commission needs to understand that if they are lax — rather than strict — in their handling of vested rights claims, this could open a Pandora’s box of such claims, which would not serve the interests of the Commission or the people of Nevada County.