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Dems say fat chance that fat tires will tread on federal wilderness areas
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Doesn’t matter that Republicans control both the U.S. House and (just barely) the Senate; minority Democrats are convinced a GOP bill that would allow mountain bikes inside federally designated wilderness areas, including Colorado’s, is going nowhere. That’s despite the bill’s passage Wednesday on a near-party-line vote by the House Committee on Natural Resources, reports the Aspen…
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VP Mike Pence ringing out 2017 Aspen-style
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A motorcade carrying the Mike Pence, led by a Secret Service helicopter, made its way down Colorado 82 in Pitkin County Tuesday, the Aspen Times’ Rick Carroll reported. The vice president and his wife, Karen Sue, are expected enjoy the high country fare through New Year’s Day. The Aspen Times noted flight restrictions around Eagle…
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Vice President Mike Pence visiting Aspen area for holiday vacation
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Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, are spending the week in the Aspen area on vacation, The Aspen Times reported, bringing heavy security and some traffic delays to some of Colorado’s ritziest mountain communities. A motorcade bearing the Pences made the journey from Eagle County and its airport near Vail to a residence…
