question 301
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Fracking foes win the day in Broomfield, but next they go to court
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Broomfield voters gave a 57 percent edge to giving local government more say-so on whether oil-and-gas wells are safety and healthy. At the very least it was a major moral victory for opponents of the oil-and-gas industry in the fast-developing countryside north of Denver. Industry and business coalitions on the right, and environmental groups on…
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Big gun Bill Owens — the former guv — opens fire on Broomfield ballot issue
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You know the war over Broomfield’s anti-fracking proposal – or any pending ballot issue, for that matter – is heating up when a former governor steps into the fray. Republican Bill Owens, who served as Colorado’s chief exec until 2007, took to the airwaves and digital media this week with a video denouncing Question 301…