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Thursday, April 24, 2008

The ‘Virtue’ of Unintended Consequences

Selling one’s ‘birthright’ to Aurora.

Interesting report in the Chieftain today.

It seems that the recent fire out in Ordway—the one that claimed the lives of firefighters and destroyed a number of buildings—it appears that one of the contributing factors was that some farmers and/or ranchers had been selling their water to Aurora. Raking in the the cash while their fields withered from lack of water.

Then…some how a fire started and raced through the parched land causing the loss of property and life.

I hope these farmers are on good terms with forgiving neighbors.

However, I’ve seen a larger problem looming on the horizon….

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Posted by Chuck Pelto at 11:25 AM in
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