{"id":17007,"date":"2017-08-12T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=17007"},"modified":"2017-08-06T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T18:01:21","slug":"the-guardian-under-siege-by-liberals-the-town-where-everyone-owns-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/12\/the-guardian-under-siege-by-liberals-the-town-where-everyone-owns-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"(The Guardian) Under siege by liberals: the town where everyone owns a gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCERPT: “Liberals fighting against the mining industry are good at telling them no, residents say, but don\u2019t present them with any alternatives \u2013 not ones that come with real salaries. Richard Craig, a former Nucla town board member, recalled a comment by a member of an environmental group saying during one of the contentious hearings: ‘Well, I don\u2019t see why they don\u2019t want to go live in the city.’<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost like \u2013 I hate using this word, it\u2019s being used so often \u2013 it\u2019s almost like a conspiracy: “We need to move everybody out of rural areas and go live in the cities and suburbs,”‘ Craig said.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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“As an alternative to uranium, Telluride residents repeatedly suggested that Nucla and Naturita capitalize on the organic local food movement and return to their farming roots to provide Telluride and surrounding areas with produce, Cooper said.<\/p>\n

“This suggestion was met with eye-rolling and frustration. \u201cI\u2019ll be the first person in line to pick your tomatoes for $45,000 to $75,000 a year,\u201d one local reportedly said in 2009, contrasting agricultural wages with mining income. ”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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