Wake-Up Call: No Kumbaya moment at Pinon Canyon
“Close to thirty years ago, the feds took more than 200,000 acres of Pinyon Canyon in the largest land grab in the country’s history. And for the past half-dozen years, ranchers and other property owners in the area have lived under the threat of the Army seizing hundreds of thousands of acres more.
“We are hopeful that property-rights Republicans will clarify the position of their party during the caucus process, which has been the traditional way of formulating the party platform,” adds state senator Ken Kester in a release the group sent out yesterday. “What we have right now is an incomplete Republican Party Platform — ignoring the core of conservatism and the people of southeastern Colorado.”
Calhoun, Patricia. Westword 10 December 2009.