Telluride’s Tale of Eminent Domain, Home Rule and Retroactivity
“Telluride is an upscale ski town located at the closed end of a box canyon in southwestern Colorado. In 2000, the town began to set aside twenty percent of annual revenue in a fund to…
Wrong Course on Eminent Domain
“The Colorado Supreme Court’s recent decision in a Telluride eminent domain case is a troubling expansion of the condemnation power of home-rule cities. The court found that home-rule cities can use their eminent domain powers…