Colorado’s rapid switch to renewable energy is having a surprising side effect: The closure of coal-fired power plants is freeing up precious water. Any newfound source of water is a blessing in a state routinely stricken by drought and wildfire, where rural residents can be kept from washing a car or watering a garden in […]
Ann Imse
Special to The Colorado Sun
Email: annimse@msn.com
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Colorado’s tiny fire, metro and other districts control billions of dollars with little voter input
In December 2012, the board of the Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District, in Jefferson County, was astonished to hear it had run out of money to fight fires. There was no money, either, to continue its job as the first medical responder to crashes on U.S. 285 in the Denver foothills. The district was broke. Eventually, […]