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<br />- <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />,--_.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />._--- <br /> <br />PINK DAY <br /> <br />"Jfyou don't 11'0'11 itprintrd, don' ller irlwjlJlCfl." <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />517 E.IIOPKINS, ASPEN, COI.ORAD081611 <br /> <br />......-.."._ __ n ~__ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />nilq <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />MONDAY, DECE/'o.mER9, 19')] <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />..--- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />~-_. <br /> <br />tWg <br /> <br />::. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />VOL 15 /i137I'REE <br /> <br />-J <br />en <br /> <br />.~------- <br /> <br />Last Minute Flip-Flop Kills County Suit Against Sllowmass Over Water <br /> <br />By BREtH GARDUEA.S~'lTH <br />-"I"m Da,l,. Il~"'. ~I_I! W..'''' <br /> <br />^ 1;1.~llIIinlllc Ch;UlgC ofhcal1 by l'ilK- <br />in COIIIlIY C(lllllnis~iOll('r Bill TUlle Oil <br />Flld:l)' allowed a Friday 5 p.ll1. deadline <br />III rla.~S withoul (Jll.~ 4,;ounly cOlllmissiol1- <br />ers jilin!.: a lawsuit agaill\l tile \OWll of <br />SnowlII;lss Village over waler levels ill <br />Snow/lI<lss Creek. <br />"he dcdsiol1 not 10 sue was a ckar <br />victory fllf $nowl1lJss !own council <br />llll'lllho.:rs. wh\) l1l:!nCtlVCrclt last week III <br />lI'y to placate the COllllly without <br />'c()lllprmlli.~illg the ability or [lie Aspen <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />"The board had to weigtf <br />the political <br />rarnificatiol1s:~ <br />Reid Haughey <br />County Manager <br /> <br />51-iing Cu. to pull as l\luch wall'r it.. iL <br />says it needs from tile creek lor <br />sllowlnakillj!. <br />At 11000 011 Friday. il appl'!lred Ihal a <br />majority of [he cOlllmissioners w!;'rc <br /> <br />ready 10 move forv.'allJ with a so-called <br />Rule 106 lawsuit ag.linst $nowtna<;s, but <br />afler a tl;lY twisting 011 lhe honrs of the <br />dilelllma, Tuite withdrew his support for <br />moving ahead with the court action. <br />Tuile said instead of Hling suit. he <br />wanted 10 discus..<; lhe issue wilh the <br />Snowmass town council at its lIext regu- <br />lar ;llcctingon Dec. 16. 'nlere will 1101 be <br />another OI'P<Htllnit)' 10 rrle Iile suit in <br />question. <br />COll1missinlle~ Ile~chel Ross and <br />Fred Crowley were again<;t the suit, <br />while cOllllllissionl'r Jim TnJ\: was <br />gCrlclally inclined 10 SUPIX)r! il. Ch;lir- <br /> <br />u__ <br /> <br />_r.~'::-.. <br /> <br />. "'.~. ~;._'U __._,,___,,_~,. _~...c...~""'_ ---,.~ -."-.-.... <br /> <br />___""""""".......~.__ Kk". ' <br /> <br />mall Wayne Elhridge said he had 1)C'l'n <br />"sick 10 my s,lonl;lch" for three days over <br />Ihe failure of the two governing hodies <br />to see eye 10 eye over the water level in <br />Snow1l1ass Crcek, hul felt Ihe county had <br />10 move fnf\l.':HlI with the sui!... <br />DESI'ITE TilE mging or Cilllllt}' <br />:l.t1nlTIey Tim \\'11iI5ill, IlIl' ClluOly water <br />allume)" John t-.luskk "r\(1 count}' mana- <br />ger' Reid 1I<lll~hcy. cOllllnissiOlll'tS <br />chose unt [0 go [0 courl. <br />"'111e huard had 10 weigh the polilic,,1 <br />ramific:lliwIS," said Ilaughcy. <br /> <br />Please see cnEEK on page 13 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />,,""'_. <br />