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<br />MAYNES BRADFORD & SHIPPS
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<br />,; AZIEC '-, San Juan County voters ".
<br />J gave their support to the Animas-La ' 7: '"I'm 'gIad ffiepeople got to vote. It's
<br />' Plaia Project by a margin of almost , t good' because It shows Our con-
<br />. 3.000 votes, mall-In ballots IabuIated\ l gressioniil dcIegatlon that the people
<br />1Uesday night show. '. " , h',want thll ,'Yater and that they can go on
<br />Slightly more than 4 I percent of San 'frcWlth adegtee Ofconfldence " he sald,' '
<br />Juan County's 32,703 registered voters .,' ',",.,.' ..","'~>,', :,:'.' ~..: ,
<br />cast ballots In the county's second . 'However, even thougli tlle vote ""er-
<br />mail-In ballot election. . . whelmlngly supported the project,
<br />A total of 8.019 voters supported the. Dunlap said he Is sure some of the
<br />project, whlle 5.105 voted against it. . project's Opponents will look for a way, :
<br />Deputy County Clerk Debbie Holmes to halt it. .
<br />said. . d b the Evert Oldham, president of Our:
<br />Of the 13.702 ballots receive y " Land Inc a group Objecting to the pro- '
<br />county clerk's office. 578 were rebjeCthted. : ject. decli~ed to comment today, adding
<br />because they were not signed y e" h t h II h ld "
<br />voter or the voter's signature was not' " t a e Wi 0 a press con,erence
<br />wltn d by a notary public or a depu- some time Thursday. "
<br />e~~ Max StodowskJ, With the Bureau of
<br />ty ~~O:h most of the ballots were ~clamatlon o~Ce_In_DJ.!.lID1l!o .oM thp
<br />counted by machine. clerks were forced, "support shown' by' San Juan County
<br />to count some by hand because they voters will make it easier to continue
<br />were marked with Inks which the ma- with construction of the project.
<br />chines could not register, Holmes said, . 'We're certainly glad that did It. It
<br />Jim Dunlap, vlce chairman of the makes U a lot easier to go forward," he
<br />San Juan Water Commission, said the said. '
<br />results of the election shows Congress Although the bureau tentaUvely had
<br />the people of San Juan County support
<br />the project.
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<br />set a May 5 starting date for project
<br />construction. that date has been de-
<br />layed until a report on the squawflsh is
<br />completed by the U.S. Fish and WlIdlife
<br />Bureau. StodowskJ said.
<br />That report Is expected someUme
<br />early in May. and once resolved. con-
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<br />structlon Could begin soon after that,
<br />he said.
<br />No date for ground-breaking on the
<br />project has been set because bureau
<br />representaUves are walUng until
<br />Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan ,
<br />Jr. can be present. StodowskJ added.
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