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<br />~qgorousty. generally charging <br />It, was too weak. They .slao <br />picked up a few votes from <br />legislators oPposed to any new <br />land,use legislation at all. <br />R e p. Ted Bendelow D- <br />Denver. said the bill ~eans <br />~lorad~'S land-use policy "will <br />decided by the various <br />courts." <br />~ep. Dick Lamm. [).Denver <br />said "this is not an eifectiv; <br />land-use bill-it may be a politi- <br />cal solution, but it won't solve <br />the slate's problems." <br />Rep. Tom Farley, D-Pueblo, <br />s3.Jd the bill was so poorly writ. <br />ten it didn't even do wbat the <br />Senate wanted to do. <br />KEY Dl'FE;';OER <br />The bill's key defender, Rep. <br />,Betty Ann Dittemore, R-Engle- <br />f:- 'ood, admitted she wasn't <br />happy with Senate changes. but <br />added that the Senate already <br />ad retreated from some of i1.s <br />demands and wasn't likely to <br />retreat further. <br /> <br />"We worked for a bill with <br />some money and a few teeth in <br />it." soo said. "It has a degree <br />of responsibility in terms of the <br />stewardship of our land. <br />"The state (go\'ernment) with <br />ils great and awesome power <br />has been brought in for the first <br />time to look o\'er the shoulder <br />of local go\'ernment" in land. <br />use decisions, she said. <br />'S.-\\IE AGESCY' <br />Lamm disagreed, saying sar. <br />casticallv that the Land Use <br />CommisSion's new poVter means <br />"we'll be protected by the same <br />agency that protected us so weU <br />for four years." <br />"For the price of their <br />agency's survival, they (ilia <br />LUC) have sold out Colorado," <br />Lamm charged. <br />The bill won approval by a <br />vote of 34-29. only one more <br />than necessary lor approval <br />Wlder House rules. <br />The test wasn't reallY that <br />close, however. Several Repub- <br />licans _ and a few Democrats <br />_ who voted against the bill <br />vl;oulrl probably have backed it <br />if necessary. ~lrs. Dittemore <br />h..d warned that Its defeat <br />would be "a disaster for the <br />Republ!c3D Party." <br />One Democrat, Rep. Forrest <br />Bums, D-Lamar, voted with the: <br />GO P majority. Republicans <br />Carl Bledsoe, R-Hugo, and Kay <br />?llunson. R-Colorado Springs, <br />voted with the Democrats <br />against the bill. Rep. Tony <br />~lullen, D-Northglenn, was ab- <br />sent. and Rep. Carol Tempest. <br />I R.Denver, was gone because- ol <br />illness. <br /> <br />0,152 <br />