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<br />\ q1 I <br />\\\ "' 'h <br />vY'{1 <br /> <br />GOd LOO <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />:Voters back farm(8Jrs <br />!* San Luis water fi~lfu~ <br /> <br /> <br />~ ~l\Ia~~y lofholm enee. I <br />~nd ~iffi ~ughes "We did it from the btllitOID up,' <br />~ POllt StaN Writers I ' . Diss said. "I th.iDk everyone he:re II <br />::-:.COlorado voters sided with San the valley shoulc1 fool verry prout <br />L.ilis~VaD.n~y farmers tueSday in a over the way It tm'ned oui)' , <br />i).asty f<l@onal water feud.' The amendmcmts we:re i.ID~i.Clte( <br />~,:.vciteli"s flatly rejected two by Crestone rElllllGler ,G~:ry Boyc~ <br />~endments - 15 and 16 - that and his Alamo:m-basec1 Sim:tunan'[ <br />q,(li1ltl hillve forced the f~ers to Water Co. Boyce has j!Jli"iUIj!Josei <br />hiet& Em~ pay more for Itheir use pumping 160,000 r.Cl1'e-~eei o~ vell <br />i:i(;w~ta" n-om a huge basifi that un- ley groundwater to FrOli!it Rang, <br />derhes Colorado's most fertile communities - a plal1l tnlilt ha[ <br />farIDing valley, I drawn heavy fiT~ iu the vann~y. <br />Early results showed tioth mea- Farmers and l'anchel1's ihe1". <br />siIres wer~ being trounced. . claim their opposition to til'alilt di <br />"'The ..mendments had drawn versIon plan prompted Boyce t( <br />~~espi"ood opposition fr~m politi- propose the amendmentlil in a spite <br />clanS, environmental grQups. lob- ful attempt to bankrupt "'~m <br />bying ol'gsnizations ahdtocal gO'\7- Boyce has denied that clEli.m '.' <br />ernments across th state. Jim Brandon, a lobbyi.~L fo< <br />Opponents painted th amend- Stockman's, said the election isn', I <br />ments &S part of an eventual water likely to end the dispu.te taetweez <br />g+ab that would pump San Luis Stockman's and tlrIuch of the :rest c: <br />~1l~ water to the Frqnt Range. the San Luis vaU~y. <br />MId. ~)1rt of state. ,! "We'll be baclr," Bran!loi:l said. <br />:. . Orville Diss, who opel"tes an ir- Stephanie Steffens, an op]}lonerl <br />dga,~ol1 company In Center and of the amendments who ,!rimS l <br />~hq lt~ded the org~tion that medical supply c~pany in Center <br />fQught the amendmentS~ said he agreed. <br />~as 'Proud of the grassrOots caro- "It's not over now," she sand. "1 <br />palgn his group mustered, despite a they don't win this time, they'i <br />lack of funds and political experi- find some other way to do ft." <br /> <br />: i <br />I' <br /> <br />. , <br />~ !" ",I <br /> <br />SS3~~N00 ~3~~M oa~~OID0 <br /> <br />GIBO LCB COC <br /> <br />917: t>L 170-11-8661 <br />