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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 SATURDAY, .TUNE 24, 1989 ~ r', Hillside - scars hurt !economy, Romer says By Bany Noreen - ~ - f Romer also repeated his oft- Gazette Telegraph voiced themes that maintain- - Gov. Roy Romer, speaking ins the state's infrastructure, Friday in Colorado Springs, particularly highways, is his ,lambasted the systematic scar- administration's top priority. ring of the area's hillsides by '•you need the (U.S.) 24 by- quarry operations, suggesting ~ pass, you need Powers Boule- ; that the scars hurt the city's yard, you need better access economy. to Pete Field (Peterson AFB)," "I'm not talking about a he told the Rotarians. "That's t ee-hugger environmentalist the No. 1 way you can help here," Romer told members of your economic development." Colorado Ski Country USA. .Highway legislation fa- _ "I'm talking about eroding the voted by Romer was killed economic base." this week during the Legisla- -~ The governor made no spe- - - ture's special session. Several c'ific reference to two current less ambitious proposals are quarry proposals, in Snyder • - still being considered. and Waldo canyons. They -- -- -- On another topic, Romer- ~- have been the subject of re- said the investigation of possi- cent hearings by the state's ble illegal waste handling at . Mined Land Reclamation Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Board, a part of the executive _ plan[ has damaged the U.S. branch of state government. . _.government's credibility in. "You wouldn't let IL happen general. "lf you don't have a ' " in your towns,".the governor- government you can trust, " told the ski executives. "You'd _ you're in deep, deep trouble." find a way to hide it, dig it un- The governor linked that derground or put it behind a idea to the U.S. Supreme - hill." Court's recent ruling that ' Earlier in the day, Romer burning the American flag is told members of the Colorado protected as free speech under Springs Downtown Rotary the First Amendment. Club, "Every time I come "I am really concerned down here, I see those scars about the lack of respect for on the mountain, and I can't government and some of its believe we're doing that to symbols; 'Romer said. "]t is a ourselves. We ought to stop mistake for a society not to scarring the Front Range. It's have symbols [hat it can dumb." revere." t Gov. Roy Romer calls roads top prlarlty for hls term In offlce-