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<br /> <br />FRmAY, AUGUST 27, 1999 THE GAZETTE IdEWS3 <br />GraveUResidents say <br />they'll watch operation <br />From NEW51 <br />said <br />FSfteen homeowner groups <br />representing 9,223 voters <br />protested the expansion, citing a <br />lack of urgency and no compre- <br />hensive reclamaion plan. <br />Although the Dellacroces have <br />fashioned the plan to shield the <br />pits from view wherever possi- <br />ble, homeowner Ken Webb said -- <br />they should be made to further <br />reduce the mine's visual impact <br />"We're not talking about some- <br />thing that's hacd~y noticeable,' he <br />said: <br />The pit's gaping hole is visible <br />for mites amid otherwise green, <br />rolling foothills. <br />Webb and others also <br />complained the mine will annihi- <br />late foothill ridges. <br />'We re cluuiging rolling, treed <br />hills to' flat," said neighbor Helen <br />Irma "You're completely changing the contour and <br />nurture of the land" <br />Others called on the commis.4ion W protect the <br />beauty of the mountains. <br />"The font Range is a precious thing," said appo- <br />Went Steve Waldmann. "Why should we teaz it up?' <br />It was an easy answer for Commissioner Betty <br />Beady. <br />"~Y, ~Y People have benefited from the <br />gravel out of that pit and many more will in the <br />future; she said, adding she's a firm believer in <br />ms roan. Private ProPertY ~m• <br />The FYont Range never <br />remains the same,' added <br />Commissioner Ed Tones, who's <br />lived in Colorado Springs for 37 <br />years. "We've got houses up the <br />side of the hill, and people still <br />come here becatrge there's beau- <br />ty in this community.' <br />CpmmiaaiUR Chairnuur (ihuck . <br />Brown; who voted to permit the <br />aline in 1993, opposed Its ertpan- <br />sion. , <br />"I never imagined in my wild- , <br />est drramv" the mine would span; <br />24 years, he said. <br />Comatisaoner Duncan Brem- , <br />er, who represents the county's ; <br />north district, recused himselL <br />Bremer lives adjacent to the <br />Dellacroee ranch and said he's , <br />been named in a lawsuit the <br />Dellarsor.~es fled, seeking to ' <br />establish property lines in order ; <br />rA seffie their mothers estate. <br />Opponents said they've not considered alegal - <br />Clrellenge. But they rowed to diligentip monitor the <br />mining operation. <br />'We7l just live with it," said opponent Tun <br />Swedenborg. "We'11 make sure they're meeting the <br />plan for reclarnatioa" <br />Pam Zubeclr covers local govemnr.M issues and may he <br />Bathed at 83G0238 Of ZirtleCk®gaZe[[e.0]fn <br />THE GAZETTE <br />CoWrado Spnngs, CO <br />(EI Paso County) <br />• AM 103,62a ~ Sun. 118,823 t <br />