FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked

Face The State Humor

July 3, 2008

By Andrew Ripemoff

Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.

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Oil Commission Hearing Sees Schwartz's Snowmass "Chalets" v. McNulty's Burbs

A Face the State Staff Report

June 24, 2008

Hundreds of people, including several state lawmakers, turned out to Denver's Paramount theater Monday for the the first day of a week-long rulemaking hearing by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. While "balance" and "reasonable" were the buzzwords of the day, the debate quickly heated up on how to craft energy policy that would protect both jobs and the environment.

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GOP goes on offensive regarding $4 gas

A Face the State Staff Report

June 23, 2008

As gas prices reach an all-time high in Colorado — with the average price hitting $4 a gallon for the first time Thursday — local Republicans are charging that Democrats controlling state government are to blame in part due to their continued alienation of the energy industry.

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In 2008, It's Enviros v. Energy

A Face the State Staff Report

May 16, 2008

Fresh off their victory over Colorado's once thriving timber industry, environmental activists in recent years have set their eyes on a new target: The state's oil and gas industry.

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