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...many government workers does it take to change a light bulb? Forty-three, according to a safety procedure proposed last year at the Rocky Flats nuclear- weapons plant in Colorado. Al Gore's report credits the Denver Post for disclosing the 33-step process that a plant staff member wanted to adopt for replacing the light bulb that warns workers of nuclear accidents. The proposed guidelines would require an estimated 1,087 worker hours to complete, compared to 60 hours currently...
With prosperity has come an influx of people, and then more people. Colorado had a net immigration of 61,000, the highest number of new arrivals since 1978. Utah, historically an exporter of its well-educated population, particularly to the Pacific Coast, has had a net influx of 19,000 in each of the past two years. All the states report that the largest number of newcomers are former Californians. "There is a push-pull effect at work," observes Lamm. "The push is the businesspeople of Los Angeles saying, 'The workers' compensation system is prohibitive, I have to spend...
...tradition of the range that if a dog crosses your property, you can shoot it. That is how it's always been -- dogs can threaten the livestock, or the tulips, so you can shoot 'em. This spelled trouble near the leathery Colorado town of Durango last month after the Bakers, a large Californian family, moved in next to an old ranch. The Californians' golden retriever ventured onto the ranch property and ate a couple of chickens. The Californians duly apologized, but the ranchers remained incensed. And soon after, when the dog strayed across again, sure enough, the ranchers shot...
...clash of cultures erupted last November when Colorado unexpectedly passed Amendment 2, a ballot initiative aimed at outlawing ordinances protecting homosexuals against discrimination. The measure -- which is in abeyance while awaiting a Colorado Supreme Court ruling -- was strongly supported by voters in the rural counties and the Front Range suburbs, and just as conspicuously opposed by the urban voters of Denver, Boulder and Aspen, where so many of the newcomers dwell...
...immune." For another, the region's scarcity of water poses as much of a challenge as it always has. The northern tier of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, with plentiful rivers and low population density, expects no problem satisfying its pockets of growth. The semi-arid southern tier of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, however, has to give water high priority...