Tag: Bucees
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Documents shed light on potential Buc-ee’s water access plans
Where will the water come from? Since there is no one source and many are finite, it’s a question that undergirds almost every building project that goes to El Paso County for approval. With the purchase by Buc-ee’s affiliates of a parcel on Monument Hill long slated for a travel center location this month, it…
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Documents shed light on potential Buc-ee’s water access plans
Where will the water come from? Since there is no one source and many are finite, it’s a question that undergirds almost every building project that goes to El Paso County for approval. With the purchase by Buc-ee’s affiliates of a parcel on Monument Hill long slated for a travel center location this month, it…
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Buc-ee’s affiliates buy land, may proceed with controversial Tri-Lakes location
A recent land transfer is sending signals that Buc-ee’s may be committed to building its second Colorado location at a controversial site near Monument Hill. The property on I-25 and County Line Road, at the northern border of unincorporated El Paso County, has long been eyed for the Texas chain of travel centers known for…
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Palmer Lake retains new legal counsel after firing previous
Palmer Lake hired a new attorney this month, as the town faces two active lawsuits and lingering questions about its new annexation requirements. The chosen firm, Wyatt Hamilton Findlay, is based in Denver and specializes in municipal law. The hiring comes several weeks after the Palmer Lake Board of Trustees voted to fire former town…
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LETTERS: Wailing and gnashing of teeth; people instead of parties
Why so much anger and fuss? One might imagine from all the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Tri-Lakes area that Beelzebub himself is planning to build a den of iniquity at the corner of I-25 and County Line Road. Why so much anger and fuss over a Buc-ee’s? Few would disagree that unspoiled…
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El Paso County puts halt to construction work on Buc-ee’s parcel
Fresh dirt and heavy machinery might be raising eyebrows on Monument Hill, where a controversial Buc-ee’s location has been debated for over a year. While something was afoot, the work has stilled for now. According to El Paso County spokesperson Scott Anderson, “material movement” started on the property at the County Line Road Interstate 25…
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El Paso County puts halt to construction work on Buc-ee’s parcel
Fresh dirt and heavy machinery might be raising eyebrows on Monument Hill, where a controversial Buc-ee’s location has been debated for over a year. While something was afoot, the work has stilled for now. According to El Paso County spokesperson Scott Anderson, “material movement” started on the property at the County Line Road Interstate 25…
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LETTERS: Buc-ee’s is back; failing schools
Buc-ee’s is back We thought we had convinced the Beave he was barking up the wrong tree. Boy were we wrong. Buc-ee’s is back! Bigger and more obnoxious than ever. Well, friends, we must gather our strength. He has a new strategy now. He thinks he can sidestep this community’s objections and schmooze a few…
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Palmer Lake could see three special elections next year
Turmoil continues in the town of Palmer Lake, where a Board of Trustees with frequent turnover has been deadlocked on multiple issues for months. The next year could see the town settling its differences in as many as three special elections, following one in 2025. “This is a very intractable problem,” said Trustee Roger Moseley…
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Buc-ee’s developers push for ballot question ahead of Palmer Lake decision
Amid controversy over an annexation request to build Colorado’s second Buc-ee’s location, the residents of Palmer Lake approved an ordinance last month that would require any increase to the town be put to a vote. The prior process left the final decision with the town’s Board of Trustees, which is still scheduled to vote on…