Not In My Back Yard

NIMBY is alive and well in El Paso County.

There is something special about owning your own land far out of town.  It is peaceful.  Animal life is plentiful.

That peace is about to be disrupted for two weeks in one neighborhood by a wildcat gas drilling rig, and the property owner is understandably unhappy about it.

The problem is that people who choose to live far out of town and who have jobs in town consume more energy than the rest of us.  That energy must come from somewhere. More specifically, it has to come from where it can be found.

The sad fact is that we can’t have it all.  We can’t live a prosperous life style and not expect to pay the costs of that lifestyle.  Politicians who claim otherwise are living in their own little world, but they always seem to get elected.

Case in point:  Mark Udall