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Article: It's a landslide: No Black Forest Inc. ; Incorporation push is shot down 2-1
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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Black Forest residents have decided city life isn't for them. By
more than a 2-1 margin, locals Tuesday voted against incorporation,
keeping the heavily forested area outside city boundaries.
"They did not want to incorporate," said Pam Devereux, one of the
leaders of Keep Black Forest Free. She attributed the success of the
group's campaign to "just a lot of hard work with a lot of
volunteers."
Eddie Bracken, who led the incorporation effort, said "I think
the people have expressed their desires and we accept that."
Black Forest was white early Tuesday as heavy snow blanketed the
northern end of El Paso County. That didn't prevent voters from