FOXNews.com: Proposal to secede from Colorado falls short in agricultural county

FOXNews.com FOX News Network - We Report. You Decide. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

Get rewarded for sharing Join the Hotspex panel to play a key role in consumer driven innovation. Have a real impact on the products that go to market and earn great rewards! From our sponsors

Proposal to secede from Colorado falls short in agricultural county Aug 28th 2013, 02:17 Published August 27, 2013 Associated Press A proposal to secede from Colorado has run into trouble in Morgan County. The Fort Morgan Times reports that backers only turned in about 900 signatures by Monday's deadline, less than the 2,300 signatures county commissioners set as the threshold to put the 51st state measure on the ballot. Commissioner Jim Zwetzig said Tuesday that next steps are unclear, but commissioners will likely discuss it next week. They are scheduled to meet Sept. 3. Commission chairwoman Laura Teague has said secession would be costly for the agricultural county. She said water rights would be challenged, hurting farmers and ranchers. Morgan County is surrounded by three counties where the issue will be on the ballot -- Weld, Logan and Washington counties.

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions