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cos dem

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5. I live near where they want to put this monstrosity.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 12:54 PM
Oct 26

I would drive by it every day on my way to work. Even though it's by the interstate, it is a section that in quite a natural state, at the top of a hill with significant pine forests. All that would be gone.

I'm not necessarily opposed to putting up a Buc-ee's somewhere else (even though I think they're hideously ugly). Even in Colorado, there are ugly parts of the interstate where, fine, put up an ugly gas station. But don't mess with the natural beauty.

Here's a link for the "Stop Buc-ee's" campaign:
https://www.stopbuceespalmerlake.com/

A Google maps link so you can see at "street view" the parcel where they want to build this thing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1298182,-104.8646494,3a,75y,214.82h,82.96t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slziEBJI_6x4AihWzuv8KAQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D7.043483369879837%26panoid%3DlziEBJI_6x4AihWzuv8KAQ%26yaw%3D214.81691889838316!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And, a link to a song, for no particular reason:

&list=RD2595abcvh2M&start_radio=1

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