On the subject of county level oil and gas regulations:
“In that same spirit, we intend to work with counties and municipalities to make sure we have appropriate regulation on oil and gas development, but recognize the state can’t have 64 or even more different sets of rules.”
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/01/12/text-hickenloopers-state-of-the.html?page=all
Perhaps the tide of regulatory proliferation of the myth of a perfectable society has turned around on all the would-be czars and county potentates in Colorado’s planning and zoning departments.
Our freedom depends on it.