Thus, the COGCC was informing Elbert County that they could require more restrictive regulatory provisions as long as the operator agreed to them.
From “Stupid Is As Stupid Does” by Tony Corrado
Thanks for taking the point Tony, but it fundamentally misrepresents the nature of all government – which is inherently coercive. And why anyone should have to explain a basic concept like this to an elder liberal American with a lifetime of beneficial exposure to American limited government mystifies me. Americans living under a Constitution crafted to limit and frustrate the coercive power of the state really should know better.