Auction of lands proceeds, despite protests

The protests of Democrats like Bill Ritter, Mark Udall, and Ken Salazar were ignored. The recommendations of Republicans like Gov. Bill Owens were dismissed.

Last week the Bush administration threw out Clinton-era regulations. Broke it's vow to wait for the advice of a bipartisan panel. And sold off 22,000 acres of roadless Colorado wilderness to the oil and gas industry - despite the fact that the industry still hasn't explored 66% of the drilling land it already has.

Remember back when the GOP cared about states' rights? Because I've just about forgotten.

I used today's Boulder Daily Camera as the source for this post.