Not Everyone Wants A Buc-ee's In their Community??? Who's Right In this Colorado Gas Station Fight? A Billionaire's Involved! Is this an Abundance or NIMBY or Western Land Issue? Who Will Win? episode artwork

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Not Everyone Wants A Buc-ee's In their Community??? Who's Right In this Colorado Gas Station Fight? A Billionaire's Involved! Is this an Abundance or NIMBY or Western Land Issue? Who Will Win?

from The Best Paragraph I've Read... · host Zac & Don

The Best Paragraph I've Read:The Buc-ee’s representatives tried to outline the planfor about 300 locals packed into the cafeteria at Palmer Lake Elementary School on Dec. 3. But they were met with jeers. “We don’t want your Buc-ee’s, we don’t need your Buc-ee’s, we don’t desire your Beaver Nuggets,” lifelong Palmer Lake resident Alexandria Olivier shouted from the front, waving her arms angrily as the crowd applauded.This paragraph comes from the Wall Street Journal. The article is titled: "The 'Cable Cowboy' Battles a Giant Gas Station for the Soul of the West." The article is written by Jim Carlton. You can read the full article here.Zac & Don discuss the fight over Buc-ee's trying to build along a Colorado Highway. They discuss the issues along the lines of the Abundance and NIMBY Movements. They also wonder how the issue gets settled.

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