Costs, impact tallied at end of Rainbows (Rainbow Family hippies in Colorado)

Denver Post ^ | 7-9-06 | Steve Lipsher

[dynachrome]

The Yampa Valley Medical Center will have provided more than $100,000 in medical care that probably won't be repaid.

The Routt County Humane Society scrambled to vaccinate dozens of dogs after an outbreak of the deadly parvovirus, and officials fear there could be as many as 200 pets abandoned.

And the Forest Service, which spent nearly $800,000 just for its incident-management team, will be left with the task of rehabilitating the land.

Numerous Rainbows are staying behind to help with site recovery, but it could take years for Big Red Park to look normal again.

[pollyannaish]

LOL. The Dean of Students lives on the next block. Considering how some residents feel about some of these kids, I'm sure he hears a LOT.

That said, I save the law enforcement angle for after party peeing in our yard although that's only happened a couple of times and it was nice to have a little credibility when it did.

We actually live in a nice, very quiet neighborhood. And when it comes right down to it, I don't mind actually doing something nice for the planet. I'm just old enough to know that "planet saving" starts at home. ; ).

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep, look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves . . .

. . . speaking of which, I need to go finish my weeding and gardening.

[Lurker]

I hates hippies. Hippies smell.

L

[pollyannaish]

LOL. I got half the front shrubs trimmed before it got too hot. So now I get to wait until later! Yeah!

[Lx]

I found the news story, she was 9:
http://www.local6.com/news/2414796/detail.html

NEW YORK -- A Phish is on the hook for endangering the welfare of a minor after he allegedly tried to take pictures of a young girl inside a deserted boathouse, according to a report.

Mike Gordon, 38, was arrested after being found late at night in a secluded area with a 9-year-old girl. The girl's parents raised an alarm when she disappeared from a backstage area at Jones Beach Theater, WNBC-TV reported...


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[midwyf]

And these people claim to love nature and animals? What about any deer or other wildlife in the area? They would be negatively impacted too. They love nothing except themselves.
I would think local Forest Services could lock the gates at the road leading in. A few years of no place to land and they might stay home, or whatever they call home. It is ridiculous to allow this to go on.

[Glenmerle]

"I wouldn't say it's been a positive or a negative," said Routt County Commissioner Doug Monger. "Basically, it was an add-on, people-wise, to an already stressed-out infrastructure. ... But when we got chosen, I don't think we had any opportunity to tell them that we can't have them."

If I lived in Routt County, I'd try to make sure this guy lost his job.

[maine-iac7]

These hippie scum could learn a few things about keeping the outdoors clean from hunters and fisherman

Don't give them any ideas!

Maybe it would be better put this way?

These hippie scum could learn a few things from hunters and fishermen about keeping the outdoors clean.

;o)

[c-b 1]

Hippies smell....

No they STINK!

[sig226]

Paint ball gun.

Keep the paint balls in the freezer.

That way they won't leave a mark.

At least not right away.

"He was exposing himself."

[pollyannaish]

LOL. You're very devious.

[b9]

...leftists believe that what you say is more important than what you do.

So very true.

[Dumb_Ox]

I suspect the forest damage really is minimal. The land management folks made similar complaints about World Youth day in Denver, whose trampled wild fields grew back just fine.

Now had the rainbow people started a forest fire, that'd be another matter.

[navyguy]

Yeah! That's what I meant to say!

:-D