Colorado: Bocc

It must be true.  

Or apparently that is enough 'fact' for Face-the-State to launch into a speculative article "Could Curry be the next Buescher."

The tale turns on this ominous quote by oil and gas mouthpiece and known dissembler Kathy Hall:

According to Kathy Hall, western slope director for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Colorado has already seen a loss of about $3 billion in drilling activity since the new regulations passed last year. The economy of Curry's western slope district relies heavily on the energy industry.

"The drop in drilling translates into a loss of millions of dollars of severance tax revenues," said Hall.