Newspaper, Salazar Team to Fight Reservoir Expansion

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Pueblo Chieftain newspaper publisher Bob Rawlings and Congressman John Salazar have launched an offensive against the proposed expansion of the Pueblo Reservoir involving federal lobbyists and competing legislation.

The Chieftain has taken the unusual step of hiring the law firm Hogan & Hartson to represent it on water resource issues, according to a lobbying registration form filed with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate.

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Newspaper, Salazar Team to Fight Reservoir Expansion

Meanwhile, Salazar, a freshman Democrat who represents Pueblo, is close to introducing legislation to slow the water project, deemed critical to growth in Colorado Springs. His bill would require an outside group t...

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