OIL_AND_GAS_8613.jpg Paul Bassis, of Louisville, protests silently while wearing a "regulating fracking is like bombing for peace" sign, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_8559.jpg Elizabeth Allen, of Boulder, wears a "No Friggin' Frackin'" sign while waiting for the meeting to begin, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_014.jpg Elizabeth Allen, of Boulder, wears a "No Friggin' Frackin'" sign while waiting for the meeting to begin, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_016.jpg County Commissioners make statements to a packed audience during a meeting, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
OIL_AND_GAS_1755.jpg From left: Marion Frebourg, of Longmont, and Liza Carlson, of Boulder, silently protest outside the meeting room, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_016.jpg County Commissioners make statements to a packed audience during a meeting, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_016.jpg County Commissioners make statements to a packed audience during a meeting, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_016.jpg County Commissioners make statements to a packed audience during a meeting, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
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