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)
Oil_AND_GAS_8603.jpg Marion Frebourg, of Longmont, center, left, is seen silently protesting through the meeting room doors between two Boulder County Sheriffs Deputies, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Jeremy Papasso/Times-Call)
20121213_OIL_AND_GAS_3595.jpg Rod Brueske, silently protests outside the meeting room, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the Boulder County Courthouse.
(Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
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_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_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)
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