| Rep. Udall, Schaffer plot water fight |
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Nearly half a decade ago, the Western Slope and a majority of Coloradans rejected Referendum A, a $2 billion water-projects ballot initiative.
Since then, nearly every major candidate who opposed what was branded in 2003 as a massive “water grab” — from Congressman John Salazar, D-Colo., in 2004 to Gov. Bill Ritter in 2006 — has met success on the Western Slope.
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