Think that Thornton's proposed rules are tough, wait until the fracking industry tries to come back in to redrill those old wells in the RiNo neighborhood or out on the southwest side.  

Might as well just give up on urban fracking as industry costs are going to go through the roof well beyond any chance of profitability.  

In-fact, it look like from some of the comments here that what has been going on is conservative anger against Metro Denver's liberals.  

If you want civil war so badly maybe we should have it, either that or have the urban Front Range secede from right-wing Colorado so that we can enact our own laws firmly protecting urban residents health, safety, and property values from an angry conservative-led industry run amuk with the full support of Colorado's conservatives.