⚖️ Support the Westside Watch Legal Defense Fund
🚨 Update – March 2026: Current Legal Actions & Community Defense Efforts
🤝 We have been delighted to help a community outside of Aspen who was facing life-threatening evacuation times stop a 5,000 acre development that would not only trap citizens, but harm the large elk corridor in the heart of the development.
⚖️ Federal Lawsuit – HB24-1107 (10th Circuit Appeal)
Colorado passed HB24-1107, a law that punishes citizens for challenging dangerous government decisions. The law requires mandatory fee-shifting when Rule 106(a)(4) cases are lost — which happens in most cases — potentially forcing citizens to pay massive legal bills simply for defending their communities and public safety.
Developers do not face the same penalty.
Our case challenging this unconstitutional law has now been appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
🏘️ Ovation Development (Pine Creek) – Colorado Supreme Court Petition
The Ovation 106(a)(4) case, involving wildfire evacuation safety concerns in Pine Creek, has now been appealed through a Writ of Certiorari filed with the Colorado Supreme Court.
⛽ Buc-ee’s Development (Tri-Lakes Region) – Lawsuit Pending
A Rule 106(a)(4) lawsuit is expected to be filed soon regarding the proposed Buc-ee’s development near County Line Road and I-25.
This project would add:
🚗 27,000 cars per day
🚗 Up to 40,000 cars on weekdays
All at a critical evacuation chokepoint at County Line Road and I-25.
During the Black Forest Fire, this area already experienced major backups. Preliminary evacuation modeling shows that adding this traffic could cause two separate gridlock zones on I-25, potentially trapping thousands of residents in the Tri-Lakes region during a wildfire evacuation.
🌿 Wildlife & Open Space Threats
These developments also threaten the Greenland Ranch conservation corridor, one of Colorado’s most important wildlife migration routes. The area supports elk, deer, pronghorn, bears, mountain lions, and other wildlife, and development pressure risks fragmenting this critical habitat.
🤝 Working With the Community
We are working alongside Integrity Matters, and concerned citizens throughout Tri-Lakes and Palmer Lake, to protect citizen rights, ensure transparency, and defend public safety and wildlife habitat.
❤️ Why We Need Your Help
We have so many neighbors asking for our help that we need to grow our legal defense fund.
Without community support, neighborhoods are often left helpless and steamrolled by well-funded developers and political interests, with little ability to protect their homes, safety, and way of life.
Legal challenges, public records investigations, expert testimony, and court filings all require significant resources.
Your donation helps support:
⚖️ Constitutional and land-use litigation
📄 Public records investigations
🏘️ Community defense against unsafe development
🌿 Protection of wildlife corridors and open space
📣 Public education and advocacy
Every contribution helps ensure citizens still have a voice.
You never know when it may be your neighborhood in need.
🙏 Thank You for Being a Great Neighbor
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