Doubled water bills turn politics in small Colorado town, the Pinto Bean Capital of the World, up to high

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Distant plumes of smoke from the Ferris fire rise on the horizon beyond a field of young bean plants in a field outside of Dove Creek on July 4th. The area is famous for its Anasazi beans. (Gretel Daugherty, Special to the Colorado Sun)

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Fight over the basic cost of water and sewer service in the southwestern Colorado town led to council and staff resignations and now town hall is closed to the public