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r/news · u/boringhistoryfan1 ago 2026, 16:02

Colorado declares town abandoned amid water and leadership crisis

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u/legitimate-criminal11 ago 2026, 16:05
A 56-person town lost its entire government because four women threw hands at a board meeting over tap water. Peak local politics.
- u/boringhistoryfan11 ago 2026, 16:06
  TBH I have to wonder how a 56 person locality is even capable of maintaining local government. With how small it is, and the infrastructure costs involved it probably should be under county administration at least.
  - u/legitimate-criminal11 ago 2026, 16:107 respuestas
  - u/asuperbstarling11 ago 2026, 16:512 respuestas
- u/[deleted]11 ago 2026, 16:19
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- u/thefoodiedentist11 ago 2026, 16:35
  Lol thats not a town, thats barely a village. My neighborhood block has more ppl than that.
  - u/adamdoesmusic11 ago 2026, 16:501 respuesta
  - u/knook11 ago 2026, 16:51
  - u/ThereMightBeDinos11 ago 2026, 16:51
  - u/thatguywhoiam11 ago 2026, 17:01
- u/Tintoytech11 ago 2026, 16:39
  Lol I've seen very similar in a small Colorado town meeting. Water is serious business out there.
- u/lilzingerlovestorun11 ago 2026, 16:44
  Local government is sexy
- u/Bgrngod11 ago 2026, 16:50
  It's a fucking HOA at this point.
u/Fuck-WestJet11 ago 2026, 16:15
They should reach out to their congressional rep, Lauren Boebert, for support. I'm sure she will be effective in resolving their governance problems....
- u/gringostroh11 ago 2026, 16:20
  She'll be happy to lend a hand.
  - u/Ok-Thanks432111 ago 2026, 16:21
  - u/whytwu1f11 ago 2026, 16:291 respuesta
- u/MentalSky_11 ago 2026, 16:29
  They voted for her. There was a fantastic Democrat running against her. They chose not to vote for him
- u/rollerroman11 ago 2026, 16:43
  I know this is a joke, and I'm not defending anyone, but here is more reading on this subject: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/lauren-boebert-trump-funds-colorado-drink-water-funds-tina-peters
- u/GearSalty277511 ago 2026, 17:07
  Pretty sure she actually fought for this for them and Trump betrayed her on it. I’m not saying Boebert doesn’t suck or doesn’t deserve that, but she did try here.
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u/purplegladys202211 ago 2026, 16:18
Shocker, that county voted for Trump 3 to 1 in 2024. Republicans are so incompetent they can't even govern themselves.
- u/Branchomania11 ago 2026, 16:21
  Themselves are the ones they're most incompetent at governing
- u/Thunderclone_111 ago 2026, 16:38
  The type to suck off a 12 gauge because a democrat told them lead poisoning is bad for them.
  - u/Lord_rook11 ago 2026, 16:421 respuesta
- u/thefoodiedentist11 ago 2026, 16:38
  It had less than 60 ppl. Bad leadership and management slowly killed it for decades.
  - u/[deleted]11 ago 2026, 17:04
- u/IllTwo764311 ago 2026, 16:39
  And they'd do it again, and thank God for the opportunity 🤮
  - u/bluechip199611 ago 2026, 16:44
u/yamirzmmdx11 ago 2026, 16:19

Resident Shawna Casey said: “Hartman is not a failed town. Hartman is a town that was failed by the systems designed to protect it.”

Looks at satellite map.

Farms here. Farms there. Farms everywhere.

Where the fuck is the body of water?

I guess there is groundwater somewhere but it probably got polluted by all these FARMS.

Yeah no.

You have a failed town because of bad location.
- u/MentalSky_11 ago 2026, 16:31
  Poor land management really. Those farms historically survived in that location They voted against their interests for those who deny climate change and land conservation. Both things that essentially will decimate agriculture
- u/whytwu1f11 ago 2026, 16:31
  Not just location - environmental changes brought on by the policies enacted by the shitheels they've been voting for their whole lives. As the world heats and dries, little farming towns like this are doomed.
- u/Checked_Out_611 ago 2026, 16:38
  Its not a lack of water, its a lack of infrastructure to make the water potable, most notably chlorine treatment.
- u/Funkwonker11 ago 2026, 16:40
  
  Two of the objecting parties, Ms. Casey and Ms. Railback did not dispute that the Town of Hartman has no board of trustees or town clerk, cannot hold an election, and owns and operates water infrastructure needed to treat and deliver water to residents
  
  Taken from a .gov report. Kinda wild for her to blame the rest of the state after admitting the town owned and managed it's own water treatment.
- u/monstertruck56711 ago 2026, 17:10
  Arkansas River
u/ThatsItImOverThis11 ago 2026, 16:22
This will be the first of many.
- u/SeaTrain4211 ago 2026, 16:34
  I don't doubt it. Small Town America consistently votes against their own interests.
  - u/Bo_Universe11 ago 2026, 17:07
- u/SillyGoatGruff11 ago 2026, 16:38
  How so? Is there going to be a rash of sub-60 person towns imploding because their elected officials were assholes who got into fist fights with each other instead of doing anything of value?
  - u/SeaTrain4211 ago 2026, 16:46
- u/True_Window_938911 ago 2026, 16:49
  This probably wasn’t climate change related, it sounds like they had a single water tower for everyone that needed repairs and chlorination that didn’t happen. Incompetence and malevolence of public officials, in this case.
- u/Eldar_Atog11 ago 2026, 17:01
  There's a whole county like that in Tennessee. In 40 years, they went from about 12k residents to about 6k. The county is now having difficulty paying for everything in cooperation with the 2 incorporated towns. The county will probably dissolve in about a decade. The county is wanting the 2 incorporated towns to give up their charters but the county says that is a short term solution.
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u/taxiecabbie11 ago 2026, 16:25
I mean, I guess they'll hopefully be getting potable water, now? I don't even understand what there was to fight over here. If you don't have clean water, then, isn't that... the single biggest problem you could be facing? The hell kind of feud is more important than potable water? Like, yeah, you lost control of your town because everybody in it is apparently a doofus.
- u/LogicThievery11 ago 2026, 16:41
  
  you lost control of your town because everybody in it is apparently a doofus.
  
  Indeed, some might call this Natural Selection playing out as it should, but the residents of this town probably don't believe in such Libural hogwash, lol.
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u/MostlyDeadpool11 ago 2026, 16:38
This is something the Army Corps of Engineers could take care of if we had a functioning Federal Government.
- u/Lexxias11 ago 2026, 16:41
  That's just a handout. These people need to pull up their bootstraps.
  - u/cancerous_it11 ago 2026, 16:43
- u/FlyingDiscsandJams11 ago 2026, 17:03
  Best we can do is shift FEMA workers to assisting immigration arrests.
u/Zorklunn11 ago 2026, 16:39
Sounds on brand for the US. Politicians too busy settling scores to govern.
- u/Traditional_Cat_6011 ago 2026, 17:02
  These are overwhelmingly small government people. They got exactly what they voterd for.
u/nero_doomsday11 ago 2026, 16:39
Hmm so does that mean potentially one could get a free house and land? Squatters rights.
u/AboveBoard11 ago 2026, 16:40
Light on any actual details about the situation.
u/rabbotz11 ago 2026, 16:41
From another article: >On average, the town’s residents earn $10,133 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 93% of the town’s 30 residents live below the poverty line.

That is wild, the entire town’s income combined is 300k a year - something like 1 in 12 households in the country makes more than this town.
- u/metalfabman11 ago 2026, 16:51
  Prob social security or disability
u/bluechip199611 ago 2026, 16:42
The beginning of the Water Wars.
- u/Horror_Response_199111 ago 2026, 16:51
  Begun, the Water Wars have.
u/Capnshiner11 ago 2026, 16:46
A libertarian paradise!
u/[deleted]11 ago 2026, 16:49
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u/metalfabman11 ago 2026, 16:50
From their own doing. You get what you deserve hartman
u/Mokseong11 ago 2026, 16:52
That place looks completely unsustainable.
u/okie_smokie9211 ago 2026, 16:54
I knew this was on the Eastern plains before I looked, it feels like a whole other state on either side of 25.
u/mothandravenstudio11 ago 2026, 16:54
A libertarian’s ultimate dream.
u/BeneficialNatural61011 ago 2026, 17:03
Sounds like a great place for a data center!
u/ENrgStar11 ago 2026, 17:04
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/dae2b6aa-5679-44f4-b071-8ee59dd652a0/embed?autoplay=false&responsive=true%22+frameborder=%220
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u/xFiLi11 ago 2026, 17:08
I think a nice big beautiful data center should be built there instead.
u/rmh6128411 ago 2026, 17:10
Hopefully people vote accordingly going forward