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

Colorado declares town abandoned amid water and leadership crisis

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Comentários

u/legitimate-criminal11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:107 respostas
  - u/asuperbstarling11 de ago. de 2026, 16:512 respostas
- u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 16:19
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- u/thefoodiedentist11 de ago. de 2026, 16:35
  Lol thats not a town, thats barely a village. My neighborhood block has more ppl than that.
  - u/adamdoesmusic11 de ago. de 2026, 16:501 resposta
  - u/knook11 de ago. de 2026, 16:51
  - u/ThereMightBeDinos11 de ago. de 2026, 16:51
  - u/thatguywhoiam11 de ago. de 2026, 17:01
- u/Tintoytech11 de ago. de 2026, 16:39
  Lol I've seen very similar in a small Colorado town meeting. Water is serious business out there.
- u/lilzingerlovestorun11 de ago. de 2026, 16:44
  Local government is sexy
- u/Bgrngod11 de ago. de 2026, 16:50
  It's a fucking HOA at this point.
u/Fuck-WestJet11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:20
  She'll be happy to lend a hand.
  - u/Ok-Thanks432111 de ago. de 2026, 16:21
  - u/whytwu1f11 de ago. de 2026, 16:291 resposta
- u/MentalSky_11 de ago. de 2026, 16:29
  They voted for her. There was a fantastic Democrat running against her. They chose not to vote for him
- u/rollerroman11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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.
u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 16:16
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u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 16:18
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u/purplegladys202211 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:21
  Themselves are the ones they're most incompetent at governing
- u/Thunderclone_111 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:421 resposta
- u/thefoodiedentist11 de ago. de 2026, 16:38
  It had less than 60 ppl. Bad leadership and management slowly killed it for decades.
  - u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 17:04
- u/IllTwo764311 de ago. de 2026, 16:39
  And they'd do it again, and thank God for the opportunity 🤮
  - u/bluechip199611 de ago. de 2026, 16:44
u/yamirzmmdx11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 17:10
  Arkansas River
u/ThatsItImOverThis11 de ago. de 2026, 16:22
This will be the first of many.
- u/SeaTrain4211 de ago. de 2026, 16:34
  I don't doubt it. Small Town America consistently votes against their own interests.
  - u/Bo_Universe11 de ago. de 2026, 17:07
- u/SillyGoatGruff11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:46
- u/True_Window_938911 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 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.
  - u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 17:06
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u/MostlyDeadpool11 de ago. de 2026, 16:38
This is something the Army Corps of Engineers could take care of if we had a functioning Federal Government.
- u/Lexxias11 de ago. de 2026, 16:41
  That's just a handout. These people need to pull up their bootstraps.
  - u/cancerous_it11 de ago. de 2026, 16:43
- u/FlyingDiscsandJams11 de ago. de 2026, 17:03
  Best we can do is shift FEMA workers to assisting immigration arrests.
u/Zorklunn11 de ago. de 2026, 16:39
Sounds on brand for the US. Politicians too busy settling scores to govern.
- u/Traditional_Cat_6011 de ago. de 2026, 17:02
  These are overwhelmingly small government people. They got exactly what they voterd for.
u/nero_doomsday11 de ago. de 2026, 16:39
Hmm so does that mean potentially one could get a free house and land? Squatters rights.
u/AboveBoard11 de ago. de 2026, 16:40
Light on any actual details about the situation.
u/rabbotz11 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:51
  Prob social security or disability
u/bluechip199611 de ago. de 2026, 16:42
The beginning of the Water Wars.
- u/Horror_Response_199111 de ago. de 2026, 16:51
  Begun, the Water Wars have.
u/Capnshiner11 de ago. de 2026, 16:46
A libertarian paradise!
u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 16:49
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u/metalfabman11 de ago. de 2026, 16:50
From their own doing. You get what you deserve hartman
u/Mokseong11 de ago. de 2026, 16:52
That place looks completely unsustainable.
u/okie_smokie9211 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026, 16:54
A libertarian’s ultimate dream.
u/BeneficialNatural61011 de ago. de 2026, 17:03
Sounds like a great place for a data center!
u/ENrgStar11 de ago. de 2026, 17:04
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/dae2b6aa-5679-44f4-b071-8ee59dd652a0/embed?autoplay=false&responsive=true%22+frameborder=%220
u/[deleted]11 de ago. de 2026, 17:06
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u/xFiLi11 de ago. de 2026, 17:08
I think a nice big beautiful data center should be built there instead.
u/rmh6128411 de ago. de 2026, 17:10
Hopefully people vote accordingly going forward