Colorado woman’s land rights fight opens her eyes to government overreach: ‘Now we can just go to war’ – IOTW Report

Colorado woman’s land rights fight opens her eyes to government overreach: ‘Now we can just go to war’

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A years-long battle over property rights changed how one Colorado woman used social media when she had to go “to war” with the local government over her own backyard.

Adopting the moniker of the Wicked Witch of the West, Taralyn Romero’s concerns over her property lines made her endure enmity from the public and officials alike after she bought a home in Kittredge, Colorado. There, the selling point of a creek running through the backyard had kickstarted a dispute over land rights with a neighboring park that had her welcoming a lawsuit when it had come.

“Now we can just go to war, and I don’t have to pretend anymore,” she told Fox News Digital amid a three-part series covering her saga against government overreach. “I said, ‘We’re gonna fight for this because owning property in this country is synonymous with the pursuit of happiness.’” more

3 Comments on Colorado woman’s land rights fight opens her eyes to government overreach: ‘Now we can just go to war’

  1. My extended family owns several hundred acres of land bisected by a river out in Kali. As long as I can remember, we’ve had to deal with people hiking up and down the riverbed. Can’t stop them, can’t restrict access. But if they step out of the riverbed, it’s criminal trespass. And you have to pay property tax on the riverbed acreage…

    KR

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