We don't mess around here in Colorado

From the Colorado Springs Gazette :

Granby, Colorado - Marv the Muffler Man was angry with everyone on the Granby Town Council, and he stayed angry. Marv Heemeyer, owner of the local muffler shop, had a long standing dispute with the city Coucil and his neighbor, Mountain Park Concrete. On Friday afternoon, Marv jumped into a D9 bulldozer which he had fortified himself, and began a drive down the main street of Granby. The first stop was the buildings of the concrete shop which Marv flattened one by one, despite the efforts of the owner to stop him with a front loader. Marv then headed toward Granby proper, brushing aside like flies two county workers in earth movers who tried to head him off. Phones in town rang with the opposite of 911, as emergency workers urged people to flee their homes. Mountain Parks Electric, the local utility company was next. After that, Marv targeted Maple Street Builders, pushing a yellow pick-up truck completely through the building. The Town Hall and Library followed in close order. After that, the local playground and two police cars were the next to bite the dust. Liberty Savings came down after them. Then Marv took down the building which housed the local newspaper whose publisher had taken an editorial stance against Marv in his long standing dispute with City Hall. Next came XGel Energy and the home of the former town mayor. The final target was Gambles Hardware where the D9 came to a stop inside the destroyed building. Onlookers heard a single shot and then nothing more. Mr. Heemeyer had taken his own life. Amazingly, no one else in Grandby was killed or even injured during this afternoon of wanton rampage.

And you guys on the East Coast think you have it bad!

[jaguar]

Pity he took out the library.

I was thinking the same.

[jaguar]

I know =)

The other thing that came to mind is who calls an energy company XGel? Sounds like something I'd expect to see advertised on a porn site.

Yeah, really! Oh, I forgot. The paper quotes a friend of Marv's as saying, he was a "little" hot headed. Good thing it was only a "little!"

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally posted by jaguar
Pity he took out the library.

They'll call him a terrorist and get a bazillion dollars from the feds to build a better one.

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by jaguar
The other thing that came to mind is who calls an energy company XGel? Sounds like something I'd expect to see advertised on a porn site.

It's not XGel, it's Xcel.

Originally posted by sycamore


It's not XGel, it's Xcel.

Hmmm... If true, I can have fun with the GAZETTE over that one. They really did call it XGel. I double checked!

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
They'll call him a terrorist and get a bazillion dollars from the feds to build a better one.

Well, for once a worthy use of our tax dollar! Books for everyone! Knowledge is power! Power to the people! Right on! Librarians man you barricades!

[farfromhome]

Hmmm... If true, I can have fun with the GAZETTE over that one. They really did call it XGel. I double checked!

Maybe a sycamore is not that strong of a tree.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally posted by marichiko
From the Colorado Springs Gazette :

Granby, Colorado - Marv the Muffler Man was angry with everyone on the Granby Town Council, and he stayed angry. Marv Heemeyer, owner of the local muffler shop, had a long standing dispute with the city Coucil and his neighbor, Mountain Park Concrete. On Friday afternoon, Marv jumped into a D9 bulldozer which he had fortified himself, and began a drive down the main street of Granby. The first stop was the buildings of the concrete shop which Marv flattened one by one, despite the efforts of the owner to stop him with a front loader. Marv then headed toward Granby proper, brushing aside like flies two county workers in earth movers who tried to head him off. Phones in town rang with the opposite of 911, as emergency workers urged people to flee their homes. Mountain Parks Electric, the local utility company was next. After that, Marv targeted Maple Street Builders, pushing a yellow pick-up truck completely through the building. The Town Hall and Library followed in close order. After that, the local playground and two police cars were the next to bite the dust. Liberty Savings came down after them. Then Marv took down the building which housed the local newspaper whose publisher had taken an editorial stance against Marv in his long standing dispute with City Hall. Next came XGel Energy and the home of the former town mayor. The final target was Gambles Hardware where the D9 came to a stop inside the destroyed building. Onlookers heard a single shot and then nothing more. Mr. Heemeyer had taken his own life. Amazingly, no one else in Grandby was killed or even injured during this afternoon of wanton rampage.

And you guys on the East Coast think you have it bad!

Is it true that while this was happening, Marv was yelling -

"ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US"?

Deuling heavy machinery? Cool...............................

[Griff]

[Drunk Teddy]I think we can all agree that nobody needs a D9 urban assault dozer. Cat needs to be sued out of existence. There are much smaller dozers that civilians with legitamit construction needs could be allowed to own with the proper licensing.[/drunk]

Apparently, he mostly constructed the machine himself, adding concrete re-inforcements and three videocams to help him see who or what might be approaching.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally posted by Griff
[Drunk Teddy]I think we can all agree that nobody needs a D9 urban assault dozer. Cat needs to be sued out of existence. There are much smaller dozers that civilians with legitamit construction needs could be allowed to own with the proper licensing.[/drunk]

Damn right, lets march on Washington and demand legislation against big 'dozers, for the childrens sake.

[jaguar]

think of the children!