Lone protester, local hairdresser Sid Lewis in Paonia, Colorado, stopped the July 4th parade led by tank owned by Bill Koch (Koch brothers fame) who owns area coal mines and is at root of fracking efforts in this peaceful valley. Fighting fires isn't enough. Paonia residents have to fight Koch billions too. Holding a sign reading 'Democracy Bought & Sold' and 'Trying to buy the planet, or just take it?', Sid stood in front of the approaching tank which led the parade and forced it to stop. He was finally shoved out of the way, but next he stood in front of Bill Koch's Hummer and that didn't stop... tried to run him down. He stood his ground until he couldn't any longer.
Following the parade, a man rushed him and said, "You're gonna get a bullet right between the eyes." But, later, as Sid stood over the 'recycling' 'compost' and 'landfill' bins educating people about trash, he received many comments of gratitude and praise. It won't make national news, and maybe not even the Paonia paper... but, it should.
Update: The Denver Post did end up covering this story. See it here
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