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Yesterday, we noted that Leo's Smoke Shack, a Breckenridge institution at the center of a hysterical Inside Edition report, had been destroyed as part of a new war on smoke shacks.
Many of our readers were unhappy about the turn of events, including this one.
Shadee Gray writes:
Overreaction for sure. That was culture they destroyed, historical culture of that resort. Tourist or not, still culture.
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