Dear Editor:

The Ouray Hot Springs Pool is a part of my worldly soul. That is truth, regardless of what you may think after you’ve read this. Protest is an act of respect and honor for the things we love. Though I loathe the act of official buggery the pool has been subjected to, at the added insult of great expense, I still care enough to implore anyone who will listen. Do not forsake and defile this treasure by adding in artificially heated water.

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