Proposed town gate opens legal fight: ‘If you bring war upon Bow Mar, we will defend ourselves.’

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A wealthy enclave wants to block itself from the outside world, but Denver and Littleton say the law won’t let it.

The cities of Denver and Littleton filed a joint lawsuit against the Town of Bow Mar on Nov. 9 to block Bow Mar’s plans and contract to build a traffic gate near the town’s entrance. The move comes after a year of back-and-forth over a gate meant to “close public streets to general traffic at Bow Mar’s discretion for an indefinite period,” according to the complaint…

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