After a debate across two meetings, the Palmer Lake Planning Commission has voted not to recommend the zoning plan and annexation request for Texas travel chain Buc-ee's to the town's board of trustees.

The vote came after multiple hours of discussion and interjections from the crowd between Wednesday night and an August meeting, which ended without a vote.

Commissioner Andre Bergeron recused himself from the vote, claiming he had received threatening mail and felt intimidated.

"The information that was sent to us has frightened my wife and my family," he said.

In August, commissioners had follow-up questions for developers about water, lighting and proximity to open space. In the intervening time, developers answered questions submitted by commissioners on the documents involved in th

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