Recapture Canyon case costs San Juan County $440,000

Monticello • On Dec. 5, one day after the San Juan County Commission held a Truth in Taxation hearing to raise its share of property taxes by nearly 15%, the county wrote a $94,000 check to a high-priced law firm hired years ago by a previous administration and still doing work to the surprise of some current leaders.The recipient was San Diego-based law firm JW Howard Attorneys, whose work to sue the federal government over a controversial county-claimed route in Recapture Canyon near Blan