FAIRPLAY, Colo. — A prominent and controversial businessman — who has been involved in a bitter dispute with homeowners near one of his properties in Park County — recently found himself in a place he never expected: jail.

In late October, Adam Shirley, the owner ASKAG, LLC, was sentenced to 60 days in the Park County Jail in Fairplay after a district court judge found him in contempt for continuing to operate his waste transfer facility near the intersection of Highway 285 and Wandcrest Park Road. Waste transfer station

Earlier this year, after neighbors had filed a lawsuit disputing a zoning change that allowed the transfer station, a judge ruled against Shirley and the county, and ordered Shirley to cease his business at the station. Shirley runs a trash hauling business in the count

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