A speech by developer Jordan Thorne thanking the Town Council for approving his Clifftop project had unexpected results at last night's open Council meeting. Evidently forewarned of Thorne's appearance, Councilmember Ethan Rice interrupted Thorne's address by producing a drum and rattle from his briefcase, beating out a loud rhythm into his microphone, while chanting what he later told this paper was "an ancient Ute peyote song to expunge evil spirits." As he chanted, his wife Karen led a group of a half-dozen demonstrators into the room, wearing pig masks and holding signs reading "SHAME", " 'SELL-URIDE, COLORADO" "CLIFFTOP SUCKS", and "CRUSH GRASPIES." Identifiable mask-wearers included woodworker/artist Mason Foster, snowboard champ Eric Banks, and "Rasta" Jennie France.     As Mayor Hoover gavelled and shouted for order, and Town Attorney Baines Beaverman rushed out to call the police, Thorne rushed the front of the room and attempted to wrest Rice's musical instruments away from him, only to be struck on the head with the offending Indian drum. Thorne fell, and the drum broke. Both men plan to sue, Thorne for assault with a deadly weapon, Rice for destruction of private property valued in excess of $500.     The ensuing shouting match between both pro- and anti-development factions, which included a loud dispute between demonstrator Mason Foster and his ski instructor wife Kelly, only ended when Sheriff Tramaine arrived with deputies Gorrell and Foozell. The hubbub quickly died down, and the meeting was prematurely adjourned.     Footnote of unknown significance: when Deputy Foozell returned to her patrol vehicle, she reported that once more "party or parties unknown" had "conspired to defecate" on the front seat. According to an unidentified witness, "(it) didn't look human. It was huge, the size of a medicine ball, and it was, like, smoking, like an organic bomb, something a bull moose or Bigfoot would leave behind."     What next, Sasquatch in the San Juans?