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Arapahoe County’s commissioners on Tuesday narrowly voted down a six-month moratorium on all new oil and gas drilling in the county, a decision at odds with the concerns of dozens of Aurora residents worried about the impact of energy extraction on their doorstep. The vote was 3-2 and followed two meetings filled with public comment for and against the issue. The moratorium would have stopped Arapahoe County from accepting any new applications from oil and gas companies to drill until this fall. A proposal to drill 174…