This week I am preparing to attend my daughter’s wedding in Wyoming. While I have been busy out in the community, I have to focus in and take care of family needs for a bit.
I attended several music events this weekend, including some of my favorite bluegrass at Howlin’ Wind.
I also attended a soccer game in Lakewood and a beer education event at Very Nice Brewing in Nederland.
I talked to a lot of local residents in Gilpin about candidates. It was pointed out to me that we should have prefaced the candidate profiles by saying “the questions asked were submitted by Gilpin residents, for the candidates forum. We explained this to each candidate ahead of time. Several complained they didn’t get to answer ALL the questions, so we shared all of them.” My apologies that it was not made clear in last weeks edition, but the questions were from you, our neighbors and readers, as well as anyone that sent an email ahead of time for the forum.
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