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Here’s Rio Blanco County … by the numbers

March 5, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Leave a Comment

County Assessor Renae Neilson knows her numbers. Speaking at an meeting last month of Rio Blanco County Democrats, Neilson, who, by the way, is a Republican, recited figures mostly off the top of her head, with very few notes.

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