Up and down el Rio Blanco: No new taxes

Meeker High School teacher and former Colorado state representative Kathleen Kelley quoted president Thomas Jefferson before moderating the Meeker Board of Education candidate forum Monday last.
“Information is the currency of democracy,” quoted Kelley.
It is budget season for local taxing entities and a good time to take inventory of what we have in Rio Blanco County.
In this week’s issue, we published the county’s assessed value for 2011 at $1.303 billion (yes, billion) dollars…