Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Gumption

Rio Blanco County republicans held their annual general assembly last Saturday in Rangely on the CNCC campus with 51 delegates attending. I admire what republican chairman David Smith called the “gumption” it takes to “step up” and run for office.
It does take a lot of initiative, courage, aggressiveness, resourcefulness, spunk, guts, common sense and shrewdness — all admirable traits — to run for an office or local board. It is my hope we all…