Here’s Rio Blanco County … by the numbers

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.
She started off by giving some historical perspective.
“In ‘82, when we had our last oil and gas boom, that’s when we took a big jump (in assessed value) in Rio Blanco County,” Neilson said. “Then,…