Energy gives back

Dear Editor:For Northwest Colorado residents, last week brought excitement and anticipation building up to a well-earned holiday weekend. The holiday brought excitement for the West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association too, but for a different reason. As reported by last week, local governments and schools received checks for more than $54 million from the energy sector. In fact, Rio Blanco County received more than $7.6 million. Not a bad way to wind down the…