Dear Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to inform the citizens of Rio Blanco County of some behind-the-scenes work that your commissioners and your County Emergency Manager Ty Gates have been involved in the past year and half.
First, the statute for emergency management lies within the commissioner prevue. In January 2015, they hired Ty Gates to manage the program.
The commissioners, upon my suggestion, allowed Gates to attend the state’s Emergency Management…
