As difficult as this legislative session was — and with all of the money wrangling it was a real doozy — first-term northwest Colorado senator Al White expects next year’s session to be even tougher.
“I’m very concerned about next year,” said White, a Republican from Hayden, whose district includes Rio Blanco County. “The drastic measures we had to take this year, there’s nothing left. There are no rabbits left in the hat to soften…
White reflects on ‘difficult’ session
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Hello,
I am a new comer to Meeker and Rio Blanco county, although hard times have fallen on many small communties good things could come out of this. Meeker needs to realize, like it or not money needs to come from somewhere. Controled growth would certainly be something to think about. I know that I will probably be tared and feathered for this but unless a business comes into to make it a profitable place to be people will look else where not only to shop but also to live.