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If you have not already voted with a mail-in ballot, you can avoid the lines at the polls on election day by voting early. You have until 5:00 pm, Friday, Oct. 29 to vote early at the La Plata County Clerks & Recorder's Office at 98 Everett St. in Bodo Park (Behind the Comfort Inn), or at Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 Hwy 160B. Get out and Vote!

The League of Women Voters is hosting 3 candidate forums this week. These are but just a few of the 18 forums to have been held by the time the election is over. In the off chance, you still have not decided who your favorite candidate for county commissioner is, then I encourage you to attend.
- Monday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., Bayfield Town Hall
- Wednesday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m., Ignacio Community Library
- Thursday, Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m., Durango City Hall

By unanimous vote, the La Plata County Farm Bureau endorsed my candidacy for County Commissioner. Admittedly, I am not a farmer/rancher, but the Bureau felt I am the candidate who will best represent agriculture and the rural community in La Plata County.

The Durango Herald reported today I do not support a tax on medical marijuana (MMJ), while the other candidates do. This is true for now, for two reasons. One, my starting position to the government budget crisis is to not immediately run to a new tax increase of any sort, until, a legitimate case has been built for doing so, it has been completed vetted in the public, and the intended uses of the revenue and public benefit have been clearly defined. Government has to first learn to live within its means before it can ask the public to reach back into its pockets.