February is American Heart Month, and the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) is encouraging residents to take small steps toward better heart health. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death...
Category - Regular Folks Rising
Regular Folks Rising (RFR) is the brain child of my dearly departed friend, Hugh McKean. Then the House Minority Leader of the Colorado General Assembly, Hugh shared my passion for conversations, communication, building understanding and consensus.
We hoped RFR would be a mechanism by which we could communicate the important role of self-governance and re-engage “regular folks” with a process that, regrettably, has become to vitriolic and contentious.
Colorado is great when regular folks participate. Jingoistic, I know, but that truly was our goal – to re-engage regular folks with the government that should serve them. That’s still my hope. In memory of my friend, who died suddenly on October 30, 2022, I feel compelled to restart and “finish that work” here. It may be slow, but please follow along.