John Hickenlooper hit the road this weekend and made several stops along the Western Slope — including Steamboat Springs, Grand Junction, Delta, and Gunnison — to meet with voters and talk about the top issues facing Coloradans.
John kicked off the swing in Steamboat Springs where he stopped in on small businesses along Main Street and heard from small business owners on what kind of relief they need from Washington.
Read more in the Steamboat Pilot or listen to John’s interview with Steamboat Radio.
After Steamboat, John headed down to Grand Junction and heard from firefighters on the front lines fighting the Pine Gulch fire. Climate change is making Colorado’s fire season worse, and Congress isn’t doing anything about it.
John then sat down with KREX in Grand Junction to discuss Washington’s lack of leadership, his record of leading Colorado through crisis, and Colorado’s success implementing vote by mail.
Watch the interview HERE.
On Saturday, John held a roundtable discussion with Grand Junction teachers to hear about their concerns during this unprecedented back to school season and what Washington should be doing to help safely reopen schools.
Watch coverage from KKCO here or read more in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
John then stopped by Delta Memorial Hospital, one of 12 rural hospitals John saved as Governor, and highlighted his work to expand health care to 500,000 Coloradans and his plans to secure universal coverage in Washington. Meanwhile 9News took a look at Senator Cory Gardner’s new sham health care bill and concluded it “is actually horse excrement.”
As the Delta County Independent reported, John also took on Gardner for attacking the media:Hickenlooper also defended the nation’s free press when asked about Gardner’s recent remarks that the media wants Republicans to lose.
“Any good democracy is dependent upon a free and independent media. I’d love to compare when Cory Gardner thinks they’ve attacked him and when I think they’ve attacked me. Yea, the media is trying to tell the truth and they interpret things that I disagree with vehemently….it’s the media, I expect that. A free and independent media is essential to the American style of democracy.”
Overlooking the Curecanti National Recreation Area, John was joined by Commissioner Jonathan Houck and other conservation advocates to discuss the CORE Act and Senator Gardner’s refusal to support legislation to protect 400,000 acres of Colorado’s public lands.
And finally, John wrapped up by cutting the ribbon on the new headquarters for the Gunnison Democratic Party and spoke to a small crowd about the importance of this election.
