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October 31, 2005
Report from Morgan County Unity Dinner
Saturday night, I drove up to Fort Morgan to attend the Morgan County Democrats' Unity Dinner.
I was impressed with the crowd - well over 40 people attending this potluck event in Northeast Colorado.
Attendees were treated to a presentation from a Morgan Community College professor and the President of the college on the impacts of failure to pass C&D on higher education. Morgan Community College is growing in enrollment, but there are genuine fears that the college will either have to shut down or constrict greatly if C&D don't pass.
(As an aside, the MCC professor giving the presentation admitted that he was a Republican, but also admitted that "there are a lot of Republicans that I'm not going to be able to vote for next year due to their stances on C&D.")
Also there was Rep. Angie Paccione, who is running for the 4th CD. While incumbent Marilyn Musgrave is supposedly from Fort Morgan, the people that I talked to didn't seem impressed with that fact -- they never see her in Fort Morgan. Even in Morgan County, they're ready for a new Congresswoman.
Paccione mentioned a very interesting fact that I had not heard: polling is showing that Marilyn Musgrave's "re-elect" number is an embarassingly low 36%! That bodes well for Paccione's bid in the 4th.
All in all, Morgan County's Dems seem truly fired up to continue the Democratic transformation of Colorado!
For pictures from the Morgan County Dinner, go here.
Posted by dslater at October 31, 2005 09:11 AM
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