The state legislators representing counties in Northwest Colorado held a Town Hall in Steamboat Springs Sunday afternoon.

 

Here’s Senator Dylan Roberts.

“As Western Slope legislators, where we are far outnumbered by Front Range legislators, we have to work together to make sure our region’s voices are heard and that we are able to gather enough support to get our priorities passed, and that’s what we worked really hard to do and I think we were very successful at that.”

 

Here’s Representative Meghan Lukens, who sponsored 18 bills that passed this session.

“All of the bills that we worked on this legislative session were direct results from our constituents, concerns and questions, and we prioritized education as well as a lot of issues that are impacting rural Colorado, specifically, so it was an honor to be working on behalf of the people of House District 26 this legislative session.”

 

Both Senator Roberts and Rep. Lukens sponsored SB23-256, which is a wolf bill that would have allowed lethal mitigation for livestock producers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. That bill was vetoed by Governor Polis.

 

At one point during the Town Hall, three members of the audience persisted with multiple questions about the increase in property taxes. Routt County Commissioner Tim Corrigan stepped in and said they were welcome to speak with him directly, instead of the legislators, about the issue, since it was more county specific.