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My Day at the State Capitol (Carol Cochran, Grade 105)

2/25/2015

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Y’all all probably visited your state capitol when you were in the 5th grade or so.  If you haven’t gone back since, I highly recommend it.   

Yesterday TimCo and I got to participate in the Colorado Brewers Guild’s “Hill Climb” to visit our legislators.  It taught us a good deal about what these people are doing on a daily basis (and believe me, getting through the daily paperwork alone it makes starting up a biz seem like eating cupcakes).  It was a day that was impressive, entertaining, and educational.

We were under the guidance of Laura Long & Jeff Weist (of Weist Capitol Group), who work with the CBG and who had set up an agenda that allowed us to meet with specific legislators from our respective areas of the state.  
Despite the lack of politics below, the biggest eye-opener was that if you send your card in, these people representing you will come right out of meetings to clap eyes on you! Colorado: where politicians still work for the people.


The group represented breweries from all over the danged place and it was terrific to put some faces with the great beers we’ve been getting from them up in FoCo. 

Here’s the day in pictures.


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First off, how can you not be elated to live in a state where this is the view on the way in to the capitol?
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TimCo wore his big boy boots.  And socks.
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Displaying my amazing skillz as a photographer, 2 fairly awful pictures of our awesome participants for the day.
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Even if you think you hate politics, you should go up and tour this building.  It is incredible in its architecture and decoration.  And let's take a second and celebrate the fact that we don't have to polish these miles of (brass?) railings, shall we?  Unless you are the person responsible for said polishing, in which case, THANK YOU.
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How prescient was this guy?  A quick Googling tells me this was painted between 1938-40 (not sure on this; will have to do a tad more digging).  "This is a land where life is written in Water... Look to the Green within the Mountain cup look to the Prarie parched for Water lack..."
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LOVE OUR STATE where the Governor's rep wears very fine cowboy boots and our lobbyist has snowboots at hand to change out with her awesome heels (because it's sometimes slushy here on the way to the closest brewery).
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Happy hour with brewers/legislators @ Lost Highway Brewing Company.  Woot woot!
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...and a quick visit to El Camino Community Tavern in the Highlands.  Get a load.  How can you not love this place?  Great beer, great food, interesting people, and this list of priorities:
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It was still a huge and giddy rush to see the Horse & Dragon tap handle alongside these other great brands at El Camino.  Not sure that will ever get old...
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