It’s not every day that a congressional aide tells a CCL chapter, “Keep up the incredible work — it’s helping!” But that’s exactly what happened to our Durango, Colorado, chapter recently.
Chapter member @Kathy Fackler does outreach to conservative leaders on Colorado’s Western Slope and has built a relationship with a conservative county commissioner. Together, Kathy says, “We’ve been tag-teaming on the media, lobbying, and grasstops levers for 18 months.” They first published a joint op-ed last year, and earlier this fall, they published a second in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
When a congressional aide spotted the op-ed, he reached out to Kathy praising her ability to build bridges across ideological lines and encouraging the chapter’s work. He said, “I'm truly impressed — and deeply grateful — for your work on that.”
The rest of the chapter is hard at work and getting results, too. Chapter lead @Gail Harriss organizes the city-wide Earth Day celebration every year and maintains alliances with League of Women Voters and local environmental organizations. @Susan Atkinson is a prolific op-ed writer, published nationally and regionally. Susan and @John Purser gave a talk on carbon footprints and carbon pricing at Fort Lewis College earlier this fall. @Andrew Zeiler and @Wendy Pollak table for CCL at various community events and help with event promotion. @Mark Fackler, Kathy’s husband, served as the liaison to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03), and will be liaison to newly-elected Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO-03) starting in January.
Kathy, Mark, Andrew, John, Gail, and Susan are pictured above. Way to go, CCL Durango!
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