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A campaign flier being distributed for Jeffco school board candidate Preston Branaugh contains the following conversation.
“DadVanHorn: So what did our sons learn in school today?
“Son: I learned we evolved from mud.
“Son: I learned we’ll be safer when all our firearms are confiscated.
“Son: I learned that you don’t pay enough taxes.”

The Gallup organization recently released a stunning poll showing that 81 percent of Americans are unhappy with the way the country is being governed.
Further breaking down those poll numbers, the Gallup press release went on to note that “57 percent have little or no confidence in the federal government to solve domestic problems, exceeding the previous high of 53 percent recorded in 2010 and well exceeding the 43 percent who have little or no confidence in the government to solve international problems.”

By Ron Hopp

When Laura Boggs was elected to the Jefferson County Board of Education two years ago, it caught a lot of people by surprise. It looked like incumbent Sue Marinelli was headed for re-election in an uncontested race until Boggs pulled and returned candidate papers just before the deadline. Running under the radar, Boggs upset the incumbent and has been a controversial and polarizing member of the school board in her first two years.