Dear Editor,

I want to write a short letter to voice my support for Jake Niece and Lynn Padgett for Ouray County Commission. I have met and known both of these individuals from before they were running, and they are both upstanding individuals. I believe they have the county’s best interest at heart and want to preserve what makes Ouray County a great place to live.

For those of you who have been following it, the current county commissioners recently voted to allow what is basically a private g...