Dear Mrs. Dunbar

Understood. What I am hoping for is to find someone outside of Colorado willing to write a short letter to the editor of the Estes Park Trail-Gazette prior to the May 3 hospital board election saying absolutely nothing controversial except along the lines of "Drew Webb is an investor in SFS Farms, which will likely be one of the largest marijuana grow operations alongside what has historically been wine country in Santa Barbara County, potentially threatening our livelihoods." I'm not trying to put words in anyone's mouth. And it could be absolutely anyone's mouth. A person who runs the gift shop at one of the wineries twice a week. Or your dance studio or any neighboring business. It just has to be a real person. Someone who can point out his past history or ongoing history outside of Colorado isn't lily white. Already as a member of the Hospital Foundation Board (which isn't an elected position, but an appointed one) he went on record last year as advocating for getting rid of our only skilled nursing home because it wasn't making enough money, and again, although it was closed later last year and was a real sore point (our entire hospital should be closed if the goal was to make a profit) in the community, won't convince people not to vote for him because he joined all the right clubs locally and knows the right people. Hospital board is a nepotistic popularity contest, not a meritocracy. The publisher of the Trail-Gazette is Mike Romero, email mromero@prairiemountainmedia.com He is going to win the election anyway, because he has everyone here buffaloed, and will be endorsed by the Trail-Gazette editorial board, so even what I reprint from the "Independent" article won't hurt his reputation or his career advancement (at 75+ years old) in any way. I could probably dig up a story on him feeding plastic zip ties to sea turtles or shooting bald eagles and everyone locally would just yawn. I appreciate what you said and understand what you said is off the record. Thanks for the response and for helping to restore my sanity.

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