Thank you to The Durango Herald for covering the Colorado Competitive Council’s recent visit to the Durango Chamber’s Eggs and Issues Forum.

I want to clarify a concern raised in a recent letter to the editor. The letter writer thought that a reference in the article to extreme politics was aimed at Democratic legislators. This was not a quote in the article because I neither said that nor believe it to be true. We have seen examples of extreme politics on both sides of the aisle, a point I did make at the forum.

I also noted that while businesses were apprehensive at the start of the session, compromise and progress were made on a number of pieces of key economic legislation.

The Colorado Competitive Council is a nonpartisan organization, and we work with both parties to achieve pragmatic public policy that ensure Coloradans have access to good jobs, affordable housing and a strong economy. We truly believe that collaboration and diverse viewpoints are the best ways to do that, and implement that approach in our work inside and outside the Capitol.

Rachel Beck

Denver