On Saturday, Coloradans northof I-70 continued to show their displeasure with Obama Care.  According to Complete Colorado:

One day after Congressman Jared Polis was “mobbed”at a Boulder coffee shop by constituents wanting to talk health care issues, between two andthree hundred people showed up for a similar “Q & A” session with Representative Ed Perlmutter. Perlmutter held his meeting outside the King Soopers grocery store on Bromley Lane in Brighton.

Polis and Perlmutter are Democrats respectively representing the 2nd and 7th congressional districts. 

Residents of the 4th congressional district may wonder where their representative is during this August recess.   According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan, Congresswoman Betsy Markey is in Israel on a “fact-finding trip.”  After her return, residents anxious to speak with her will get their chance.

Markey’s office is finalizing plans for “Congress on Your Corner” events in August in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Fort Morgan, Sterling and southeast Colorado. She also plans two town-hall style forums during the recess, one in Greeley focusing on the impact of health-care reform on Medicare and another on the Eastern Plains focusing on agriculture issues.

Face the State reports that Markey’s office is citing “’security concerns’ before setting any firm plans.’” That may explain why 4thCD residents don’t have any firm dates to meet with their congresswoman.  There is no question that No CO residents have been loud and clear about “hands off my health care,” and that Markey will face tough questions on the issue.

A note about press coverage on Markey and the 4th CD (and politics in general).  For good reporting, check out Coloradoan editor Bob Moore’s blog.  He does a thorough job with his research, is unafraid to admit when he has made a mistake and gets criticism and praise from all sides.  Agree or disagree, his blog is worth reading.

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