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City of Durango:
Click here to see the Center of Southwest Studies' inventory of its records of the City of Durango, Colorado.
all reached at City Hall, 949 E. 2nd Ave., 81301, switchboard phone 970-375-5000,
Email: info@ci.durango.co.us              City Council phone 970-375-5005

City Council Member Michael Rendon  (Apr. 2011)
{Home: , Durango, CO 81301}       Email:

La Plata County--(and their responsibilities)
Click here to see the Center of Southwest Studies' inventory of its La Plata County records.
Most county government offices are located at 1060 E. 2nd Ave., Durango, CO 81301; phone 970-382-6200; Fax 970-382-6299

State of Colorado:

Governor Bill Ritter (D) (Jan. 2011)
136 State Capitol Building, Denver, CO 80203-1792
Phone 303-866-2471, Fax 303-866-2003, Email: Governor.ritter@state.co.us
[When sending email, include a Colorado mailing address if you wish to receive a reply, and do not include any attachments.]

Governor's Citizen's Advocate Office  "A resource for citizens to address concerns and obtain information related to state government."
Web-based email form: http://www.colorado.gov/apps/oit/governor/citizen/assistanceUtility/requestAssistanceGovOffice.jsf
127 State Capitol, Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) 866-2885    Fax: (303) 866-6326
Governor's Office toll-free phone: 800-283-7215

Secretary of State Mike Coffman (R) (Jan. 2011)
Civic Center Plaza, 1560 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202
Phone 303-894-2204, Fax 303-894-2212, Email: sos.admin1@state.co.us

State Senator Jim Isgar (D) (Jan. 2009)*       (Colorado Senate District 6)
State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax, Room 332, Denver, CO 80203
Phone 303-866-4884, Email isgarsenate@frontier.net
{Home: 11190 CR 141, Hesperus, CO 81326, Phone 970-385-7664}
Note: Jim Isgar replaced Jim Dyer as State Senator for Colorado Senate District 6. 
 Click here to see the Center's inventory of the Jim Dyer collection.

State Representative Ellen Roberts (R) (Jan. 2009)*  (Colorado House District 59)
State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Room 317, Denver, CO 80203
{Home: 11190 CR 141, Hesperus, CO 81326, Phone 970-385-7664}
Phone 303-866-2914, Email ellen.roberts.house@state.co.us

Pamela Jo Suckla - State Board of Education (R) (Jan. 2009)*      (Congressional District 3)
State Capitol, 201 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203      Phone 303-866-6817, Fax 303-866-6938, Email state.board@cde.state.co.us

Visit http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/SWColoLeg.htm for a list of persons whom the voters of Southwestern Colorado sent to the Colorado legislature.

United States:

Senator Wayne Allard (R) (Jan. 2009)*
525 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone 202-224-5941, Fax 202-224-6471, Web link for sending email: allard.senate.gov/contactme
Website http://www.senate.gov/~allard/
{Durango office: Aaryn Richardson, Area Director, 954 East Second Ave. Suite 107, Phone 970-375-6311, Fax 970-375-1321.  Grand Junction office: Derek Wagner, Area Director, 215 Federal Building, 400 Rood Ave., 81501, Phone 970-245-9553, Fax 970-245-9523}-- this is the best contact for the Senator's constituent services for the Western Slope of Colorado.
{the Senator's other offices in Colorado are in Englewood, Greeley, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo}

Senator Ken Salazar (D) (Jan. 2011)
702 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone 202-224-5852, Fax 202-228-5036, Web link for sending email: http://salazar.senate.gov/contactus.cfm
Website http://salazar.senate.gov/
{Durango office: 835 East 2nd Avenue, Suite 203, Durango, CO 81301, Phone: 970-259-1710, Fax: 970-259-9789}

{Note: the Center of Southwest Studies is the official repository for the papers of retired U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, including his service as a Colorado state representative (1983-1987), as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987-1992), and as a U.S. Senator (1993-2004), but those papers are not yet available for researchers' use.}

Congressman John Salazar (D) (Jan. 2009)*         (U.S. 3rd Congressional District)
1531 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-0603
Phone 202-225-4761, Fax 202-, Website http://www.house.gov/salazar/ , Email co03@housemail.house.gov
{Durango office: Southwest Colorado Area Representative: 700 Main Ave, Suite F, Durango, CO 81301}  (Other offices are in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, and Pueblo.)

{Note: the Center of Southwest Studies is the official repository for the papers of retired Congressman Scott McInnis, including his service as a Colorado state representative (1983-1992) and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1992-2004).  The federal papers are closed to researchers until Jan. 31, 2007.  Congressman McInnis is a Fort Lewis College graduate, as were a number of his interns and legislative aides in D.C., such as Jon Hrobski, Andy Folkestad, and Mac Zimmerman}

President George W. Bush (R) (Jan. 2009)*
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500
Phone 202-456-1414, Fax 202-456-2461, Email: comments@whitehouse.gov

White House comment line, to register your opinion on an issue: Phone 202-456-1111.
White House comment line, for when a bill has been signed or vetoed: Phone 202-456-2226.

Vice President Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (R) (Jan. 2009)*
Phone 202-456-2326 or -7125, Email: Vice.President@whitehouse.gov

Informational resources:        

Federal Government Information toll-free phone number: 1-888-688-9889

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present  (includes information about 13,000 individuals who served in the Continental Congress and the 1st  through the 105th Congresses as Senators, Representatives, Delegates, Resident Commissioners and Vice Presidents).

Notes/ explanations: 
Month and year after name (and party affiliation abbreviation, where applicable) indicate when the term expires. 
An asterisk * after the term expiration date indicates that the office is up for election in 2008. 
Those noted (term limit) will be unable to serve another term.  
The next U.S. primary election is August, 2008.
The next U.S. general election is November, 2008.
The next City of Durango election is in April, 2009.

National Debt Clock

The Gross National Debt

The total amount of federal debt as of February 2006 is $8.2 trillion.  As of 2/2006, the debt per U.S. citizen was $26,461.83.
The United States federal government borrows $1.8 billion every day to finance its operations.

About the Center of Southwest Studies: The Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies, located in a new building next to the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, is (among other things) a public repository for government/ political records of our region, including the papers of our state and federal representatives and selected historical records of the City of Durango and of La Plata County.  The Center also is building a collection of printed materials and ephemera pertaining to elections affecting this region: Southwest political materials collection M 142 (donations are invited).  Click here to see a brief description of special collections holdings at the Center of Southwest Studies relating to the politics and government of southwestern Colorado. You are invited to visit the Center.

This list is Form SW-49, maintained by the Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, phone 247-7126,  Email: archives@fortlewis.edu

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