Dear Gilpin County readers,
I don’t plan to talk about county finances, the true facts are out there for you to read. I encourage you to do so. I am going to speak from my heart.
I have known Sandy as a friend for about 7 years. Although she has been an acquaintance long before that. (There is a difference between an acquaintance and a friend.) I have many acquaintances and only a few true friends. But our passion for volunteering brought us closer together and now she is a true friend.
In 2017 we started brewing a plan to grow a garden to grow fresh mountain grown produce to supplement the Gilpin Co. Food Pantry. In 2018 the garden beds were redone to help ward off critters and give us a greater yield. Sandy’s experience as a master gardener helped us be able to provide mountain grown produce for 4 months a year to the food pantry.
In March of 2020 the world altering pandemic hit the world and things turned upside down. Gilpin Co. was hit especially hard. The Food Pantry had to kick into overdrive. Sandy was right there to help put together 70 + boxes of supplement to food per week and also being there to load peoples cars.
Seeing a need to help people feed their beloved pets. Sandy contacted the Colorado Pet Pantry and made arrangements to pick up 600 lbs. of pet food each month. And still today she goes to Boulder once a month to help support our community.
Also tragic in 2020 was the East Troublesome Fire. Animals were evacuated to Gilpin County Fairgrounds. There were horses, llamas, ducks, chickens, a great big pig, dogs and cats. Sandy signed up to feed, clean and give support to the needs of the community. Something as a commissioner is always on her mind - What Is Best for all of the community.
She is an active member in the Peak to Peak Rotary and High Country Axillary.
And since becoming Gilpin County Commissioner she dove in head first to do the best job possible for all of the residents of Gilpin Co. The job of the county commissioner has many hats. Caring for our County locally, but also having to be involved on the state and national level to be aware of what might affect our Little Kingdom of Gilpin.
So having a county commissioner who is well versed in the way government works is very important.
Black Hawk sold out to the corporate casino businesses. We need a County Commissioner that will not sell our county out to Black Hawk.
Respectfully,
Roxy Goss
Gilpin County
