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RoCo meets a local politician, gaining an understanding of who’s running this locale.

Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-13)

Deanna Peel On the Life of a Chief-of-Staff

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Very soon after Colleen and I dove headfirst into the local political scene, we figured something out that to more seasoned politicos might sound a touch obvious. The people to know–the ones who have all the answers–are the chiefs of staff to the politicians. They arrange the professional lives of their bosses, after all, and managing delicate relationships is so much of what politics involves. This is ever truer the more local you get. Sure, Senator Guy Guzzone (D-13) is pretty high-up at the state level, but it’s still true in his case. And it’s why I wanted to talk … Read more

Del. Jen Terrasa (D-13) on A Political Threshold

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When we sat down to chat about her political history and her political future–not to mention her political present!–at RoCo’s RV, Jen Terrasa (D-13) told me that she had a vision, if you will, of the house that sits just beyond where our vehicular home is currently parked. “Colleen, for whatever reason, it looks like there’s a pond or a lake in the backyard. Is there?” she asked me, her head resting on a hand propped up by the couch we sat on. I told her there wasn’t, that it was a gently rolling stretch of grass. I thought, though, … Read more