Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert visited a small community in Morgan County, in the eastern part of her state, promising to address a long-standing issue that has left locals with “toxic black sludge” in place of clean drinking water.
Boebert this week toured the Prairie View Ranch Water District, which lies 50 miles north of Denver, and told the residents: “This is something that certainly needs to be addressed. I’m sorry it’s been ignored for two decades.