Mr. Coffman: take from the poor to give to the rich

US Rep Mike Coffman made more statements this past weekend regarding the Pinon Canyon expansion - primarily that enlarging the little used maneuver site will be an 'economic benefit for Aurora and Colorado Springs'. Yet even he admits there are other locations that can be used for training our troops that they already own.

Read the Post story on it along with the almost 30 responses.

Read the Pueblo Chieftain letter to the editor on agriculture, water and land.

It's also important to note that the area he represents has a very high concentration of defense contractors - from Boeing to Northrup Grumman.

Seems his efforts to push the expansion through are against the majority of other Republicans and Democrats in the state. It's not the partisan issue he is trying to spin it into.