And I always think when I am there, first of all, what the character must have been like, the collaboration must have been like, and how empty the political conversation here would sound to the people that built Silverton.
Michael Bennet: “And I always think when I am there, first of all, what the character must have been like, the collaboration must have…”
On the recordSeptember 30, 2015
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Bennet contrasts current political discussions with the historical efforts of Silverton's founders.
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