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Residents urge appointment of Mary Hopine to Planning Commission and call for travel-expense policy

Grand County Commission · January 7, 2026
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Summary

Multiple residents urged the Grand County Commission to appoint Mary Hopine to the Planning Commission, citing her decades of experience; several speakers also called for a formal travel-expenditure policy after reporting apparent overspending by some commissioners.

Several residents used the "citizens to be heard" period to ask the Grand County Commission to appoint a locally experienced candidate to the Planning Commission and to press the board for travel-expense accountability.

Bob O'Brien told the commission the candidate (name appears variably in the transcript as "Mary Holfine"/"Marie Hothien"/"Mary Hopine") had roughly 25 years…

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