Brief by Central Staff
Politics – January 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
A big improvement on a gold watch?
Gunnison County Commissioner Fred Field will leave office this month, after serving for 23 years.
County employees, who gathered at a Christmas party on Dec. 10, wanted to give him a retirement present.
Instead of the traditional gold watch, he got a pickup, although it wasn’t a new one. County manager John DeVore noted that Field was quite miserly in approving new vehicles for county departments, and so, they gave him a “1984 county truck, complete with maintenance records.” It’s a red 1984 GMC with a snowplow, and should be useful at his ranch near Parlin.
At that gathering, it was also announced that the county fairgrounds will henceforth be known as the Fred R. Field Western Heritage Center.
