October 23, 2009 05:03 PM UTC

Penry Trolls For Anti-McInnis Votes In Southern Colorado

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• by: Colorado Pols

Following up on yesterday’s story, the Pueblo Chieftain reports today:

State Sen. Josh Penry is back in Southern Colorado today, planning campaign stops in Trinidad and Walsenburg to remind local residents that he and fellow Republican Scott McInnis are far apart on the question of the Army’s plans to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.

“I think it’s a great issue for a Republican primary,” the Grand Junction lawmaker said during a brief stop in Pueblo on Thursday.

Penry has opposed the Army’s expansion of the 238,000-acre training area, while McInnis has insisted there are landowners who want to sell to the Army…

Although the Army and area ranchers have been at loggerheads over the issue for nearly four years, McInnis insists there are landowners who want to sell to the Army. He has said that Pinon Canyon’s expansion is important to the future of Fort Carson, one of the state’s largest employers.

That policy difference is one reason Penry has been willing to make regular campaign stops in Southeastern Colorado.

A poll follows–who does this fight help more in a statewide GOP primary?

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