September 13, 2014 04:39 PM UTC

Jefferson County Democrats honor Mary Ann and Dennis Larsen with Lifetime Achievment award

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• by: wade norris

The Annual Jefferson County Democratic party of Colorado is having it’s 40th annual Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner. At this Dinner, the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ was given to Mary Ann and Dennis Larson.
I asked them what this meant to them.

Question “Why is this so important to you, why does this inspire you to work for the Democrats?”

Mary Ann Larsen

When we moved here, I can remember the spot where I was, I was driving and I heard that there was some people in Congress who said that
‘No, Women don’t deserve Equal Rights’
and I stopped my car and I said
‘Am I not a human being?’
‘Am I not a citizen of the United States?’
Why do I have to spend my time and my money to fight for something that should just be mine. That was the turning point for me.
I want something better for my daughters, granddaughters and all the other women of the World.

Dennis Larsen

With Regards to Veterans, I’ve always been concerned with how they are treated after they’ve left service.
(I’ve worked on) Getting people that are like minded that want to support candidates that support Veterans issues.

Question
“How has this area changed since you moved here”

Dennis Larsen

When we first moved to this area, (Jefferson County) you could not get elected as a Democrat.

Mary Ann Larsen

There have been a lot of good leaders in the Jeffco Democrats and I want to thank everyone of them and I want to thank all of the politicians.

Dennis Larsen

We really feel privileged that we have been given the honor to represent all of the volunteers that are out there because they’re hard working and they’ve given a lot of their time and even their money to make this a better World.
Because of the honor that has been bestowed upon we give thanks to the Democratic Party of Jefferson County.