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The Denver Post becomes the latest in a growing collection of major media outlets to note the deterioration of effective government, quality of life, etc. associated with El Paso County's decades-long ideological experiment eviscerating its own revenue base.

Note to Grover Norquist: next time you're in town, pack your own food and water--the health department seems to have drowned in a bathtub.

If you're swimming in El Paso County this summer, try not to swallow much water - nobody will have checked it for contaminants.

Be gentle with that playground equipment, too, because once it gets banged up, it's gone for good.

Anyone dining out might also want to take a peek at the restaurant's certificate of inspection, because the health department isn't getting around to eateries like it used to.