Douglas County welcomes your comments and expect that our conversation will follow the general rules of respectful civil discourse. This is a moderated blog, and Douglas County will only post comments from bloggers over 18 years of age that relate to topics on the Douglas County Blog. We do not discriminate against any views, but Douglas County reserves the right not to post comments based on the Terms and Conditions.

We recognize that the Web is a 24/7 medium and your comments are welcome at any time. We will review comments for posting within one business day. Comments submitted after hours or on weekends will be read and posted as early as possible the next business day. Bloggers are fully responsible for everything that they submit in their comments, and all posted comments are in the public domain.

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Douglas County will not publish your email address.

To protect your own privacy and the privacy of others, please do not include phone numbers or email addresses in the body of your comment.

Terms and Conditions:

Douglas County Government reserves the right to edit or decline entirely to publish your comments if they appear not to comply with the policies of Douglas County Government.

Those policies prohibit the use of Douglas County Blog for:

1. obscenity, pornography, or indecent material;
2. material that is slanderous, libelous, or defamatory;
3. any advertisement on behalf of a political candidate or ballot measure;
4. any advertisement for the sale of goods or services;
5. material that violates local, state, or federal law;
6. material that violates FCC (Federal Communications Commission) rules and regulations;
7. lotteries, gambling, or other games mentioning prizes;
8. any promotional material concerning products or services presented for the purpose of any solicitation of funds or items of value by other than government or pre-approved groups; or religious programming.

Please be aware that anyone may view your response on Douglas County Blog, anyone may copy your response and send your response to someone else, and neither you nor Douglas County Government has any control over who sees or uses your response. Your blog response may remain accessible for a long period of time after you send it. In sending a comment on Douglas County Blog, you are representing to Douglas County Blog that you understand these facts and that you are giving Douglas County Government permission to make any use of your response that they see fit.