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Don is not running to build a political career. He is bringing decades of federal fiduciary, regulatory, financial oversight, and accountability experience back home to serve Teller County residents. His service to Teller County includes years of no-cost wildfire mitigation, home-hardening education, tree work, volunteer training, and practical neighbor-to-neighbor service.
Now he is running to bring that same focus, discipline, and service ethic to county government. Don is running because Teller County needs officials who listen to citizens, respect volunteers, solve practical problems, and focus on the people who live here.
His campaign is built on five commitments:
Responsible and responsive county government
Wildfire readiness and public safety
Transparency and accountability
Respect for citizens and volunteers
Practical service over political ambition
Don believes county government should be accessible, fair, and focused on the needs of Teller County residents. Throughout his career, Don worked in banking, trust administration, fiduciary services, and federal regulation. He learned that a fiduciary's first responsibility is not to the institution—it is to the beneficiary. That same principle should guide government. Public officials are not owners of government. They are temporary stewards of the authority and resources entrusted to them by the people. Stewardship requires honesty, competence, prudence, and a continual duty to keep the public informed.
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Already Serving Teller County
Already Serving Teller County
Don has done something rare in local civic life: he has organized teenagers, retirees, working families, veterans, neighbors, and strangers to show up together and do hard physical work for people they may never have met. He gives volunteers ownership, purpose, and a place to belong. If Don can motivate people across generations to spend their weekends doing wildfire mitigation and yard work for their neighbors, he can help Teller County focus people, resources, and energy on practical results.
He is not asking voters to imagine what kind of public servant he might become. He has already been doing the work. Through NoFloCo Fire Mitigation Posse and related community service, he has helped residents reduce wildfire risk, understand home hardening, remove hazardous fuels, improve defensible space, and become more prepared to live safely in the wildland-urban interface.
His work has included:
Free and low-cost wildfire mitigation help for Teller County residents
No-cost home-hardening education
Hands-on training for property owners and volunteers
Tree removal and fuel reduction assistance
Community workdays built around neighbors helping neighbors
Practical wildfire-readiness education for people who live here
Don believes leadership begins by showing up, listening carefully, and doing useful work.
Proven Leadership: Federal Standards, Local Service
Don’s community wildfire work has been recognized far beyond Teller County. He also brings more than thirty years of fiduciary, regulatory, compliance, financial oversight, and risk-management experience, along with two decades of wildfire mitigation training, education, and hands-on community service.
NoFloCo Fire Mitigation Posse and Don Moore received the 2025 National Fire Mitigation Award, a national honor recognizing outstanding work and significant program impact in wildfire preparedness and mitigation.
That recognition matters because wildfire readiness is not an abstract issue in Teller County. It is a daily reality for families, neighborhoods, emergency responders, property owners, seniors, and rural communities. Don understands this work because he has done it on the ground.
Don is an international trainer for Cannon Financial on Fiduciary Responsibility and Regulation Compliance. He understands the need for transparency and adherence to policy. He is an advocate for citizen oversight and participation.
Before serving Teller County through wildfire mitigation, Don built a career in fiduciary responsibility, financial oversight, regulation, risk management, and compliance. As a former federal trust examiner and national fiduciary expert, he worked in environments where accuracy, transparency, documentation, lawful process, and public trust were not optional. He understands that public office is a fiduciary responsibility: elected officials are entrusted with public money, public authority, and public confidence.
Public Office Is A Public Trust
Public Office Is A Public Trust
Former OCC Trust Examiner
Fiduciary and risk-management professional
National policy and compliance experience
Financial oversight and accountability expertise
Decades managing complex fiduciary responsibilities
What Does Fiduciary Experience Mean for Teller County?
Don’s professional background means he knows how to read complex rules, follow documented processes, protect assets, manage risk, ask hard questions, and insist on clear accountability. Those are not abstract skills. They are exactly the skills Teller County needs when dealing with budgets, land use, public safety, emergency preparedness, grants, public records, and citizen trust.
"I was overwhelmed by the response of our fellow NoFloCo volunteers to mitigate our property in Indian Creek. The work was hard, the terrain was steep, the ladder fuel abundant, and what was accomplished in a few short hours was amazing. The meal for all after work was plentiful, delicious and totally over the top. Sincere thanks to all who spent their Saturday to help us. It is truly humbling." --Allen and Andrea Schultz, Highland Lakes Divide
"Don is the go-to-guy who not only cares, but gets the job done.
The Commissioners talk about getting things done for fire mitigation, but Don actually gets it completed.
I’ve never seen a commissioner volunteer to pick up a single stick for fire mitigation. Don has led a volunteer team helping 100’s of Teller residents."
--Judy Dunn, Colorado Mountain Estates, Florissant
Don’s Priorities
Don’s Priorities
Wildfire Readiness and Home Hardening
Wildfire Readiness and Home Hardening
Teller County lives with wildfire risk every day. Don will bring practical, field-tested experience to county conversations about mitigation, preparedness, evacuation planning, neighborhood readiness, and home hardening.
Transparent and Accountable Government
Transparent and Accountable Government
Don believes open meetings, public records, clear agendas, fair notice, and transparent decision-making are not technicalities. They are the foundation of public trust. County government should not make citizens fight for basic information, wonder how decisions were made, or feel punished for asking questions.
Respect for Citizens and Volunteers
Respect for Citizens and Volunteers
Teller depends on volunteers, neighbors, small organizations, churches, civic groups, and community members who step up. Don believes county government should support citizen service, not discourage it.
Practical Budgeting and Local Priorities
Practical Budgeting and Local Priorities
Don believes county resources should be focused on practical needs that directly benefit residents.
Protecting Teller County’s Rural Character
Protecting Teller County’s Rural Character
Teller County’s rural character is one of its greatest strengths. Don supports thoughtful planning that respects property owners, neighborhoods, public safety, and the long-term future of the county.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Don Moore’s name be printed on the ballot? No. Don is a write-in candidate. That means voters must use the write-in line.
Will Don Moore’s name be printed on the ballot? No. Don is a write-in candidate. That means voters must use the write-in line.
What exactly do I write? Don Moore
What exactly do I write? Don Moore
What is the most common mistake? Writing the name but forgetting to fill the bubble.
What is the most common mistake? Writing the name but forgetting to fill the bubble.
What is the most important thing to remember? Fill the bubble.
What is the most important thing to remember? Fill the bubble.
Can a write-in candidate win? Yes, if enough voters correctly complete the write-in line. That is why this campaign is focused on clear voter education.
Can a write-in candidate win? Yes, if enough voters correctly complete the write-in line. That is why this campaign is focused on clear voter education.
WHY DON MOORE?
Don is already serving Teller County through practical, neighbor-to-neighbor service.
Wildfire Readiness: For years, Don Moore has helped Teller County residents reduce wildfire risk through volunteer mitigation projects, free home-hardening assessments, community education, and hands-on service. His work with NoFloCo Fire Mitigation Posse helped earn the 2025 National Fire Mitigation Award, one of the nation’s highest recognitions for community wildfire preparedness and mitigation.
Transparency and Accountability: Professionally, Don spent more than 25 years in fiduciary services, financial oversight, risk management, regulatory compliance, and public-accountability work. He began his career as a federal Trust Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, helping oversee institutions responsible for billions of dollars in assets and matters of public trust. During his career, Don worked with budgets, fiduciary responsibilities, and assets far exceeding Teller County’s approximately $50 million annual budget.
Practical Leadership: Some people know Don as the neighbor who shows up with a chainsaw, work gloves, and volunteers. That is true, and it matters. Don has organized people across generations to show up, work hard, and serve neighbors they may never have met. He gives people ownership, purpose, and a place to belong.
Respect for Citizens: Don believes County Commissioners should act as fiduciaries for the people they serve: carefully managing public resources, listening to citizens, and making decisions based on facts, accountability, and long-term stewardship.
Service Before Salary: If elected, Don has pledged to donate his commissioner salary back into community needs.
Don Moore’s Values and Priorities
Don Moore’s Values and Priorities
Don Moore believes deeply in the United States Constitution and the principles that shaped this country: individual liberty, limited government, equal treatment under the law, private property rights, due process, free speech, and government accountability. He believes freedom is not just a national idea. It matters here at home, in Teller County, in the daily decisions made by county government. Local government should serve the people, not manage, punish, or control them unnecessarily.
Don believes government should stay out of people’s private lives as much as possible. Residents should not have to ask permission for every ordinary use of their homes, land, businesses, or community spaces. When regulation is truly necessary for health, safety, or fairness, it should be clear, limited, practical, and applied equally. He supports reducing unnecessary local regulation that burdens working families, small businesses, volunteers, property owners, and community organizations. That includes careful review of local contractor licensing, event permits, short-term rental restrictions, burn permits, greenhouse limitations, and other rules that may create more bureaucracy than public benefit.
Don believes regulations should never be used as tools of favoritism, punishment, retaliation, or political pressure. If a rule exists, it should be written clearly, publicly explained, and enforced fairly, regardless of who someone knows, who they support, what they say, or whether they are politically connected. He believes Teller County residents deserve fair and unbiased treatment from their government. County decisions should be based on facts, law, safety, and the public interest, not personal relationships, selective enforcement, insider access, or private preferences.
Don also believes in practical problem-solving. When residents raise concerns, the first response from government should not be denial, delay, or punishment. It should be listening, explanation, and a genuine effort to solve the problem with the least intrusion necessary.
Don’s priorities are simple:
Protect constitutional rights.
Respect private property.
Reduce unnecessary regulation.
Apply rules fairly and consistently.
Defend free speech and citizen participation.
Support local contractors, small businesses, volunteers, and property owners.
Make county government more transparent, accountable, and responsive.
Keep public safety rules practical, understandable, and evidence-based.
Restore trust by treating residents with respect, whether they are insiders or ordinary citizens asking hard questions.
Don Moore is running because he believes Teller County government should be limited, fair, transparent, and accountable. He believes public office is a position of trust, and that trust must be earned through honesty, equal treatment, careful stewardship, and respect for the people.
Don Is Running the County, Literally
Don Is Running the County, Literally
Beginning July 1, Don will be running across Teller County to meet residents, listen to concerns, and bring attention to the write-in campaign. When you see Don in the purple shirt, remember: Fill the bubble. Write in Don Moore.
This campaign is a civics lesson, a service campaign, and a countywide conversation.
Help Don Win as a Write-In Candidate
Help Don Win as a Write-In Candidate
A write-in campaign depends on people helping other people remember exactly what to do.
You can help:
I will display a yard sign.
I will host a neighborhood coffee or small gathering.
I will remind five voters to fill the bubble and write in Don Moore.
I will write a short testimonial.
I will volunteer at events.
I will help with phone calls or emails.
I will help voters remember to return their ballots.
Invite Don to Your Group
Invite Don to Your Group
Don plans to attend meetings, book clubs, public celebrations, neighborhood gatherings, community events, and local conversations across Teller County. Invite Don to speak with your group about his campaign, wildfire readiness, county government, transparency, or why he is running as a write-in candidate.
Contribute
Contribute
Campaign contributions help pay for signs, voter instruction cards, mailers, banners, event materials, and outreach across Teller County.
Contributions help teach voters the important:
Fill the bubble. Write in Don Moore.
A Different Kind of Commissioner Campaign
A Different Kind of Commissioner Campaign
Don Moore has already served Teller County without a title.
He has already helped residents without a paycheck. He has already shown up with tools, training, time, and practical help. Now he is asking voters to write him in for Teller County Commissioner.
Don semi-retired at 47 after years of hard work, careful saving, disciplined investing, and responsible financial planning. He continues to work because he believes useful work matters. That is why his campaign is built around service, stewardship, and giving back, not personal financial gain.
Service Before Salary
Service Before Salary
If elected, Don Moore will donate his County Commissioner salary back into Teller County community needs. Don is not running for a paycheck.
He is running because he believes Teller County deserves practical, accountable, service-minded leadership. His salary pledge will prioritize community benefit, including wildfire readiness, emergency preparedness, youth and senior needs, local volunteer efforts, and practical projects that directly help Teller County residents.
Fill the Bubble. Write in Don Moore.
Certified Write-In Candidate for Teller County Commissioner
Certified Write-In Candidate for Teller County Commissioner
This November, Don Moore is running for Teller County Commissioner as a certified write-in candidate.
His name will not be printed on the ballot. You must do two things:
Fill the bubble next to the write-in line.
Write in: Don Moore
Why Accountability Matters to Don Moore
Why Accountability Matters to Don Moore
People sometimes ask how Don became involved in public oversight and eventually a federal lawsuit against Teller County.
He did not set out to become an activist. He got involved because volunteer firefighters contacted him with serious concerns about what was happening inside the Florissant Fire Protection District. They feared retaliation if they spoke publicly, but they wanted citizens to know what was going on. Don responded by encouraging local residents to attend an open public meeting. Almost immediately, a board member angrily objected, asking how Don dared invite people to a public meeting.
That moment changed everything.
Public meetings are supposed to be public. Citizens are supposed to ask questions. Government bodies are supposed to welcome oversight, not fear it. As he paid closer attention, he saw troubling patterns: lack of clear public notice, board appointments instead of elections, questions about board eligibility, and resistance to basic transparency. He began asking questions, reviewing records, and sharing information with the public.
Soon after, Teller County sent him a Notice of Violation concerning his property. For months, he asked simple questions: What specific rule are we violating? What evidence supports the allegation? What exactly is an “event”? Who else is being treated the same way?
He never received clear answers. He offered to let county officials inspect the property, review his calendars, examine his procedures, and see what he was actually doing. They refused unless he went to apply for a Special Use Permit, which he did not believe was legally required. After nearly a year of unanswered questions, restricted use of his property, and unequal treatment, he filed suit.
The lawsuit is not about money. It is about the right of citizens to speak, ask questions, receive fair notice, and be treated equally by their government. Those principles matter to everyone. They are also why Don is running.
To see the court records and learn more about Moore v Campbell, Williams, Stone, et. al go here.
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