A Letter to the Voters of House District 24: Service

Service starts long before a person files for office.

It starts with showing up. It starts with serving your community when there is no title on the line, no vote to win, and no guarantee of credit. It starts with listening, working through problems, raising money, making hard decisions, and taking responsibility when something needs to get done.

That kind of service matters because it teaches you what a community really needs.

I have served Park County for years, not because I was running for office, but because I care about our home.

I currently serve as Chair of the Park County Travel Council, Cody Yellowstone, helping oversee a roughly $4.5 million annual budget that supports one of the most important parts of our local economy. I recently served as Vice Chair of the Wyoming Office of Tourism, a gubernatorial appointment by Wyoming’s sitting governor. In that role, I helped oversee a roughly $43 million biennial budget supporting Wyoming’s second-largest industry and the workers, small businesses, and communities that depend on it. I have also served with the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, working alongside local business and community leaders who care deeply about the future of Cody and Park County.

In December of 2022, I helped found the Cody Fireworks Committee and continue to serve as its Chair. When Cody needed a way to keep our Fourth of July fireworks alive, we did not wait for someone else to solve it. We got to work.

I serve on the PEAKS to Conga steering committee and ride the event because families facing cancer need real, practical support. I serve on the Cody Culture Club committee, and Blair Hotels is proud to sponsor that work because arts, history, culture, and community events make Cody a stronger place to live and visit.

At Blair Hotels, giving back has always been part of who we are. This community supports our business, our employees, and our families, and we believe in returning that support wherever we can. That has meant supporting veterans, families and children, youth sports, education, women in crisis, cancer support, hunger relief, and many local causes that strengthen the people and places we call home.

I do not list these things to pat myself on the back. I list them because voters deserve to know whether the people asking to represent them have actually been involved in the life of this community.

Service, showing up, listening, and doing the work should not be campaign slogans. They should be habits.

When someone asks for your vote, I think it is fair to ask where they have served, who they have helped, what they have built, and what problems they have taken responsibility for.

Representation should not begin when campaign season starts. It should be proven long before that.

I am not asking Park County to take a chance on whether I will show up. I am asking you to look at the record.

I have served here. I have worked here. I have chosen to raise my family here. I have helped build things here. If elected, I will take that same work ethic, responsibility, and commitment to serving the people of Park County with me to Cheyenne. That is the type of legislator I intend to be.

Quintin Blair
Candidate for Wyoming House District 24

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