Fort Collins reaches out for those who CAIR

A campaign slogan used by the Air Quality Program in Fort Collins and other areas is “Clean Air, It’s Up to Us.” And if you’re part of the Latino demographic, this is especially true.

Turns out that 66 percent of Latinos in the United States, roughly 25.6 million folks, have been residing in regions that don’t meet the federal government’s standards for air quality for some time, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council 2004 report, “Hidden Agenda: Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community.”

In more concrete terms, this unpleasant factoid has additional trickle-down cousins: 60 percent of Latino…