Colorado Citizen Legislators Portrait Series

(DENVER, Colo., 1/4/2005) .Representative Joe Stengel (R) Littleton owned Universal Auto Wrecking, an auto salvage yard, for 13 years but sold it 10 years ago. Stengel is the House Minority Leader and said the auto salvage business learned to treat people with respect and how to negotiate, a skill that comes in handy around the legislature adding, "that's what the general assembly is all about, negotiation and compromise"..(Photo by MARC PISCOTTY / ©2005)