People have various experiences with various levels of government. We're all very impressed with the work done by CDOT last week, though good weather conditions helped considerably in pulling off that effort. That doesn't mean that we should automatically decide all government is "good" or that we should trust them with whatever they want to do. Mr. Young thinks we should "cast off our reflexive negativity". I don't think it's "reflexive", just opinions borne of experience & observations over a lifetime. There are excellent reasons many are skeptical of the ability of government, particularly at higher levels, to handle certain tasks in a prudent, responsive, efficient manner.  Distrust comes, in part, because government takes on too much, in many cases usurping the authority of we the people & our representatives. And in part because government officials & agencies have demonstrated blatantly poor behavior over decades.

So, Kudos to CDOT & distrust of government can coexist.