The Lamar Ledger reports that Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman was in town last week to talk to the local authorities and local folks in Prowers County.

The question of will she or won’t she was unanswered and it’s not clear whether it was asked. All eyes are on whether Coffman will jump in the Republican primary for governor next year.

Already announced are Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, businessman and former state Rep. Victor Mitchell. It would be a shock if state Treasurer Walker Stapleton doesn’t run, and DaVita CEO Kent Thiry is an outside contender to get in.

But Coffman is the most enigmatic of the bunch.

What she decides could shake up two races. Solid-caliber Democrats such as state Rep. Joe Salazar, Jefferson County Deputy DA  Michael Dougherty and former University of Colorado law school dean Phil Weiser are officially in.

The race-shaker for the Democrats in the AG’s primary would be Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, as my colleague and pal Peter Marcus told you in March. Remember: You read it in Colorado Politics first, as usual.

In Lamar, Coffman talked about more than the law, the kinds of profile-raising appearance she could use, intentional or not.

Michael Bowen, the editor of the Lamar Ledger, reported:

“I wanted to have this session because I know how significant your contributions are to the economy and the culture of southeast Colorado,” noted Coffman. She further commented, saying, the best thing she can now do is listen.

Farmers and ranchers asked Coffman for her opinion on the conservation easements many rural Coloradans granted to their counties or to non-profits to preserve their land from development. The state Department of Revenue balked on many of the tax breaks, though, when it saw how much revenue was being lost in already-poor counties.

Bowen continued:

It was asked by Coffman and her team to have those that feel they were not treated correctly during that process, to submit copies of the paperwork to her office for review. Coffman’s office would look at the paperwork, check to see if violations occurred and then determine if so, what needs to be done at that point.

He concluded with a list of issues from the meeting that sounded like a better fit for the executive branch than the judicial branch:

Other issues discussed included cattle prices being on the rise, along with water that is leaving Colorado for Kansas. Discussion on the water issue included if water should be stored. Consensus among the group was against the storage of water.