The gold on the Colorado Capitol dome shines bright against the Rocky Mountain sky.

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The gold on the Colorado Capitol dome shines bright against the Rocky Mountain sky. But underneath, it's rusting badly. It came to public attention when a 10-pound hunk of rusted cast iron fell off in 2007. The state has turned to one of its enduring statesmen to head the campaign to raise some $8 million of the $12 million needed to fix the dome. Hank Brown served under the dome in the state Senate from 1972 to 1976, went to Congress in 1981 and moved to the U.S. Senate from 1991 to 1997. He took the helm of the University of Colorado...