by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary

There were no surprises in Custer County’s election results as all the local elected offices were decided in the Republican primaries early this year and ran unopposed. The only two local ballot issues were the School District Board “At-Large Plan” which was defeated 1286 to 1074 and the Wet Mountain Fire Protection District Mill Levy Increase which passed by a margin of 2284 to 1180.

Custer County and State Props  results (on our website)

With regards to the School Board issue, both sides had good arguments but the specter of a totally At-Large Board possibly being controlled by a very small interest group and the loss of geographical representation led to its defeat. Perhaps a better idea is to retain the current five regional board slots and add one or two at-large slots. We will see.

The Fire Mill Levy increase won quite handily despite the Fire District Board’s rather poor and late presentation of the reasons for the increase. The Wet Mountain Fire Protection District’s stellar reputation was, it seems, all that was needed. We think they will use the money wisely.

Of note is the percentage of Custer County voters voting Republican versus Democrat: Around 67% of Custer County residents voted for the Republican state and federal offices versus around 30% for the Democrats.

State wide, Colorado went deep, deep blue with Democrats winning most of the state races by hefty margins. The Democrats were slightly ahead in the vote count versus Republicans but, as expected, the unaffiliated voters broke hard left. With the Colorado State Senate finally going Democrat, the liberals will have a field day with our state. Thank goodness for TABOR. Hopefully, the liberals won’t forget the recalls of several Democrat House Representatives after they passed several unconstitutional gun restriction laws a few years ago.

Of note is that all the state bond issues re: borrowing money for roads or raising taxes for schools (yes, “for the children”), were defeated by respectable margins. Plus, the liberal anti-fracking measure, Proposition 112, went down in flames. What is interesting, is that politically, Colorado voted deep blue (Polis is as hard left as it comes), but fiscally, voted very conservative (no borrowing or tax increases, and no crazy save the planet anti-fracking stuff).

It is very possible, barring a fiscal/financial collapse, that Colorado will be become a solid blue state despite the majority of the counties voting Republican. The continued influx of liberals fleeing their own self-induced liberal state “paradises”, the seemingly endless influx of legal and illegal immigration, and the increasing dependency of more and more people on government handouts paints a bleak picture for our once proud, free state.

But one thing is for sure, folks, we will continue to fight here locally in Custer County to keep our County, Colorado, and America free from liberal tyranny. We have had many great successes locally the last few years, with many more to come.
Molon Labe, libs.

To see all Custer County unofficial election results,
go to http://custercountygov.com/index.php?pg=electionresults

To see all Fremont County unofficial election results,
go to https://fremontco.com/files/elections/results/Fremont4.pdf