BOCC: Another Grant
Machine, Weed Board Bylaws

by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
The October 30, 2024 regular meeting of the Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) was held in their royal annex across from the courthouse. The meeting started around 9 a.m. and all three Commissioners were in attendance: Bill Canda, Lucas Epp and Kevin Day.
In New Business the Commissioners approved the Accounts Payable monthly bill. This was $227, 087.
Next, a lady from the Southern Colorado Economic Development District (SCEDD) gave a pre-sentation on who they were, what they do, and how they can “help” Custer County. (SCEDD is another one of the multitude of parasitic grant entities that live off of fed and state grants. These folks try to find grants for their members and help them get in on the grant money train. Like literally dozens and dozens of similar operations around the state. SCEDD is paid by its member counties, of which Custer is one. I think she said there were 14 member counties.) The lady droned on about how they write grants for us, etc. She mentioned SCEDD has a grant that it is using to do a study in our area about seeing if they can help to bring, get this, the semi-conductor computer chip industry here. (They are spending our tax money on this pipe dream. You can’t make this stuff up.) She also said that they had done a Custer County Economic Development study as requested by our very own Charles Bogle (currently on the SCEDD Board.) (How many “economic” studies have we paid for in the last ten years, folks?
Too many.) The lady of course touched on broadband (SCEDD handled HUGE grant monies for this over last few years) and the need for more workshops. Finally, it was done.
The Commissioners then ok’d some changes to the Weed Board Bylaws. They then approved the Sheriff’s contract with the Town of Silver Cliff. (Same $ as last year.)
In Public Comments, citizen and big-time local democrat James “Dr. Doom” Gilbert then delivered a handwritten speech attacking
Canda and Epp over the dismissal of County Attorney Dan Slater at the last meeting. He went on and on and on in his usual, somewhat, whiny voice saying that Canda and Epp hadn’t given a reason for them to fire Slater. (Folks, they said it last week, and they said it at this meeting: there was a personnel issue with Slater and a County employee, and it was confidential.)
Gilbert seemed to intentionally ignore the reason given and attacked the two without merit.
Here’s a couple of good quotes from the Dr. Doom; “maybe doing this for political reasons”, “Canda has no transparency”, “Sounds like a purge to me”, and “Shame on you, Mr. Epp, for going along with this”. Ahhh, a riff Kamala would be proud of.
And that was it.