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2019, BOCC

No EMS Response to Wetmore Emergency

Custer County
Commissioners (BOCC)
A.M. Meeting
by Jackie (Muddy) Bubis
-July 17, 2019
WETMORE, Colo.
As you have read in the Sentinel, the people in Wetmore are no longer covered by emergency medical care. For years the people below McKenzie Junction have been served by the Florence Fire Department. But that is no more, due to a lack of personnel.
The West Custer County Hospital District also does not, technically, service this area. At numerous meetings, Director Lisa Drew has attempted to lay this issue in the laps of the the county commissioners, who have been wrestling with the issue.
The new policy handed down from the hospital district is this: if a 911 call comes in from out of the
“district”, then it is dispatch’s job to tone out a second ambulance crew. Until that second ambulance crew is available, the on-call crew stationed in Westcliffe, will not respond.
Imagine for a moment the poor dispatcher trying to handle emergencies is now tasked with scrounging up a second ambulance crew. Imagine it no longer. In the early hours of July 5th, an extreme emergency happened to a person driving down the mountain. At the junction in Wetmore, the driver pulled over for the passenger to be sick. What happened then was the
unthinkable.
The passenger had a significant medical emergency right there in the middle of the road. EMS was toned. Dispatched toned the second crew. No one answered. Finally, Flight for Life was called. Ordinarily, the Fire Department lands the helicopter. In this case, a lone fireman from
Wetmore did the best he could and the helicopter landed and loaded up the unfortunate patient. All the while the ambulance crew up the mountain went back to sleep.
The County Commissioners will further address the issue at a workshop this afternoon at the Wetmore Community Center. More to come on this issue.

Ms Drew responded to this article on 7/25/19. Response HERE

2019

Custerites Fed Up – Sign the Petition at the Sentinel

 

Recall Polis Petition holders have been volunteering to sit outside the
Sentinel at the corner of 6th and Main on weekends, for those voters who want to sign but can’t make it during business hours which are Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to noon. The response has been incredible. Above: Ann Barthrop, Peggi Collins, Bill Parker, Joe Cascarelli and Dennis Shaydak. Sentinel Photo

by George Gramlich
The statewide petition to place Colorado’s Governor Jared
Polis on the ballot to be recalled is available to be signed at the
Sangre de Cristo Sentinel at 601 Main Street in Westcliffe, CO. (Other valid petition gatherers are also circulating in the County.) Continue reading Custerites Fed Up – Sign the Petition at the Sentinel →

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Polis Recall IS ON!!!

by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
The Colorado Secretary of State gave the nod to the Recall Polis Petition wording submitted to it recently by the Dismiss Polis Committee group (see dismisspolis.com) last Monday, July 8th. 23,000 petitions were printed on Tuesday and were distributed around the state Wednesday. If the petition drive is successful, there will be a recall election in the fall.
The Sangre de Cristo Sentinel is the Recall Polis petition signing center for Custer County. Continue reading Polis Recall IS ON!!! →

2019

Colorado’s 2019 Legislative Record -Kevin Lundberg

House of Representatives, Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado, USA 2007 – Photograph by Greg O’Beirne – Own work, Creative Commons
An analysis of significant legislation passed into law by the 72nd General Assembly

by Kevin Lundberg

Kevin is a former Colorado State Senator and the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee of Colorado

“After 120 days, 598 bills, 32 billion dollars, and who knows how many votes and amendments, the session finally ended. It will take months and years to unravel all the fundamental changes that have been wrought on the people of this state.

Political veterans are shaking their heads in disbelief. No one has ever seen so much damage done to our economy, our schools, parental authority, and specific industries (like oil and gas, electric utilities, the rental industry, etc.), and commonly accepted cultural values (like identifying people as men and women in schools, on drivers licenses and birth certificates).”

Never have I been so much at a loss for words in trying to describe these huge changes in state policies. Here is a brief description of the colossal changes the Governor and this year’s legislature are forcing on the people of Colorado.”

Kevin goes into great detail on each bill. This is the definitive Go To for the 2019 Session. We recommend concerned citizens save it for a reference.

To download the 38 page report  in a pdf, go here. 

 

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Polis Recallers Have Solution for Unity, At Long Last

Resist Polis PAC votes to distribute a third-party
recall petition

Press Release
—June 26, 2019
Resist Polis PAC

A  newly drafted recall petition, submitted this week by the Dismiss Polis Issue Committee to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, appears to be the solution concerned Coloradans wanting to recall Governor Jared Polis have sought for months.
Dismiss Polis is not affiliated with any previous recall efforts and will act as a neutral, third-party organization, being the solution to the necessity of only one petition circulating to recall the Governor.
Leadership from the Resist Polis PAC team has voted to circulate the petition of Dismiss Polis this summer, as it fits with our consistent message of unity across the state.
Polis recall petitions will be printed by Dismiss Polis and can be distributed to volunteer signature gatherers across Colorado by any recall organization wishing to assist in the recall efforts. Completed, notarized petition packets would then be returned to Dismiss Polis before all signatures are turned into the Secretary of State.
Our team at Resist Polis PAC encourages any other recall groups to make the right decision for Colorado and circulate the Dismiss Polis petition. Filing a second petition will cause division in a time when Coloradans need unity more than ever.

2019

Recall Kickoff -Full House

by Fred Hernandez and staff

Once again on the Liberty Rocks platform at Tony’s Mountain Pizza on Thursday June 27th, Dan Bubis began the meeting by introducing the Liberty Rocks format and purpose and his wife, Jackie, gave a second edition of “Can One Man Make a Difference”. The Liberty Rocks presenter for the evening was Mr. Tom Good, an energetic leader of the Recallpolis.com group that seeks to rectify whatever went wrong in the last gubernatorial election.

Continue reading Recall Kickoff -Full House →

2019

Postmaster Installed

by George Gramlich
Cindy Crosby, the interim Postmaster at the Westcliffe/Silver Cliff United States Post Office branch, was officially installed as Postmaster last Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Post Office in Westcliffe, CO.
American Legion Post # 170’s OIC, Ted Ballard, and Betsy Woodbury presented the colors followed by Pastor Hal Crossley of the Custer County Chaplains who gave the invocation.
Daryl A. Trujillo, the USPS Human Resources Manager for Colorado and Wyoming, did the swearing in.
A nice crowd viewed the ceremony and Postmaster
Crosby gave a warm speech at the end thanking everybody for attending. Welcome aboard Cindy.

2019, BOCC

June 28 BOCC: Roads, Hospital District, Moratorium on Subdivisions

Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC)
—June 28, 2019
WESTCLIFFE, Colo.

by Jackie (Muddy) Bubis
The meeting started at 9 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and Roll Call. Introductions of the public
followed.
Commissioner items:
All three commissioners listed meetings they attended. Commissioner Printz reported that there are two private initiatives in Silver Cliff that have gotten approval to build attainable housing.
Commissioner Canda reported that Road & Bridge is prepping Hermit Road for chip seal. He also gave kuddos to the community Vacation Bible School that just finished up. Continue reading June 28 BOCC: Roads, Hospital District, Moratorium on Subdivisions →

2019

Video Resist Polis at Liberty Rocks – Custer County

Sangre de Cristo Sentinel gives a shout out and a Special Thanks to John Emmerling of the Fremont Crusader Newspaper for taking video of the Liberty Rocks meeting.

Thanks also to our speakers, especially Tom Good- Resist Polis PAC and Conservative Greg Lopez, former Republican Candidate for Governor in the primaries -2018

Video Part 1 Dan and Jackie Bubis,  Tom Good- Resist Polis PAC

Video Part 2    Tom Good, Dan Bubis

Video  Part 3    Rick Castor, Greg Lopez, Colorado Republican Women -Royal Gorge chapter