by George Gramlich
News and Commentary
Another wild one at the August 31, 2023 Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting in their throne room in the old VSO office. All three commissioners were present: Chair Kevin Day and members Bill Canda and Lucas Epp. The meeting started at 9 a.m. Continue reading BOCC: Day Doubles Down on Paying Wilson $50k for Five Days Work
Category Archives: BOCC
Wilson, Day and the Fruit Tree in the Garden
by George Gramlich, Some News, Mostly Commentary
Sept 1, 2023
Apparently, right after last Wednesday’s Custer County Board of County Commissioners Special Meeting, where com-missioners Bill Canda and Lucas Epp voted to rescind the Resolution that created the despised County Manager (CM) position, which in turn, immediately terminated the CM, Braden Wilson, anointed by commissioner Kevin Day and ex-commissioner Tommy “Bye Bye” Flower just the week before, something strange happened.
From what we have been told, right after the meeting ended, the
county’s new Finance Manager handed Wilson, who was just terminated, a Custer County check for $54,000! Yes, Fifty Four Thousand U.S. Dollars! Not a bad pay check for a guy WHO ONLY WORKED FIVE DAYS AS THE COUNTY MANAGER! Yup, FIVE Days. Smell bad, fellow taxpayers? It stinks. Continue reading Wilson, Day and the Fruit Tree in the Garden
Recall Election Close
The People Have Spoken
Flower Be Gone, Epp Be In
Close, But a Win Is a Win
by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
August 8, 2023 Election
Twenty votes. Out of around 2,300 votes cast. Wow! Those twenty votes were the margin that booted sitting Custer County Commissioner Tom Flower from his job and replaced him with a local businessman, Lucas Epp. 1,181 votes to recall Flower with 1,161 votes to not recall him. Power to the people.
Real close, but a win. Apparently there are a handful of ballots with signature issues that must be “cured” by August 17th. But as the vote was basically 50/50 these ballots should follow that split. Then an audit must be performed by August 21st and the election certified by August 22nd. Thus, the election results should be good to go. Continue reading Recall Election Close
BOCC: Day and Flower Continue to Rush Through the County Manager Job Details
by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
The Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) had two meetings on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. A workshop in the morning on reviewing the proposed Custer County Board of County Commissioners and County Manager Policy Manual and a second one at 2:39 p.m. to approve it. All three commissioners were at each meeting: Chair Kevin Day, and members Bill Canda and “Traitor” Tom Flower. Continue reading BOCC: Day and Flower Continue to Rush Through the County Manager Job Details
BOCC Shocker! Secret Meeting to Force County Manager on Custerites
BOCC Shocker! Secret Meeting
Initiated by HR Wilson Gets The Despised
County Manager Position Approved and Wilson Hired as CM!
No Others Considered! Illegal?
Day, Flower, Wilson Guilty of Dirty Politics
by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
We’ve seen some pretty shaky things at the Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meetings over the last ten years but the meeting on June 29, 2023, takes the cake. In describing what happened that Thursday the words duplicity, arrogance of power, sneakiness, secret discussions, disdain for the citizens and flat out dishonesty come to mind. And it is all about the proposed County Manager (CM) position. Oh my! Continue reading BOCC Shocker! Secret Meeting to Force County Manager on Custerites
Flower Recall Election Is a Go
Flower Recall Election Is a GO!
Judge Rules Recall Petition Valid
Slams Hedberg’s Attempt to Stop the Recall
June 7, 2023
by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
Looks like ol’ Jordy “Red Bug” Hedberg caused Custer County a LOT of money and trouble again as he tried to derail the recall campaign against Custer County Commissioner Tom Flower with a bogus complaint that caused a huge ruckus. But, in the end, thankfully, justice prevailed and a recall election against Flower will be held soon and hopefully the Flower train wreck will derail and we will have a new Commissioner. Continue reading Flower Recall Election Is a Go
May 2 & 3 BOCC- New County Attorney, SO Repair, Carsten’s Jeep
We Are So Blessed!
Two BOCC Reports in One Article
by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
Our mighty three musketeers, that is our three Custer County Commissioners held two Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meetings last week. One on May 2nd and the other on May3rd. All three muskies were present at both meetings: Chair Kevin Day and members Bill Canda and Tom Flower. Both meetings started at
9 a.m.
The May 2, 2023
BOCC Meeting:
Staff Reports:
Sheriff Rich Smith was the first victim. Smith reported that the Sheriff’s Office (SO) had a grand total of eight transports to/from the hoosegow in Cañon City. He reported that our Fremont 911 Authority costs will go up around 5% this year. Continue reading May 2 & 3 BOCC- New County Attorney, SO Repair, Carsten’s Jeep
BOCC: Happy Ending to the Westcliffe Meats Saga
by George Gramlich,
News and Notations
Well, some good news for a change from our almost regal three musketeers. But again, a long, drawn out three-hour meeting that was painful to watch at times. So, let’s begin.
The August 4, 2021 Custer County Board of County Commissioners meeting started at 9 a.m. with all three muskies present: Board Chair Bill Canda and members Tom Flower and Kevin Day. Two guys from Westcliffe Meats, Aaron Kemp and Montana Canterbury were in the peasants’ gallery. Continue reading BOCC: Happy Ending to the Westcliffe Meats Saga
July 14 BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with New Justice Center Project Proposal
BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with
New Justice Center Project Proposal
No Vote Yet on Whether to Put It
on the November Ballot
by George Gramlich,
News and Notations
The Custer County Board of County Commissioners had its July 14, 2021 meeting at the palatial Wetmore Community Center. It started at 9 a.m. All three musketeer commissioners were present: Chair Bill Canda and muskies Tom Flower and Kevin Day.
The meeting started with Commissioner Items where they dazzle us with all the good things they have done since the last meeting.
Day was up first with some possible bad news. The Florence Fire Protection District has decided not to include Wetmore (which is in Custer County) in their proposed new ambulance special district. This leaves the Wetmore folks exposed a bit but our own EMS crew has been servicing the area, However, it is a long haul. Day said the Florence people are open to a deal with Custer County over the area via a Memorandum of Understanding or some other approach. He also noted the Penrose EMS had stopped operating as of July 1st as they didn’t have enough people to run it. (Wetmore EMS coverage has been an on again/off again struggle for years now.) Continue reading July 14 BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with New Justice Center Project Proposal
April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays
by George Gramlich
Pretty mundane stuff at this one. The Custer County Board of County Commissioners’ April 6, 2021 meeting started at 9 a.m. with Chair Bill Canda and member Tom Flower present in the throne room and member Kevin Day participating via Zoom (as he is finishing up his isolation after testing positive for the red bug.) County Attorney Clint Smith and County Clerk Kelley Camper were also present. Continue reading April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays