by George Gramlich, News and Commentary

The September 6, 2023 Custer County Board of County Commissioners meeting started at 1 p.m. in the their offices in the Annex Building. All three commissioners were there: Chair Kevin Day and members Bill Canda and Lucas Epp.
In Commissioners Items, Canda said a Cessna airplane crashed when landing at the SilverWest Airport due to high winds. There were no injuries but the front of the plane was heavily damaged.
Public Comments from the packed gallery continued to center around the County Manager (CM) debacle. Joy Anderson spoke saying that a group of local citizens are forming an “investigation committee” that will seek to determine what actually happened with Day’s County Manager rush job and they want to find the “facts”. She asked the commissioners to formally recognize the committee and asked them to ask the County Clerk to help them get all the “records”. Continue reading BOCC Sept 6: County Manager, County Manager, County Manager →

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 →

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 →

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: A New County Manager Position–
More Bureaucracy?
Paper of Record Craziness

by George Gramlich, News and Commentary
The November 30, 2022 Custer County Board of County Commissioners meeting started promptly at 9 a.m. with all three mighty musketeers present: Chair Kevin Day, and members Tom Flower and Bill Canda. Continue reading Nov 30 BOCC: A New County Manager Position– More Bureaucracy? →