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===Major County Appointed Positions===
 
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* Wet Mountain Tribune (since 1883)
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* Sangre de Cristo Sentinel (since 2013, and unapologetically right-wing)
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* [http://venableviews.com/ Venable Views] ([http://venableviews.com/of-malcontents-dissidents-and-fascists/ ultra-right-wing]. Calls Commissioner Donna Hood [http://venableviews.com/cruella-creates-joy-and-happiness/ "Cruella"]
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* [http://sangre-de-cristo.com/blog/ Arthur von Boennighausen's Blog] (A self-described longtime moderate Republican, he voted for [http://sangre-de-cristo.com/blog/?p=403 Hillary in 2016] and [http://sangre-de-cristo.com/blog/?p=129 Obama in 2012], but is [http://sangre-de-cristo.com/blog/?p=485 pro-2017 County Commissioner recall])
  
 
==Special Interests==
 
==Special Interests==

Revision as of 15:25, 9 September 2017

Overview

Demographics

County Officials

County Commissioners

County Executive

Assessor, Treasurer, County Clerk & Recorder, Surveyor, Coroner, other elected positions.

Major County Appointed Positions

Publications

Newspapers

  • Wet Mountain Tribune (since 1883)
  • Sangre de Cristo Sentinel (since 2013, and unapologetically right-wing)

Local Blogs

Special Interests

2017 Recall

November 7th, 2017, all 3 Custer County Commissioners face a recall election. The Commissioners are Bob Kattnig, Donna Hood, and Jay Printz. All 3 are registered Republicans.

For recalls, Custer County requires signatures that total 25% of the number of total ballots cast in the respective position's previous election. Kettnig's recall needed 470 signatures, 582 for Printz, and 735 for Hood. Signatures were due by September 7th, but all three were turned in on August 14, 2017. Signatures were certified (763 counted for Kattnig, 745 for Printz, and 778 for Hood) on August 31, 2017, officially triggering the recall election.

The group behind the recall, Take Back Custer County Recall Committee, consists of three primary people: Marjorie Ann Barthrop, Marjorie Ann Willson, and Mike Haga. All three are registered Republicans, according to the Pueblo Chieftain. All three are said to be of Westcliffe, but only Willson is registered in Westcliffe. A Marjorie A. Barthrop is found registered in Arapahoe County (Centennial). Cannot find reliable registration info for Mike (or Michael) Haga.

In 2016, a recall attempt against Bob Kettnig failed to get enough signatures (all that were needed were 396 valid signatures within 60 days). According to the Custer County Clerk, it was the first time a recall has been attempted. The reasons given for attempting to recall Kettnig were reasons including "incompetence", "misogyny", and misrepresenting owning a ranch rather than just 20 acres of land.

As the 2016 recall effort did not succeed to ballot, the 2017 recall will be the first recall for the Custer County Commissioners to go to ballot.

Running for Succession

Bill Canda, Christopher "Kit" Shy (then-incumbent defeated in 2016), and Sandra Attebery (defeated in 2016) are running as a slate to replace each commissioner should any recall be affirmed by the majority of voters per district. There are others who have filed or announced intentions as well, via a website catered to Custer County conservatives (Sangre de Cristo Sentinel, which has an annual online subscription for $29).


Bill Canda

  • Registered Republican
  • Running to replace in District 1 (Bob Kattnig).
  • 2017 TRACER Filing. Registered Agent is Joanne L. Canda, and the Designated Filing Agent is Linda C. Pollack.


Dan Fischer

  • Registered Unaffilated
  • Announced run for District 1. No TRACER Filing yet.


Sandra Attebery


Richard Posadas

  • Registered Republican
  • Announced run for District 2. No TRACER Filing yet.


Tommy Flower

  • Registered Republican
  • Running to replace in District 3 (Donna Hood).
  • 2017 TRACER Filing. No noted Registered Agent or Designated Filing Agent.


John Johnston

  • Registered Unaffiliated
  • Announced run for District 3. No TRACER Filing yet.
  • Ran for District 3 in 2016 as an Unaffiliated (TRACER Filing). Defeated by Donna Hood.


Christopher "Kit" Shy

Key Players

Individuals

Publications

Sangre de Cristo Sentinel

  • Began in July 2013.
  • Pushing for recall effort.
  • Pushing for the slate (with no disguising of their bias) of Bill Canda, Christopher "Kit" Shy, and Sandra Attebery.
  • In January 2017, the commissioners they want recalled voted for the Sentinel to become the newspaper "of record", by way of the county paying the Sentinel to publish important legal notifications to citizens.


Wet Mountain Tribune

  • Was the only publication in the area. The publication began in 1883.

2018 Election

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