{"id":282,"date":"2009-10-02T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2009-10-02T05:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T05:04:00","slug":"the-send-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"The Send-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This evening was the Colorado Municipal League (CML) District 1 meeting, hosted by the city up the road. I am the current president, so I was obligated to brave the wind and attend. Since I am also term limited out of office as mayor in November, it also means I will no longer be a CML member and so needed to find my replacement as president and hold the election *NOW*. I couldn’t get even with the mayor of the city up the road who railroaded me into this office (as described here<\/a>)<\/i> because he is also term limited out this year. Sam Mamet, the executive director of the CML attended and gave Jack (the mayor of the town up the road)<\/i> and I a very heartfelt and lauditory send-off. That was really nice of Sam. He even stopped crowing about the Rockies clinching a berth in the play-offs today. But that didn’t stop Sam from waving his Rocky rally towel all night. In honor of the send-off and my final CML meeting, tonight I give you:<\/p>\n

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Five Reactions By Officials From Other Municipalities To The End of My Term(s)<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n