The Greeley Tribune reports that Aims Community College won’t even hold its November 4 election. Why? Because only three people filed petitions for three open trustee seats. Instead of voters getting a say, the board simply passed a resolution declaring those candidates elected.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Aims canceled its election since the number of candidates didn’t exceed open seats.
- Incumbent board chair Marilyn Schock snagged another four-year term representing District C.
- Former Greeley-Evans school board member Rhonda Solis was appointed to District D.
- Marcella Mieczkowski was tapped to fill District E, left vacant after trustee John Haefeli’s death.
- Translation: Democrats showed up, Republicans didn’t, and now Weld County’s community college leadership is fully in blue hands without a single ballot cast.
My Bottom Line
I am absolutely furious about this. Aims is an important institution in Weld County, yet the GOP’s contribution to its leadership was… memes. For all the big talk about “getting involved,” Republicans just let three Democrats walk onto the board unopposed. No fight. No petitions. Not even a whimper.
This is what political malpractice looks like. The left shows up, organizes, and takes seats. The right? Too busy calling each other names on Facebook. If Republicans can’t even bother to contest local boards, how the hell are they supposed to win back statewide power? Weld County should be a conservative stronghold, but apparently it’s easier to rage-post online than collect signatures in real life.
Democrats didn’t steal this one – Republicans handed it to them. Lazy, embarrassing, and completely avoidable.
