HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-10 Urging the Establishment of a Congressional District Encompassing Western ColoradoRESOLUTION X10
Series of 1981)
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A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Or"
THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, URGING
THE ESTABISISHMENT 0~' A CONGRESSIOi~AL
DISTRICT ENCOMPASSI~tG WESTERN COI30RAD0.
WIIEREAS, the ].980 census data have caused tl~iat Golor~.dc will
gain one additional seat in the United States Congress; and
WHEREAS, at present there is na single unified representation
of Western Colorado in the Congress; and
WHEREAS, in the coming decade there will be dramatic growth
in the Western Colorado area; and
WHEREAS, no present member of Congress lives on the Western
Slope of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the effectiveness of the region in Congress and
Washington D.C, may be more greatly enhanced with the additional
presence of an elected representative from the Western Slope;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF VAIL does hereby urge the Governor and the Colorado Chief
Justice to each appoint residents of the Western Slope to the
Colorado Legislative Reapportionment Commission and does further
resolve that the Legislative Reapportionment Commission establish
a new unified Congressional seat comprising all of Western
Colorado.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 7th day of April, 1981.
Mayor ~ ~ `~'J
ATTEST;
Town Cler