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“I talked to the Board members, and they all said the same thing, that Mark Dembosky should be the new Mayor Pro-Tem.” This statement by Westcliffe Mayor Paul Wenke was tantamount to a confession that he and the Board of Trustees (BOT) had talked with each other outside of a public meeting to come to a decision in secret about who would be the Mayor Pro-Tem after George Mowry resigned. The meeting took place on Tuesday, January 21 with the first agenda item to appoint a new Mayor Pro-Tem. Further compounding the issue is that Colorado State law also states that it is the Board of Trustees’ right to appoint the Mayor Pro-Tem, not the Mayor. When this was pointed out during public comment by…