This article by Michael Roberts appeared in Westword, August 15th, 2018.
Brief Commentary by Community Rights US (CRUS) Media Team member Curt Hubatch: Cliff Willmeng, and his mom Merrily Mazza have been active in the Community Rights movement for over 5 years now. She currently holds a seat on the Lafayette, Colorado City Council, and Cliff is currently running as a Green Party candidate for Boulder County Commissioner. We invite you to click on Merrily’s name above and the link below to this powerful article about Cliff to learn more about these two leaders in the Community Rights movement. It will take thousands of locally elected officials and candidates like them across the United States to elevate Community Rights over corporate rights in the places we live. They are pioneers paving the way for public hope in the United States.
Cliff Willmeng is the Green Party candidate for Boulder County commissioner. He’s also a socialist, and he sees his possible win in the November election as “a game changer… . Coming into office as Boulder County’s first socialist would be historic. I don’t know how else to describe it.”
In discussing what a socialist Boulder County might look like for a recent Westword post, Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Austin Bennett noted his organization’s endorsement of Willmeng and Theresa Stets, a hopeful in House District 12. Bennett also stressed Boulder County DSA’s close relationship with East Boulder County United, which Willmeng helped found, as well as his belief that local government would be improved if typical working folks had a fighting chance to win at the ballot box there.
Willmeng, who’ll take part in a meet-and-greet event in Lafayette tonight, August 15, and an August 23 community forum in Longmont, fits this last description. “I’m a registered nurse, and within that capacity, I’m also a union member of UFCW Local 7 and a vice-president of that same union.” MORE…