(The Center Square) â A metal worker in Colorado Springs filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 9 union officials was trying to fine him for more $20,000 in lost union dues.
Russell Chacon, a former employee of Colorado Sheet Metal, a Colorado Springs-based contractor, alleges the SMART union bosses are attempting to make him pay $21,252 in a âloss of fundsâ fee after he worked for another contractor outside of the unionâs bargaining power.
In the lawsuit, Chacon contends that the fines levied against him include work that he has not yet performed. He had also resigned as a union member prior to working for the other contractor.
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A rental unit in Denver s Capitol Hill neighborhood on April 24, 2021. ((Moe Clark/Colorado Newsline))
May 12, 2021
Colorado s Division of Housing within the state s Department of Local Affairs is getting a closer look from state auditors this year.
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Two performance audits are underway to evaluate the state s rental assistance program for landlords and the administrative costs associated with distributing the pandemic relief funds that were allocated by lawmakers during last year s special legislative session. The fact that there is a lot of fraud in other programs that have been rolled out, I think that it makes sense that emergency rental assistance was chosen (for) a discretionary audit, said Alison George, director of the Division of Housing, during the monthly state housing board meeting on May 11.
Even after last yearâs arrival of a pandemic, Colorado Parks and Wildlifeâs Cameo Shooting and Education Complex continues to exceed expectations as it grows into a world-class facility.
Itâs also looking to even bigger things to come in terms of its offerings and facilities and the types of events it can draw. This includes pursuing long-term plans for a multi-faceted visitor center and even a multipurpose banquet hall for entities interested in using Cameoâs facilities and holding conferences and other events there.
On Wednesday, the complexâs manager, Walt Proulx, provided an update on how far the facility has come and what the future may hold, in a presentation to the CPW Commission, which met in Grand Junction in a hybrid in-person/virtual event.