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Residents urge El Paso County commissioners to scrutinize Pikes Peak Library District board after Rockrimmon Library closure
Summary
Several northwest Colorado Springs residents told the El Paso County Board of Commissioners they formed a nonprofit after the Pikes Peak Library District closed the Rockrimmon Library in December 2024 and urged the commissioners to review recent PPLD trustee appointments for possible cronyism.
Several northwest Colorado Springs residents told the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners that the Pikes Peak Library District’s decision to close the Rockrimmon Library in December 2024 left a service gap they are trying to fill.
Skip Hafner, a long‑term resident of northwest Colorado Springs, said the PPLD board “shut down the Rockrimmon Library after 35 years of providing library services to us in the community,” and that residents have formed a nonprofit to try to reestablish services. “We have trustees members that have voted against keeping the Rockrimmon Library open after that 35 years,” Hafner said.
Those remarks were echoed by Veronica…
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