Elbert County News 3
January 20, 2022
MESSAGES FROM PAGE 1
took aim at county commissioners, appointed public officials and private citizens. Carter-King in her Jan. 4 statement asked that the full, unredacted copy of the messages be released. They can be viewed on the Gillette city website at tinyurl.com/wyotexts. Davidson took over as town administrator for Elizabeth on Dec. 13, 2021, following what the Gillette News Record referred to as an “abrupt departure” from his city administrator position in Gillette in February 2021. Before starting the Elizabeth job, Davidson shared his goals with Colorado Community Media, saying he wanted to spend his first 60 days getting to know the Elizabeth community and town administration, as
well as getting up to speed on ongoing projects. He explained how his experience with growth would be a boon for Elizabeth in its efforts to maintain its historic feel as the Front Range changes at a rapid clip. Davidson did not respond to a request for comment for this story, but, according to the News Record, included a note in his Dec. 31 email with the texts stating that he had recently updated his phone, found the files and Davidson thought they might be of interest to his former colleagues in Gillette. Prior to Davidson’s arrival in Elizabeth, the town administrator post had been vacant for nearly a year, following the January 2021 departure of its former occupant, Billy Joe “BJ” Potts, who stepped down after just three months on the job.
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