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Overcomes obstacles to succeed

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Once a competitive gymnast and cheerleader, Angela Fuller thought her active life was over after su ering a debilitating back injury.

Now, the Highlands Ranch mom was selected out of thousands to compete on the upcoming season of American Ninja Warrior. inking her active life was over, Fuller gained 50 pounds and in her words, “lost myself.”

In the early morning of St. Patrick’s Day, Fuller, a 42-year-old married mom of two children, stood on the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood, preparing to run the course, when memories ooded back to how she got to this point.

Fuller grew up in Littleton and was a competitive gymnast and cheerleader. She cheered at Colorado State University.

Not long after graduating from college, Fuller broke her back in a car accident.

During her second pregnancy, two disks in her back herniated and she was put on disability.

“At one point I was crawling, it was pretty awful,” said Fuller. “I hit rock bottom and su ered from postpartum depression.”

Soon, Fuller started to move again after a friend recommended a Zumba class.

But the moment that changed

Marshall also talked about HB23-1180 County Commissioner Elections. e bill failed but would have modi ed county commissioner elections in counties with a population of over 70,000, requiring boards to have ve instead of three members. If passed, the Douglas County Commission would have been impacted by the bill, along with six other counties “To me it was a pure good governance bill on its merits,” said Marshall. “It would not have a ected the overall power structure, there might have been an additional voice brought in the government.” e Hatch Act is a federal law passed

What Marshall called “three bills wrapped in one” was HB23-1206 County Sheri s and District Attorney’s, which proposed prohibiting certain political activities by county sheri ’s o ce employees.

“I was trying to import the DOD regulation on extremism into Colorado law to apply to law enforcement,” said Marshall.

According to Marshall, it would require the district attorney’s and sheri ’s to run as non-partisan positions as well as apply the federal Hatch Act in counties.

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