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The Pueblo West Metropolitan District is switching to a stronger bank. The issue was started last year by former board member Bill Vickers, who since has been recalled from the board. Vickers read that the district's main bank, Southern Colorado National Bank, was given a very poor rating by federal regulators and seemed to be in financial trouble.  

Tickets for Jay-Z's Nov. 20 at the Don Haskins go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Jay-Z's 11th album, "The Blueprint 3," also will be released Friday.  

John Van Auken was named president of the new board of directors of the Pueblo West Metropolitan District Tuesday. The meeting was the first since the swearing in of three new board members who replaced recalled board members Steve Abel, Bill Vickers and Jeff Sloan. Van Auken was not targeted in the recall election, which was sparked after a majority of the old board fired former District Manager Don Saling in March.  

The Pueblo West Metropolitan District's board of directors is scheduled to accept a proposal for banking services at Tuesday night's meeting. The district decided earlier to stop doing business with Southern Colorado National Bank, saying the bank had received an unfavorable ranking by federal regulators. The board's meeting will be the first since former board members Bill Vickers, Jeff Sloan and Steve Abel were recalled Aug. 18 and replaced by Chuck Green, Mike French and Jerry Martin.  

The board of the Pueblo West Metropolitan District held its shortest meeting in recent memory as recalled members Steve Abel, Bill Vickers and Jeff Sloan said their goodbyes. Chuck Green, Mike French and Jerry Martin, the men elected last week to replace them, watched from the standing-room-only audience section. The three board members were recalled last Tuesday after voting in March to fire former District Manager Don Saling.  

Voting ends at 7 p.m. today in Pueblo West's recall election. Pueblo West Metropolitan District board members Bill Vickers, Steve Abel and Jeff Sloan have been targeted for recall in the election, due in part to their March firing of former District Manager Don Saling. It's too late to mail a mail-in ballot, but they can be turned in at any of the polling locations or at the Pueblo County Clerk's office in the Pueblo County Courthouse at 215 W. 10th St., in Pueblo.  

Voters in Pueblo West will decide how the board of the Pueblo West Metropolitan District will look. Community members sparked to action by the March firing of former District Manager Don Saling started a recall drive against three board members. The petition drive was successful.  

Former U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek, not Pueblo County Attorney Dan Kogovsek, donated $20 to Chuck Green's campaign in a Pueblo West election. The story appeared in Friday's edition of The Pueblo Chieftain. The Kogovseks are brothers.  

The Pueblo West Metropolitan District recall election has attracted more money from recall backers than those opposed. A group of people friendly with the former board and former district manager, as well as people active in real estate and construction, has targeted board members Jeff Sloan, Bill Vickers and Steve Abel for recall. The election is scheduled Tuesday, although mail-in ballots have been in the hands of some voters for a few weeks.  

The Pueblo Chieftain is publishing the last of three days of results of a candidate questionnaire sent to the board members and the candidates vying to replace them. Today's edition shows the answers of three of the candidates to replace board member Steve Abel. They are Jerry Martin, Jeff Cowley and James Adley. Abel himself did not participate.