Questionnaire: Yellowscene

Editor’s Note: This was a phone interview, grammar and some minor details have been updated for correctness from the published article on Yellowscene. Background: van Woudenberg is an incumbent candidate up for re-election to Erie’s board of trustees. He is the editor-in-chief of Erie Protectors, which keeps the community up-to-date on local oil and gas […]

Topics: Mask Mandate

At the February 8, 2022 Board of Trustees regular meeting, the Board voted unanimously to repeal the municipal mask mandate that had previously extended the Boulder County Health mask order to the Weld County side of Erie. Here are the comments I made as we considered the resolution: Disappointment with the Lack of Weld County […]

Policy: Build Back Better Act

On the morning of Friday, February 4th, 2022, I had the privilege of participating in a virtual press conference featuring Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Louisville Mayor Ashley Stolzmann, former Colorado House Majority Leader & CU Law adjunct faculty Alice Madden, and Mom’s Clean Air Force field organizer Laurie Anderson to urge Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper to pass the Build Back Better Act.