1949-2014
Al Wiederspahn died peacefully in his sleep of a heart attack on October 24, 2014. He was 65 years old.
A ‘49 blizzard baby, Alvin L. was born January 18 in Cheyenne, Wyo. to J. Arling and Edvina Wiederspahn. He graduated from Cheyenne Central High School, from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in zoology and from the University of Denver College of Law.
He began the practice of law with longtime Cheyenne attorney George Guy, and later practiced with Art Kline, two distinguished mentors.
He was first elected to the Wyoming legislature in 1978, serving 10 years in the Wyoming House and Senate.
During his legislative service he met and married fellow Laramie County legislator, Cynthia M. Lummis. Al and Cynthia welcomed their only child, Annaliese, in 1985.
In addition to his law practice, Al never met an old building he didn’t want to fix up. That included, but was not limited to, the Grier building and the Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Alvin was an avid reader whose curiosity about the world drove him to pursue myriad interests. He served on the board of advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and as the first Chairman of the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority. He was a former president of the Laramie County ARC and a COMEA shelter board member.
Alvin believed in the potential of all young people, leading him to volunteer as Laramie County’s Juvenile Drug Court judge and with Youth Alternatives.
A dedicated conservationist and fly-fisherman, Al was a former Chairman of the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust, an organization that he remained very involved in up to his death.
Alvin was a devout Christian and a longtime elder at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cheyenne.
Alvin was preceded in death by his father, J. Arling Wiederspahn, and his mother, Edvina Wiederspahn. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Lummis, his daughter, Annaliese Wiederspahn, and his sister, Janet Haught, all of Cheyenne, Wyo.
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6:26 Minutes
Lawmakers Grill Gruber On Obamacare - Obama Lies Again - The Kelly File
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OqTMGL8k3M
6:42 minutes
Gruber Grilled by Rep Lummis: Lost Her Husband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WpS5Pfs4Y
This was a sad thing to watch. She was able to deliver her speech without breaking down. Gruber, probably still doesn’t get what ‘all the fuss’ is about. Although he knows the Dems who write his checks are mad at him, and he must walk back certain comments to make them ‘un-mad’.
This is just an example of the tip of the iceberg that is the horror story called Obamacare. It continues to be exposed as the Marxist takeover scam that it always has been — nothing about healthcare really.
And Congress continues to stagnate while Obama runs his lameduck scorched earth campaign.
It’s clear that Obamacare is a disaster and it is only going to get worse. The lines are only going to get longer and the treatments/medications more heavily rationed. On top of that, Barry’s top consultant, Jon Gruber, has already admitted that it was a fraud from the start. It’s time that this monstrosity was repealed.
Quoting Megyn Kelly, who played this segment tonight: WOW!
Will not be mentioned by the Network News nor the majority of Cable News... We only need to know what they want us to know...that is their news.
I saw the video tonight on Megyn’s show..it was heartbreaking to hear this woman’s story, I wasn’t familiar with Rep Lummis before this, she was able to keep her composure much more than I would have been able to..and just knowing that the leftist schmucks want what happened to her husband to happen to us all makes me sick..I can bet that Gruber could have cared less about what happened to her husband..leftists don’t want people over the age of 65 to live anyway..I wish for leftists what they wish for us everyday
The banality of evil. Hannah Arendt said it about Eichmann, but it’s just as true about Gruber.
Gowdy hammered the guy, and Gruber just said, “I said inappropriate things to make myself seem smart.” Said it about a million times. That’s his best defense. That’s his go-to response for every damn question.
Heck of a magic shield ya got there Bunky.
Her grilling was riveting, but I also enjoyed Trey Gowdy and surprisingly ‘rat Rep Lynch from Massachusetts, who is a steelworkers union representative and talked about how he has negotiated contracts with employers in the past - says they were usually willing to give big increases in health benefits as part of new contracts because those benefits, being tax free, cost the employers less than equivalent wage increases - now because of Obamacare and the Cadillac tax on expensive health plans, many employers will be paying more for the coverage -especially those with more than fifty employees who will be hit with the tax, putting them at an unfair position relative to those who have less than fifty workers and won’t pay - Goober had no clever comeback for him....
It won’t do any good but the damn bastard’s head needs to be on a pike. It might make a few people feel better for a day.
The bastard is like his boss obastard... pure evil.
Another example of people who were forced to exchange healthcare for low quality insurance.
It was brilliant to schedule this hearing on the day of the bullshit CIA hearings. Reupgnicants are so stupid and clueless.
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when I saw Ms Tavenner sitting at the table my first thought was that she was chic...... had the work on her face done
Then it came....... she bought one of Joan Rivers’ used face lifts