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Article: Black Forest protector Cigar-chewing president of group weighs in on roads, chapel
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- June 26, 2005
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BLACK FOREST - Eddie "Elephant" Bracken earned his nickname for
his tendency to trumpet his emotions during his 33-year military
career. It's a moniker that has followed him into his current job.
He's president of the Black Forest Community Club, a volunteer
position that makes him the closest thing to a mayor that exists in
this unincorporated El Paso County community.
Bracken, 68, is not shy about expressing opinions, whether on the
Vietnam War or Millie Carlton's effort to build a Black Forest
wedding chapel. At 6-foot-5, with an authoritative voice and
trademark unlit cigar dangling from his mouth, he can't be ignored.
Bracken is never seen without a cigar. He stopped smoking them in ...