LOCAL NEWS - VOTE MARCH 19TH FOR $50 IN FREE COMICS! Howdy! I want to begin today's newsletter by letting you know that our contract to sell our 56th ave. headquarters building has now passed it's critical "inspections" deadline. Presuming nothing goes wrong between now and our scheduled closing on April 4th, we are committed to turning over 56th to our buyer on April 22nd. Our commitment to move 6 million comics (and all our offices...) over to our Jason St. building has suddenly become very, very real! For those of you who keep track of such things, you may have noticed that our closing date on our building sale has been moved forward by 18 days. I asked for that extension because I am in the final 30 days of my reign as Prince Royale of the Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire. While my one-year tenure in the #2 male leadership position of this wonderful charitable organization has already been quite busy, it turns out that the last month of a Prince's reign consists of a blur of almost daily performances and commitments. These all culminate in my relinquishing my role at the annual Prince and Princess Ball, which will be held on Friday , March 25th. All other considerations aside, there was just no way that I could keep the deadline for us to be out of 56th at only one week after PR Ball. Another effort that is taking up a huge amount of my time the days is my working to help our good friend, Norrie Reynolds, achieve her goal of being elected Empress of the ICRME. As many of you are already aware, Norrie has worked as a volunteer for Mile High Comics during dozens of auctions, poker games, autograph signings, and Free Comic Book Day celebrations. She also helped to run registers for us numerous times at San Diego Comic-Con, Wizard World Austin, Stan Lee's ComiKazi, and at the Denver Comic Con. Norrie is working these days to pack up the 8,000+ pieces of my Pueblo pottery that are on display in our 56th headquarters building, as she is the one person that I unequivocally trust to safely handle my entire collection of rare artifacts. Norrie on the evening she was crowned as Grand Duchess 40 In addition to helping us here at Mile High Comics, Norrie has also been a leader for the last eight years in raising funds for charity through the ICRME. She has served as Imperial Court Baroness twice, and most recently was on the female line as Grand Duchess during Reign 40. She performed her roles so successfully that a group of past ICRME Emperors and Empresses urged her last spring to submit her application to be next year's Empress 43. After giving all the work involved a great deal of thought, Norrie ultimately agreed to run for Empress, declaring her candidacy last May. Norrie with Lou Ferrigno To inject drama into what might be an otherwise mundane tale, until November, Norrie was running unopposed. Late that month, however, another long time member of the ICRME made the decision to jump into the race against Norrie, just five weeks before the applications deadline. This person has run for Empress many times previously and was soundly rejected each time. In this instance, however, she was encouraged to run against Norrie by yet another group of past ICRME Emperors and Empresses, and they promised her unprecedented support, including backing from the leader of the powerful LGBT faction of the Colorado Democratic Party. Overnight, Norrie went from being a shoo-in as Empress 43, to being the underdog. All of the above having been said, I am going all-out to help Norrie win this year's ICRME election. We are facing an uphill battle however, as the last time that the Colorado Democratic Party became involved in an ICRME election, they delivered over 200 votes! for the winning Empress. Clearly, a small group of dedicated people going up against a political machine this powerful is an almost impossible task. Norrie Performing for Charity In the end, our one hope for Norrie's success is the fact that it is a long-standing tradition in ICRME elections for candidates to offer generous inducements to non-members to vote. In a nutshell, that tradition is what has allowed me the latitude to put together the package of extremely generous rewards for voting listed at the end of this newsletter. While the odds may be against us, I think that offering anyone from our Mile High Comics community who takes the time to vote for Norrie a $50 store credit coupon might just inspire the 200 votes that we need. I will close by asking you to please consider taking the time on March 19th to vote for Norrie Reynolds for Empress 43 of the Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire. Not only will you personally benefit for taking just a few moments of your time to vote, but you will also be helping someone very deserving to conclude her lifetime of commitment to the needs of others with an accolade that she sincerely deserves. I will guarantee you that Norrie would be very grateful to receive your help. Happy Collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. March 1, 2016 P.S. Since the only requirements to vote in ICRME elections is that you be over 16 and have a Colorado I.D. that proves that you live north of Castle Rock, we encourage everyone to bring friends and family members to the polls to vote for Norrie. Everyone who votes can choose to receive either the $50 in store credit, or a complete set of this year's Free Comic Book Day variants! 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