Leo Pando

Leo Pando was one of eleven children. He was a member of the Cheyenne sanitation crew while in high school. In 1985, a hail storm and flash flooding killed twelve people in Cheynne, including Pando's daughter.^[1]

Pando served as a police detective in the Cheyenne, Wyoming police department.^[2][1] In 1988, Pando was elected to the city council in Cheyenne from Ward 2 alongside Joseph C. Dougherty.^[3] Pando was selected to serve as the vice-president of the city council.^[4]

In 1992, Pando ran in Cheyenne's mayoral election against incumbent Mayor Gary Schaeffer. He placed second in the primary behind Schaeffer and defeated Schaeffer in the general election.^[5][6] Pando ran for reelection in 1996, placed first out of eight candidates in the primary, and defeated Rod Miller in the general election.^[7][8]

Pando ran for reelection in 2000, placed first in the primary, but was defeated in the general election by Jack Spiker.^[9][10] Pando had spent $20,386 against Spiker's $13,449, and he had outraised Spiker.^[11]

Pando appointed Mark Moran to replace Bernard Pitts, who had served since March 1986, as municipal court judge starting on July 1. 1999, and Moran served until 2019.^[12][13] In 2000, Pando successfully requested the resignation of Frederika Barlea, the Cheyenne city treasurer, after Barela admitted to knowing about up to $600,000 in unreconciled bank statements and not sending the statements to Pando.^[14] The city's general fund had more than $11 million at the end of Pando's term.^[1]

Pando died on March 30, 2023.^[1]