More than 30 protesters stand outside the Sand Creek Library Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, as Gary Flakes, who was convicted of being an accessory to murder in the 1997 shotgun slayings of Andy Westbay, 13, and Scott Hawrysiak, 15, announces he is running for Photo by
Gary Flakes hugs a supporter after announcing that he is running for Colorado Springs City Council Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Sand Creek Library. Flakes was convicted of being an accessory to murder in the 1997 shotgun slaying of Andy Westbay, 13, an Photo by
Gary Flakes, who was convicted of being an accessory to murder in the 1997 shotgun slayings of two teenage boys in Cheyenne Meadows, announces he is running for Colorado Springs City Council Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Sand Creek Library. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by