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Someone pointed out last week a reality of our little mountain valley. It’s the upper middle class resort town bubble problem. …
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Small town democracy
“Watching the baby get split is never a pretty process…” One of the people who spoke near the end of Monday’s …
Read More »Don’t over-think the marijuana rules
As most people in a relationship understand, it’s not always what is said that drives a discussion but sometimes what is …
Read More »The rhythm of election season seems a bit out of whack…
The signs are there. We are in transition time. The seasons are changing. There are clumps of yellow on some of …
Read More »The government is claiming moral grounds to attack Syria? That’s a twerk…
Buried below pictures of Miley Cyrus grinding against a singer in a referee shirt, the national news organizations are letting the …
Read More »Good things don’t always come in small packages. Take, for example, the huge package that will help
Good things don’t always come in small packages. Take, for example, the huge package that will help affordable housing in the …
Read More »Some quick notable news notes
Some weeks there is lots of news. Other weeks, it is pretty lean. Early August was lean. It appears to be …
Read More »Your county officials are trying really hard to not ‘just say no’ to amendment 64… Really
It’s not as easy as everyone wants. I’m talking the politics of when the proverbial rubber hits the road…or in this …
Read More »CB is not a serf town…it’s a mountain community
One sign of good writing is getting a reaction from the reader. Roger Brown must be the new Hemingway.To be able …
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Aspen has an Ideas Festival. Crested Butte has cocktail parties, barbeques and community concerts where people chat and brainstorm. Sometimes throwing …
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