Every once in a while, a window of opportunity opens in life. Despite some nasty spring weather this week, the universe …
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Trails of spring sanity
With not a lot going on in town, the idea was to write about something on the world scene. You know, …
Read More »Trail blessings
Councilperson Jim Schmidt put out a plea last week for people to let him know if a group he is leading …
Read More »Vision statement
It could be kind of funny. The Crested Butte Town Council is searching for a vision: A vision statement, actually. They …
Read More »OP-ED: Electricity provider continues funneling local dollars to unneeded coal plant
Tri-State, the utility that generates electricity for 44 rural electric cooperatives including Gunnison County Electric Association (GCEA), continues to push for …
Read More »Obama is losing me…
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”—James Madison, 1795 Apparently we are supposed to live in …
Read More »Hucking slush. Where were the elected leaders?
By the weekend, the topic of this week’s editorial was too obvious: the deplorable conditions of the Crested Butte streets, including …
Read More »Why make things harder?
Why does it seem some people or institutions want to make things harder than they need to be? Shouldn’t one goal …
Read More »Goodman, Gadhafi and perspective
So Amy Goodman…she of the happy unicorns and nothing but sunshine radio show is coming over to speak in Crested Butte …
Read More »Kumbaya
It’s not easy to go all kumbaya two weeks in a row, but every once in a while it puts local …
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