Could it be that after three years we might be done writing about the Corner at Brush Creek affordable housing proposal …
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Thoughts on the 2019 election: Some yeses, a no and vote for who you know
It is election season and you should have your ballots in hand. I’m sure many of you have voted and sent …
Read More »Of Vegas, immigration and new local citizens
After spending a long weekend in Vegas, there would normally be plenty to write about that relates to this valley and …
Read More »Endings and new beginnings
As I walk the dogs around the neighborhood loop in the mornings, it is easy to see the signs of the …
Read More »Observations…
The best job in the county might be to be a deputy sheriff in Gunnison County who runs for sheriff and …
Read More »Looking at Western and its future: Computer nerds who can write?
Okay, take a deep breath—The state of the university, Western Colorado University, is … good but could be better and is …
Read More »Outside the norm—again
It is sort of like the corporation on the other side of the Continental Divide conducted an anthropological study of us—the …
Read More »Enjoy this time—but keep paying attention
It is prime time for locals. The slowed down tourism, the crisp fall weather, a full bank account after a busy …
Read More »What’s normal?
Seeing the thermometer hit 80 degrees this week in Crested Butte is not normal. Heck, not that long ago it was …
Read More »Watchdogs
Beneath the patina of this paradise we live in, there are a number of skeptics—watchdogs, if you will. They raise their …
Read More »Stay Aware
Riding a classic Crested Butte trail last weekend, I took a pretty good crash and threw my body into a log. …
Read More »What ifs…
We are transitioning to the time of summer when things slow down enough for locals to appreciate it again. Cooler mornings …
Read More »Communication and relationships
Communication and relationships really do matter as much or more than the ends and the means of most communal problems. It …
Read More »The signs and the crescendo
The signs are there. I’m not talking about the sheeple who have bought a half a million dollars worth of plastic …
Read More »A lost chicken and Donald’s mob
As they say in the business—it was a “softball,” teed up and ready so that even I, a normal opposite field …
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