Crested Butte News editor Mark Reaman took off for a beach in South Carolina this week, where the heat index is …
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Feeling the heat…tourism, health insurance and Vinotok
It seems to start earlier every year. It, of course, being the hot summer tourism season. This year it seems to …
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Despite what appeared to be record business and early season trailhead activity this past Memorial Day weekend in Crested Butte, we …
Read More »Strike? Seriously? That’s seriously silly.
More than a few years ago when I started my first job in a news department at a small TV station, …
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I’m not sure which analogy to use. Both will get me into trouble with friends and both are applicable but not …
Read More »Mercury is in retrograde—or it could be the weather
When Mercury is in retrograde, we tend to notice more issues in the areas of communication, in the way we interact …
Read More »Carrying capacity
In our local context, “carrying capacity” basically addresses the limits of a particular place. And in the summer just about any …
Read More »Voting thoughts…
I sort of love that while a charismatic Donald J. Trump can whip a crowd into a frenzy and motivate voters …
Read More »Help wanted
There appears no hurry to hire a permanent town manager in Crested Butte. Council wants some hand-holding in its search for …
Read More »Social media and social off-season
It is off-season. And while not at all good for general business, it is a great few weeks in the village …
Read More »Why not put a dent in mud season?
As the first spring snow squall swept through town Tuesday morning, the sun quickly followed. Ahhhh, spring at 9,000 feet. It …
Read More »Believe it or not—it’s not an easy job
The job of any town manager is fraught with land mines. It is not an easy role—especially in a place like …
Read More »Amusing (to me) stuff
It is busy and finally feels like Spring Break. Out-of-towners are speeding through town because apparently they can’t imagine their vehicle …
Read More »Getting Trumped
Like so many, I’ve been sucked into the political black Trump hole. Watching Donald J. Trump trump the Republican JV team …
Read More »Art and education: An opportunity
It is not every day or every week that the local school gets an opportunity to deal with broad real-world dilemmas. …
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