There still isn’t a lot of detail about last week’s tragedy on the hill. When I got off the Silver Queen …
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Happy Trails
By almost every indication, MLK weekend was busy in the upper valley. It was perhaps the busiest such mid-January holiday weekend …
Read More »Voting talk in January
Here’s a secret—sort of: Communities like Crested Butte, Mt. Crested Butte and Gunnison are above the average when it comes to …
Read More »Weird or Not Weird…
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro…”—Hunter S. Thompson Weird: Forty degrees in January. We all appreciate a January …
Read More »Colors of change
It’s Best of the Butte season and as always, some of the random answers were the best. See the results on …
Read More »Putting the squeeze on KBUT on something unique
Let me be the first to say that I listen to KBUT a lot. It’s a good deal and a great …
Read More »Shocked…
I think people will be shocked at how busy this Christmas and New Year’s will be in Crested Butte. There will …
Read More »Speaking of: People, annexations, TAs, sales tax and more
Like the first weekend in July, August or September, there’s a lot of stuff coming up right now. The numbers look …
Read More »The ski area buzz is warming up—literally
This time of year brings with it a unique excitement found only in ski towns. Crested Butte is a great ski …
Read More »Government isn’t bad but stupid government is…
Here’s something you won’t hear me say very often: ”Republican congressman Scott Tipton and I are on the same page.” And …
Read More »Between a rock and a sweet spot with town sales tax dilemma
It’s still a little early for the town of Crested Butte to be panicking about its budget situation. There are a …
Read More »A blue dot in a red wave
A last minute rush to the ballot box delayed Gunnison County election results until late Wednesday, but it didn’t take that …
Read More »Sometimes a couple has to start over to move to a better future
Watching the Gunnison County commissioners in their role as the Local Marketing District (LMD) dance with the board of the valley’s …
Read More »Looking at a couple of tax issues— 3B for schools and a sales tax for parks
Let’s start with the premise that no one likes to have their taxes raised. If we have to choose to pay …
Read More »Some heat in the fall election
If you are registered to vote you should have your ballot before the week ends. They were dropped into the mail …
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