“Nobody wants to see the Wheeler Opera House grow and prosper more than me,” writes Post blogger Michael Conniff. “A first-class venue in the heart of town could mean the world to everyone from Theatre Aspen to artists who might find a reason to matriculate anew in Aspen. The problem for me from the start has been that the Wheeler would have to literally raid their kitty to make the $30 million expansion happen–and the kitty was long ago approved by voters for maintenance and operations — NOT expansion. Is that a minor point? I think not and City Councilor Dwayne Romero, for one, agrees with me.”