It was in 1970 that an Aspen city council first asked the State of Colorado to hold off on the expansion of Highway 82 to four lanes so that they could study mass transit as an alternative to highway construction. Forty years later there will still be a traffic jam at the entrance to town – despite... Read more →
TV Aspen: Tussle Between Eagle, Pitkin Commishes
TV Aspen News Director Jim Lawrence is reporting on the upcoming showdown between Eagle County and Pitkin County Commissioners over the proposed Ace Lane development. Read More →
Growing Movement
Roaring Fork Valley residents are starting their own vegetable gardens, joining a nationwide movement partly inspired by the recession and partly by a desire for a healthier lifestyle. Read More →
An Open Letter to the FTA (The federal agency that doles out money for mass...
In recent years much ado has been directed towards “earmarks”, expenditures which members of Congress insert into spending bills without going through the normal review and evaluation process. The premise seems to be that spending proposals that do go through the normal review and evaluation... Read more →
Don’t Tar Conservatives With Same Brush
Post blogger Michael Campbell takes issue with a certain talk show host . “I am writing here today to ask the Con Man NOT to tar all conservatives with the same brush that I think he should take toMike from Jim Crow, Eagle County, US of A. His straw man example of two guys faking a gay marriage... Read more →
Michael Campbell: Don’t Tar All Conservatives With Broad Brush
I am writing here today to ask the Con Man NOT to tar all conservatives with the same brush that I think he should take to Mike from Jim Crow, Eagle County, US of A. His straw man example of two guys faking a gay marriage to obtain benefits would have made Rush proud. Set up an isolated situation that... Read more →
Barstool Required
“Annie Egan’s husband called her from work Thursday to tell her he thought the bar stool stuck on the head of an elk that’s been spotted in Eagle County belongs to them.” h/t Bill Johnson Read More →
Citizen Calls Fowl
One citizen thinks Eagle County’s logo vote was a fraud from the get-go. “If the commissioners really think that their new, overpriced logo is the better choice,” blogs Roxanne Buniger, “maybe they should put it on an actual voting ballot and waste more taxpayer dollars in doing... Read more →
Should Eagle County Re-Brand?
Is there anything wrong with the old County logo? Follow the link to see both logos side-by-side and cast your vote online. Voting ends today at 5. Read More →
Miles To Go
In a plug for Mike Miles as Ken Salazar’s replacement in the Senate, Post blogger Cathleen Krahe writes; “He received the majority vote of the delegates to the 2004 Democratic Party State Assembly when he ran for the U. S. Senate.” Read More →