I have known the idea of independent investigative reporting powered by a non-profit in Aspen has been percolating for at least six months, and I’ve known about it from the start. Even so, I’m more than a little bit floored that Factual Aspen Investigative Reporting (heretofore FAIR) has been formed... Read more →
CON GAMES: Crime Time
Everybody knows the emperor has no clothes. The monarch in question–Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis–has made an iconic, ironic career out of routinely refusing to enforce the laws of the land. He (famously) doesn’t enforce the drug laws, he doesn’t enforce the immigration... Read more →
Big Surprise: Sheriff Bob Supports Criminal
You’ve got to love Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, who is never afraid to back a criminal in need. “Braudis is no stranger to criminals and that is perhaps as it should be for an officer of the law,” writes Post blogger Michael Conniff. “But even his most slavish supporters... Read more →
Sheriff Bob Officially Supports Felon
Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis is no stranger to criminals–does the name Montgomery Chitty ring a bell?–and that is perhaps as it should be for an officer of the law. But even his most slavish supporters of the new-age Sheriff may have to admit he has gone too far this time. On official... Read more →
Blast From The Past For Sheriff’s Liberal Media
For extraterrestrial reasons that may always remain a mystery, the RSS feed received by Aspen Post from the Aspen Daily News Wednesday received a blast from the past: the paper’s original endorsement of Bob Braudis for Pitkin County Sheriff, entitled “Four More Years For Bob Braudis,”... Read more →
Sheriff’s Shakeup
As confirmed in November 2006 by Aspen Post, #2 Undersheriff Lorrie White has been pushed out of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office in favor of #3 Joe Disalvo, thereby setting the stage for the ultimate succession plan of Sheriff Bob Braudis. Deputy Sheriff Michael Ferrara has also resigned. The... Read more →
Sheriff’s Succession Plan In Place
The only thing missing now is a note from his doctor. The only thing missing in the succession plan for the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office is a note from the doctor of Sheriff Bob Braudis saying the proverbial “peace officer” cannot finish out his 2010 term for health reasons. Braudis... Read more →
Drug Debate Refuses To Die
Starting with comment #15 on Michael Brylawski’s dissection of drug fatalities and DUIs in Pitkin County, Post bloggers Lost Sailor and Michael Conniff go toe to toe. Read More →
Brylawski Back At You
In comment #11, Post blogger Michael Brylawski wonders why the nature of debate in Aspen breeds name-calling rather than civil discourse about the things that count. “We have a very smart, ‘blue’, well-read, Paekpe-inspired populace,” Brylawski comments, “but much of our... Read more →
Power Play In The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office
The misadventures of Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff Joe DiSalvo have taken on new meaning with the rumor–now confirmed–that the #2 person in the department will be pushed out as of the last day of 2006 to make room for DiSalvo as the successor to Sheriff Bob Braudis. Undersheriff Lorrie White... Read more →