A shake-up at the top of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office sets the stage for the ultimate resignation of Sheriff Bob Braudis and the ascension of his guy pal Joe DiSalvo to a run for the gunslinger’s office as an acting incumbent in 2010. As reported heretofore in Aspen Post, Lorrie White,... Read more →
Free Speech Is Expensive
In comment #4, the founder of Aspen Post explains why there are limits to what you can say. “So here’s my advice: if you want to scream THEN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE,” blogs Michael Conniff. “That [screaming] is not what Aspen Post is about. It’s about a conversation, a dialogue,... Read more →
Big Bald Bobby Goes Ballistic Over Tipsy Taxi
Big Bald Bobby is back and he’s rip-shit over the Tipsy Taxi radio ads recorded by Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, now a teetotaler of the first order. “To my utmost surprise the other morning while listening to the Con Games show on KNFO, but what do I hear?” The Bald One blogs.... Read more →
Even though you didn’t vote for Rick Magnuson for Sheriff, I think he still won!
I have lived in this valley for 14 years now and NOT ONCE have I heard a peep out of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office or from Bob Braudis himself in commercial or newsprint form about the dangers of drug use, proactively having officers at our schools, community policing, etc. To my utmost surprise... Read more →
CON GAMES: Peace Of Crap
I promise to inveigle in with both feet on the ongoing bitch-slap about what went down when Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff Joe DiSalvo blew his top (again). But I want to wait another day or so to see what the local newspapers come up with before I comment. In the meantime, in-between time, ain’t... Read more →
CON GAMES: Where In The World Is Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis?
There he goes again, according to Post blogger Michael Conniff: the freshly reelected Sheriff of Pitkin County is gone like an old paycheck. “In the meantime,” the Con Man blogeth, “in-between time, ain’t we got fun? In the midst of all the pissiness between the Sheriff’s... Read more →
CON GAMES: Bath Party Wins Big In Aspen
Where had I seen this movie before? Or was it a book? Maybe even a history book. But this story was blurred and not instantly knowable. There I was election night in the bar at Jimmy’s downtown, trying to make sense of what I now knew (finally) to be true: that Aspen is a one-party town and that you... Read more →
Be Careful Out There
An email to the Con Man suggests that he watch his back in light of the uncontrolled substances that have appeared on Aspen Post concerning the race for Pitkin County Sheriff. “Some of the people you’ve chosen to step-on-toes-Katy-bar-the-door, are almost ‘religious’ in their... Read more →
The Long Strange Trip Of Sheriff Bob Braudis
Given the craziness of the campaign for Pitkin County Sheriff, it’s worth going back for a moment to see how the race unfolded on Aspen Post, with bloggers galore weighing in on the relative imporance of rampant drug use in Pitkin County versus the masturbatory videos of challenger Rick Magnuson.... Read more →
What A Long Strange Trip He’s Been
Are you ready for this? Are you ready to take a cold, hard look at the plethora of bloggers blasting away on the subject of the race for Pitkin County Sherriff? In addition to Michael Conniff, there’s Michael Brylawski, Alpha 6, Wharf Rat, Miss Lissa, Kit O’Carra, and PastorMustard, and... Read more →