The Con Man welcomes the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboarding Club back to the program, then explains why the conventional wisdom that said Democrats would be damanged by the primaries was so completely wrong.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Tuesday June 10,2008.
Add comment June 11th, 2008
The Con Man can't help himself: he has to liken the Burlingate affordable housing scandal in Aspen to the neoconservatives who rule(d) Washington. What do they have in common? Both the local liberals and the Beltway conservatives felt they knew better.
Don't miss the call from former Aspen City Councilor Torre in the second half of the show.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Wednesday June 11, 2008.
Add comment June 11th, 2008
Sometimes I have to cut off callers on my "Con Games" shows because of commercials, but that doesn't mean they still don't have something to say.
Exhibit A:
Just to finish the thought I was trying get around to...the biggest joke about the whole discussion is that no matter what kind of disipline and/or penalties are instituted...short of incarceration (which is very counter productive inasmuch as it is an honorous public expense) it does not matter if these folks are sent back to Mexico. They just turn right around and come back. How many stories do we hear almost daily, of sundry miscreants who have been arrested and deported as many as a dozen times? The answer is: A BUNCH. The point is that they don't care a whit about what is legal or illegal.
Continue Reading Add comment March 6th, 2008
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)--Local Aspen columnist Gary Hubbell either struck a chord or rang a bell with his piece entitled: "In election 2008, don’t forget Angry White Man."
"Here is one group no one has recognized," he writes, "and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard."His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard."
Continue Reading 10 comments February 20th, 2008
How's immigration working out for you fellow Americans? Got a goober in your back pocket? Like what you see in Mexi-fornia? How about Mexi-zona? What can you say about Mexi-Texas? How about that 1965 Immigration Reform Act that added 100 million people in four decades? How about the next 100 million immigrants added by 2040?
Continue Reading 2 comments February 8th, 2008
There is cold, and then there’s freeze your (insert genitalia expletive here) off cold. That’s the kind of cold we’ve had this week in Aspen, Colorado. Yesterday, it was 12 degrees below zero.
Continue Reading Add comment January 19th, 2008
What we DON'T have here in Pitkin County is a failure to communicate. What do have is an egregious example of a public official who is taken at his word by local newspapers no matter how ridiculous the patter.
Perhaps you've heard of Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis. He's the publicly elected law enforcement official who has decided it is decidedly NOT his job to enforce any drug laws. When the biggest Colorado pot bust of the last ten years goes down in his jurisdiction, federal and state officials don't even bother to tell him because there is a good chance he will screw it up.
Continue Reading 5 comments December 18th, 2007
Fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana is a whole lot of pot, even in Pitkin County, but 1,500 pounds is not nearly enough for Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials to alert Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis that a major drug ring is doing business right under his nose—until the bust was in the books.
The Sheriff is, of course, enamored of those who break the law. Though now only intermittently sighted in his office in the basement of Pitkin County Courthouse—“He keeps his own hours,” explains his secretary—Braudis remains enamored of the criminal element.
Continue Reading 3 comments December 17th, 2007
Today was my 1st day on the mountain as I am sure it was for most of the people on the hill. Perfect! It was awesome.
The mountain was packed and the lines were long but it was worth the wait to get some runs in. What a way to start off World Cup week. I am sure the ladies will be excited to see all of this lovely snow.
Continue Reading Add comment December 2nd, 2007
Sure, it was my idea, as it usually always is. It turned out very well, incredibly well, actually. I couldn't have asked for more. I had this incredible lake to my right, and a serious vertical ski slope a hundred yards in front of me as I soaked in the hot tub on our third floor balcony. This was about as close to Heaven on earth as i could summise.
First of all, my first name is indeed Bobby. The girls always loved that name. My mother, as screwed up as she is, is probably the only person who ever actually called me Bobby. Personally, I hated that name. I thought it too feminine, too gayish, too, ... well not worthy of a guy as comfortable on a horse as I was running over defensive backs. Yet, as I come to grips with turning 40 next month, I am also coming to grips with much more. Honestly? I like the name Bobby. Kind of sexy isn't it? Hah.
Continue Reading Add comment November 30th, 2007
