we could have created a "World Terrorism Eradication Force," a global force that would have indeed spent the last 4-5 years rooting this virus out, in every crawl space and cubby hole and cave throughout the world...
Continue Reading Add comment October 9th, 2006
the biggest problems in my barefoot life were grass burrs and red ant hills.
Continue Reading Add comment October 9th, 2006
FRISCO, COLORADO (Post Time News)—Taking the lead from ski resorts in Aspen and Vail, the Town of Frisco signed an agreement to offset 100 percent of its electricity over the next three years with 1,400,000 kilowatt hours of wind energy credits. The mountain town thus becomes the first community in Summity County to shift whole hog to wind power.
Continue Reading Add comment October 7th, 2006
Two important articles on climate change as it affects Aspen, Vail, and other ski towns.
Continue Reading 3 comments September 5th, 2006
Vail beat Aspen to the punch with citywide wireless internet. Adding insult to injury, I read this week that the Town of Vail plans to one up the City of Aspen on the environmental front, as well.
The Aspen Times reported that the Town of Vail will likely sign a deal to offset 100 percent of its energy use with wind credits.
So, how much does something like that cost?
Continue Reading Add comment August 11th, 2006
Athens, Georgia…wireless.
Ashland, Oregon…wireless.
Long Beach, California…wireless.
Seattle, Washington…wireless.
Vail…soon to be wireless.
Aspen…not so much.
Which begs the question, why hasn’t the city of Aspen gone wireless?
Continue Reading Add comment July 25th, 2006
The famed Aspen architect Harry Teague is trying to save East Avon from itself with a new plan developed by his firm and the local Design Workshop.
Continue Reading Add comment July 24th, 2006
You can’t always believe what you see/hear on TV.
“The Big Melt,” intones Martin Bashir, the television announcer on ABC’s “Nightline.” “The winter ski paradise worried as the snow disappears faster and sooner every year. Aspen’s plan to rescue the winter.”
Truth be told, by the end of the segment Friday night, it was not clear that Aspen had a plan “to rescue the winter.” And ABC’s attempt to make relevant a piece shot weeks ago did not by unnoticed.
Continue Reading Add comment June 30th, 2006
It was standing room only as residents, business owners, politicians and activists from Grand Junction to Denver gathered at the Hotel Colorado to discuss the future of the state’s roadless areas.
Casually dressed in shorts and flip-flops, many attendees displayed their view with “Roadless, Yes” stickers pasted to their chests. Others wore bright orange stickers that read “Multi Use, Yes.” Both sides appeared ready to dual, but who would present the best argument?
Continue Reading Add comment June 21st, 2006
The Bush Administration’s 13-member Roadless Area Task Force comes to the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs Wednesday from 5 to 8:45 PM to hear public comment, starting about 7 PM, about the Bush Administration’s plan to put roads in the White River National Forest where none have gone before. The Task Force has been holding public meetings throughout Colorado to find out what the public wants. But the recommendations of the Task Force are just that—non-binding recommendations.
Continue Reading Add comment June 19th, 2006
