Pity poor Bill Koch.
(sigh....rolls eyes....)
Let's try a new approach to his problem up on Bear Creek Ranch, shall we?
Riddle me this:
If you owned aprx. 4,500 acres of heaven on earth in the form of a ranch in the high country of Colorado.
And there was one little strip of publically owned land that went smack down (almost, we are stretching it a bit) the middle of it, that was used once in a Harvest Moon by a mountain biker or two and some cows being moved back and forth to other land (which, BTW also has other routes that could be taken) wouldn't you try to purchase that strip of land?
And if the price was ratcheted up by a whipped into a frenzy mob (the mountain bikers started it) that required you to "give them something more"....would you do that?
Poor Bill Koch said: "Well, OK." And then went out and bought a lot more land to give 'The Mob' than they wanted in the first place.
The riddle is:
"Are the hordes of angry mobsters in the Paonia area going to dislike poor Bill Koch any less if he simply goes to the Feds and asks for help?"
Probably not.
So, our vote here on SandBox is to stick with the Feds (and) you've done all you can with the mob in Paonia so let them just simmer until some kind of decision is made. Oh, yes. That guardrail up on Castle Creek that will save lives? Keep going, Mr. Koch. Surely someone up in Aspen can help pay for it besides you.
(Read this article in the continuing trials/tribulations of poor Bill Koch? Click title. Comment to discuss)
"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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