"Because ZG likes a good party, he was at Aspen Highlands’ closing fête on Sunday.
Taking a short break from tippling and glancing up-slope, he was a bit startled to see three local cops on the hillside above the party, one with a video camera.
Were they taping to find scallywags? Letting their presence be known to prevent a riot? Or was it a major step in the direction of Big Brother-esque surveillance?
None of the above, said Blair Weyer, the always-pleasant public information officer for the Aspen Police Department.
She said Chief Richard Pryor “requested that an officer record video footage from the Highlands closing party to help determine the scale of the event for future consideration in the [city’s] special events permitting process.”
Police were not looking to record any specific criminal activity (like freeloaders trying to muscle in on the Daily News’ tab, for instance).
“This is a practice that we have also used during other special events — X Games and the Pro Cycling Challenge, for example — so we can better understand the type of crowd that attends these events and how we can best maintain a safe environment for them,” Weyer said.
ZG approves, because if there’s something you need when you’ve rearranged your mental chemistry with John Barleycorn and god knows what else, it’s safety....." (Read more? See what else ZG sees? Click title.)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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April 21, 2012
February 6, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "More fines for riding bikes on malls, sidewalks"
Hmmm....let's see.
The City of Aspen goes crazy wild in favor of supporting a bike-share company and backs that support up with a whole lot of seed money.
The bike-share startup comes back with a plan that shows each bike costing $6,000 EACH.
And now, the same city ratchets up the rules, laws and fines for breaking either by seriously stepping up enforcement within the City of Aspen. With 60% of the folks supporting that.
Hmmmm....exactly how does this add up to a good deal for the folks?
Chad Abraham:
"...Open space ranger Brian Long of the city’s parks and recreation department said in the summertime, he and police officers are on “the receiving end of a lot of citizen comments and complaints.” The input concerns cyclists biking in spots where they’re supposed to be walking their bikes.
Long estimated that he received 300 or so comments last summer about wayward bikers (the pedestrian malls fall under the responsibility of the parks department). Pedestrians, some of whom are walking their bikes, often complain about narrow misses with rule-breakers, Long said Friday.
Blair Weyer, police department spokeswoman, said that roughly 60 percent of the 600 respondents to the survey indicated they want moderate to strict enforcement of the current code prohibiting bikes on sidewalks and the malls...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
The City of Aspen goes crazy wild in favor of supporting a bike-share company and backs that support up with a whole lot of seed money.
The bike-share startup comes back with a plan that shows each bike costing $6,000 EACH.
And now, the same city ratchets up the rules, laws and fines for breaking either by seriously stepping up enforcement within the City of Aspen. With 60% of the folks supporting that.
Hmmmm....exactly how does this add up to a good deal for the folks?
Chad Abraham:
"...Open space ranger Brian Long of the city’s parks and recreation department said in the summertime, he and police officers are on “the receiving end of a lot of citizen comments and complaints.” The input concerns cyclists biking in spots where they’re supposed to be walking their bikes.
Long estimated that he received 300 or so comments last summer about wayward bikers (the pedestrian malls fall under the responsibility of the parks department). Pedestrians, some of whom are walking their bikes, often complain about narrow misses with rule-breakers, Long said Friday.
Blair Weyer, police department spokeswoman, said that roughly 60 percent of the 600 respondents to the survey indicated they want moderate to strict enforcement of the current code prohibiting bikes on sidewalks and the malls...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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