Long live the King. Terrific and somewhat brutally succinctly stated column out of the 'Usual Suspect' aka Dave Danforth.
Up on the Aspen Daily News.
Dave Danforth:
"In 2009, Newsday, the daily paper on Long Island, played up a story its owners didn’t like. The New York Knicks’ Eddy Curry had been named in a sex harassment claim by his male driver.
Newsday is a tabloid paper, but not in the same brawling tradition as its big-city neighbors, the New York Post or Daily News. Nonetheless, the story was bound to attract attention as a sports tale in the sports-crazed New York metro area.
That was just fine, except for a detail that eventually cost editor John Mancini his job. Newsday has been owned since 2008 by Cablevision, whose father-son ownership of Charles and James Dolan also own both the Knicks and Rangers.....
........Newsday did some digging into reports that Long Island Railroad workers and unethical physicians had siphoned off $1 billion from the railroad’s disability fund since 2000. But when the paper shied away from running the story, the New York Times scooped it. Charges were handed down in the pension scandal last October.
This was the place at which Bob Greene, Jimmy Breslin, Murray Kempton, Gail Collins and Pete Hamill once worked. By 2010, it decided to institute a $5-per-week “pay wall” to drum up digital subscribers. It produced all of 35 takers in its first three weeks.
As the Press pointed out, the “pay wall” cut off its impact with anyone outside Long Island, including nearby New York City and state legislators in Albany.
Up popped an anonymous Facebook called “Debbie CowardlyLion.” Its fans undoubtedly recalled when Newsday won its last Pulitzer, in 1996.
The trendy “hyper local” fad also distracted Newsday, drawing its attention away from more worldly coverage. The paper, with a 2009 circulation of 377,000, was trapped. It wasn’t quite large enough to command national attention but still too big for what some residents called “super loco local” coverage.
A Newsday PR exec called writers who gave worried accounts to the Press a “small number of disgruntled employees.” But the paper recently convened a rare pow-wow in a large auditorium to discuss it. Cablevision ownership stocked the meeting with cookies and coffee. A good dialogue resulted, all agreed.
In other words, they kicked the can on down the road..." (Read more? You should. Click title)
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April 9, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Times "Guest opinion: City cranks up spin for hydroelectric project"
(4/10/2012: See the firing back volley from the City of Aspen's Mitzi Rapkin to Gardner-Smith's report here (and) read how Gardner-Smith handled the "correction needed" here. Excellent job and coverage by Brent Gardner-Smith via the Aspen Daily News)
(4/9/2012: Interestingly enough...see related coverage over on the Aspen Daily that came out this morning. Turns out that once again the City of Aspen has 'misrepresented' their information and now needs to retract. Hmmm....sound anything like PitCo commissioners projections on how much the Droste Property was supposed to cost?)
Maurice Emmer:
"..Or might you consider alternatives? Before spending more on the Castle Creek Energy Center, its financial viability should be proven, especially compared with alternatives. The projected generation cost of 10 to 11 cents per kilowatt-hour (bound to go up), above the market rate for clean electricity and not reflecting risks, will not be competitive.
The city's own numbers offer a solution: Taking the city's word today, half the pipeline cost (half of $3.2 million) isn't part of this project, so the total cost will be $8.9 million (without further overruns). The $3.7 million not spent yet could be avoided, and we could recover, say, $750,000 for the $1.5 million turbine the city has already bought. This would save $4.45 million or 50 percent of the total project cost. Why double down on a bad bet instead of cutting the inevitable loss?
Yes, the city will have to pay the $5.5 million of bonds. Ignoring possible savings of $4.45 million by continuing the Castle Creek Energy Center project will not avoid the obligation to pay the bonds; it will only double the cost of a boondoggle that cannot produce clean electricity competitively. How about we stop the project and use the $4.45 million savings to pay the lion's share of the bond debt?
The article admits that the city “has made mistakes.” You bet. The mistake is the Castle Creek Energy Center. The residents should not make the mistake of permitting the madness to continue...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
(4/9/2012: Interestingly enough...see related coverage over on the Aspen Daily that came out this morning. Turns out that once again the City of Aspen has 'misrepresented' their information and now needs to retract. Hmmm....sound anything like PitCo commissioners projections on how much the Droste Property was supposed to cost?)
Maurice Emmer:
"..Or might you consider alternatives? Before spending more on the Castle Creek Energy Center, its financial viability should be proven, especially compared with alternatives. The projected generation cost of 10 to 11 cents per kilowatt-hour (bound to go up), above the market rate for clean electricity and not reflecting risks, will not be competitive.
The city's own numbers offer a solution: Taking the city's word today, half the pipeline cost (half of $3.2 million) isn't part of this project, so the total cost will be $8.9 million (without further overruns). The $3.7 million not spent yet could be avoided, and we could recover, say, $750,000 for the $1.5 million turbine the city has already bought. This would save $4.45 million or 50 percent of the total project cost. Why double down on a bad bet instead of cutting the inevitable loss?
Yes, the city will have to pay the $5.5 million of bonds. Ignoring possible savings of $4.45 million by continuing the Castle Creek Energy Center project will not avoid the obligation to pay the bonds; it will only double the cost of a boondoggle that cannot produce clean electricity competitively. How about we stop the project and use the $4.45 million savings to pay the lion's share of the bond debt?
The article admits that the city “has made mistakes.” You bet. The mistake is the Castle Creek Energy Center. The residents should not make the mistake of permitting the madness to continue...."
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April 1, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Officials announce war on drugs complete in A-Town"
'by Tony Montana, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer':
"With the latest arrests of geriatric cocaine dealers caught with powder in their canes, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) has declared the war on drugs in Aspen to be incontrovertibly complete.
As a result, not one granular of cocaine has been sniffed in Aspen in over a year, thanks to the undercover work of the USDEA...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"With the latest arrests of geriatric cocaine dealers caught with powder in their canes, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) has declared the war on drugs in Aspen to be incontrovertibly complete.
As a result, not one granular of cocaine has been sniffed in Aspen in over a year, thanks to the undercover work of the USDEA...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Aspen dropped by U.S. Chamber of Commerce"
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce broke ties with Aspen this week, citing the ski town’s excessive knee-jerk liberalism and sanctimonious lecturing about climate change hoo-hah.
“Our affiliation with these crunchy beatniks is not in line with our values as a lobbying arm for multi-national corporations who need to rape and pillage Earth in the name of capitalism,” said U.S. Chamber President Tom Donahue.
To determine what it should do about Aspen, the U.S. Chamber polled the 16 anonymous donors who give it $500 zillion annually for the purpose of lobbying against climate science....."
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“Our affiliation with these crunchy beatniks is not in line with our values as a lobbying arm for multi-national corporations who need to rape and pillage Earth in the name of capitalism,” said U.S. Chamber President Tom Donahue.
To determine what it should do about Aspen, the U.S. Chamber polled the 16 anonymous donors who give it $500 zillion annually for the purpose of lobbying against climate science....."
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March 31, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "ZG: Outside the scope of Lance and the lure of the Bell chair "
ZG:
"Pitkin County wins ZG’s award for excellence in customer service this week.
Your tax-funded bureaucrats can do more than buy land and reject subdivisions, it turns out. On Wednesday they picked up one man’s fight to improve the allegedly crappy cell phone service at his home near the roundabout.
Dan Levinson, of Maroon Drive, addressed the Pitkin County commissioners Wednesday, detailing a nine-plus-month battle with AT&T. He said last June the company’s service in his ’hood went out ... and he hasn’t been able to get any answers since as to what happened out there.
“The only thing I could think of is to come to you,” he told the county board.
That afternoon, county manager Jon Peacock was on the phone with AT&T asking what was up with the dead zone.
When ZG called AT&T and spoke with a regional spokesman the next day, she already knew all about Mr. Levinson’s Kafkae-sque struggle to get a signal and the county’s top executive’s effort on his behalf.
But, she said, his service might not get better any time soon. There’s no tower down in the area, apparently, and none of their local service infrastructure has changed.
“We understand his frustration and we are doing everything we can to resolve this issue,” she said.
Yeah. Can you hear me now? ...." (Read more? ZG knows. Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Pitkin County wins ZG’s award for excellence in customer service this week.
Your tax-funded bureaucrats can do more than buy land and reject subdivisions, it turns out. On Wednesday they picked up one man’s fight to improve the allegedly crappy cell phone service at his home near the roundabout.
Dan Levinson, of Maroon Drive, addressed the Pitkin County commissioners Wednesday, detailing a nine-plus-month battle with AT&T. He said last June the company’s service in his ’hood went out ... and he hasn’t been able to get any answers since as to what happened out there.
“The only thing I could think of is to come to you,” he told the county board.
That afternoon, county manager Jon Peacock was on the phone with AT&T asking what was up with the dead zone.
When ZG called AT&T and spoke with a regional spokesman the next day, she already knew all about Mr. Levinson’s Kafkae-sque struggle to get a signal and the county’s top executive’s effort on his behalf.
But, she said, his service might not get better any time soon. There’s no tower down in the area, apparently, and none of their local service infrastructure has changed.
“We understand his frustration and we are doing everything we can to resolve this issue,” she said.
Yeah. Can you hear me now? ...." (Read more? ZG knows. Click title)
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February 11, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "ZG: Gondola talk: Loose lips sink ships"
As the Fates would have it.....
ZG:
"Message to SkiCo: What happens in the bucket does not stay in the bucket.
A certain loose-lipped SkiCo executive picked an inopportune time to rant about Lee Mulcahy last weekend. The exec and a lady friend stepped into a gondola car on Ajax last Saturday morning, where ZG was seated. As the gondola car headed past Niagara, the company man’s lady friend asked him about Mulcahy, and all of a sudden, verbal diarrhea began pouring of out of the mouth.
Mr. SkiCo apparently didn’t recognize ZG as the news-nosed ski town scandal-monger that he is, because Mr. SkiCo let out a profuse and profane tirade about Mulcahy’s recent libel lawsuit against company CEO Mike Kaplan. Among the gems in his gondola ride venting session: He suggested that Aspen should build an “A**hole Hall of Fame” and make Mulcahy the first inductee, because he is “the biggest a**hole Aspen’s ever seen.”
Hmm. ZG wouldn’t nominate Lee for an A**hole Hall of Fame ... but if there were ever a self-aggrandizing d-bag hall of fame, he’d make a strong candidate.
And SkiCo folks: ZG would like to see some more of this candid side of you. Let’s take a gondy lap...."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
ZG:
"Message to SkiCo: What happens in the bucket does not stay in the bucket.
A certain loose-lipped SkiCo executive picked an inopportune time to rant about Lee Mulcahy last weekend. The exec and a lady friend stepped into a gondola car on Ajax last Saturday morning, where ZG was seated. As the gondola car headed past Niagara, the company man’s lady friend asked him about Mulcahy, and all of a sudden, verbal diarrhea began pouring of out of the mouth.
Mr. SkiCo apparently didn’t recognize ZG as the news-nosed ski town scandal-monger that he is, because Mr. SkiCo let out a profuse and profane tirade about Mulcahy’s recent libel lawsuit against company CEO Mike Kaplan. Among the gems in his gondola ride venting session: He suggested that Aspen should build an “A**hole Hall of Fame” and make Mulcahy the first inductee, because he is “the biggest a**hole Aspen’s ever seen.”
Hmm. ZG wouldn’t nominate Lee for an A**hole Hall of Fame ... but if there were ever a self-aggrandizing d-bag hall of fame, he’d make a strong candidate.
And SkiCo folks: ZG would like to see some more of this candid side of you. Let’s take a gondy lap...."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
October 8, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "How’s that soap taste, son?"
As far as we're concerned, the fav columnist toss is between Danforth, Sturm, Nitze, Advice Goddess and Lorenzo Semple.
For this week, Semple wins. (Read the whole thing..)
"Growing up in a small town like Aspen is cool because you know all the cops. Sure, we ran from them (still do), and got in trouble all the time, but I can’t recall ever being compelled to swear at a cop. Not to mention there’s way more creative ways to get under a policeman’s skin — verbally that is. See me in my office — Highlands Bowl — for a detailed list. All of them will work against your favor, guaranteed.
Swear words, phrases and such are fabric of our language and pop culture, but they also are like spices in the food we eat — too much can leave a bad taste in your mouth. Not to mention cussing shows a lack of intellect. That’s probably why I curse so much. It’s because you just can’t come up with another word. It makes you sound stupid. Regardless, it’s all protected free speech. The line of legalese becomes more blurry when these words are used with the intent of causing a violent reaction.
But when done right, a four-letter word can sound romantic, renegade, jubilant, contrarian and altogether appropriate. The comedian George Carlin was famous for his “Seven Dirtiest Words” skit. It’s a real knee-slapper. For some reason I’m particularly impressed when elderly people swear; toddlers and women too. Swearing in songs can pack a punch also, when done right. There’s a song by the Sex Pistols called “Bodies” that’s a good example of this. I always respected the stubborn artists who wouldn’t alter the lyrics of their songs for more exposure on the radio.
The “F bomb” is one of the most versatile words in the English language. It can be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, an exclamation and a question. “Scarface” taught me that back in high school. I remember seeing the “F bomb” scratched on a bathroom stall in the Yellow Brick lower elementary school. It stood perfectly on its own, probably because the kid who put it there was actually incapable of writing anything else.
Thanks to our Constitution, these words are protected. Freedom of speech and thought are the foundation blocks of America. Try telling that to my grandmother. She was more interested in cleansing bad words from my mouth at an early age. I was in first grade at the time when I decided to push the envelope a little bit and try out a word in front of her. The word is totally innocuous — so much so that I can write it here now, even in a highly conservative publication such as this. The word in question: Kaka. It means poop, doo-doo, dookie, number two. I said that word in front of her while playing with plastic army men in the courtyard behind her apartment. It was a huge mistake.
She grabbed me by the arm and yanked me into the air, dragged me right into the kitchen and washed my mouth out with Ivory soap.."
(Lorenzo Semple)
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For this week, Semple wins. (Read the whole thing..)
"Growing up in a small town like Aspen is cool because you know all the cops. Sure, we ran from them (still do), and got in trouble all the time, but I can’t recall ever being compelled to swear at a cop. Not to mention there’s way more creative ways to get under a policeman’s skin — verbally that is. See me in my office — Highlands Bowl — for a detailed list. All of them will work against your favor, guaranteed.
Swear words, phrases and such are fabric of our language and pop culture, but they also are like spices in the food we eat — too much can leave a bad taste in your mouth. Not to mention cussing shows a lack of intellect. That’s probably why I curse so much. It’s because you just can’t come up with another word. It makes you sound stupid. Regardless, it’s all protected free speech. The line of legalese becomes more blurry when these words are used with the intent of causing a violent reaction.
But when done right, a four-letter word can sound romantic, renegade, jubilant, contrarian and altogether appropriate. The comedian George Carlin was famous for his “Seven Dirtiest Words” skit. It’s a real knee-slapper. For some reason I’m particularly impressed when elderly people swear; toddlers and women too. Swearing in songs can pack a punch also, when done right. There’s a song by the Sex Pistols called “Bodies” that’s a good example of this. I always respected the stubborn artists who wouldn’t alter the lyrics of their songs for more exposure on the radio.
The “F bomb” is one of the most versatile words in the English language. It can be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, an exclamation and a question. “Scarface” taught me that back in high school. I remember seeing the “F bomb” scratched on a bathroom stall in the Yellow Brick lower elementary school. It stood perfectly on its own, probably because the kid who put it there was actually incapable of writing anything else.
Thanks to our Constitution, these words are protected. Freedom of speech and thought are the foundation blocks of America. Try telling that to my grandmother. She was more interested in cleansing bad words from my mouth at an early age. I was in first grade at the time when I decided to push the envelope a little bit and try out a word in front of her. The word is totally innocuous — so much so that I can write it here now, even in a highly conservative publication such as this. The word in question: Kaka. It means poop, doo-doo, dookie, number two. I said that word in front of her while playing with plastic army men in the courtyard behind her apartment. It was a huge mistake.
She grabbed me by the arm and yanked me into the air, dragged me right into the kitchen and washed my mouth out with Ivory soap.."
(Lorenzo Semple)
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October 1, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News/Lorenzo Semple "Follow the yellow brick road"
"Colorado means colorful, and that it is. The colors are peaking right now, and all this week. They say that the Aspen tree grove is the largest living organism in the world. If you drink a heady brew of quantum bio-physics you could imagine that we are all connected and part of that organism.
This time of year things start to slow. The temperatures drop, and the grasses lay fallow, trees, plants and shrubs start to go dormant. Hanging flower baskets start to look haggard. Flies that were once near impossible to swat are now like sitting ducks. It seems like our bio-rhythms and metabolisms start to slow as well. Your inner caveman calls out to gather supplies for winter — like new skis — and your body tells you to start storing fat.
The shrub oaks and berry bushes here are so vibrant, and such an important part of our local ecosystem. I saw a squirrel with so many acorns in its mouth it looked like the great Dizzy Gillespie. That’s what locals start to do this time of year — stock up for winter, get your squirrel on...."
(Lorenzo Semple)
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This time of year things start to slow. The temperatures drop, and the grasses lay fallow, trees, plants and shrubs start to go dormant. Hanging flower baskets start to look haggard. Flies that were once near impossible to swat are now like sitting ducks. It seems like our bio-rhythms and metabolisms start to slow as well. Your inner caveman calls out to gather supplies for winter — like new skis — and your body tells you to start storing fat.
The shrub oaks and berry bushes here are so vibrant, and such an important part of our local ecosystem. I saw a squirrel with so many acorns in its mouth it looked like the great Dizzy Gillespie. That’s what locals start to do this time of year — stock up for winter, get your squirrel on...."
(Lorenzo Semple)
(Be sure to read all of Semple's terrific column, Click title)
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "ZG: Aspen on the little screen, surprises on big screen"
That Aspen icon, larger in life than any other Aspen icon, is actually someone/some thing that locals have a difficult time remembering exactly who or what 'ZG' is.
If you talk to 'downvalley' folks, 'ZG' represents just about everything 'Aspen'.
Depending on who you talk to 'upvalley', 'ZG' is everything the old Aspenites would fight to the death to stand alongside (or) that 'ZG' is the 'best license plate letters' to have on your car because it means you're 'a local'. Some say 'ZG' is a political statement.
What no one disputes, is that 'ZG' brings up a reminder of Aspen.
SandBox Nanny, upon encountering a pointed and somewhat mocking comment, allegedly from 'ZG' him/her self when she posted a piece on 'downvalley' folks' opinion of 'ZG' encountering the joys of jury duty; decided to let the 'downvalley' avatars in commentary 'give 'ol 'ZG' (whatever it means) a little insight into how they really feel about the symbolism of 'ZG'.
Before getting bumped by hotter topics, that post and commentary was the most popular post on SandBox for a number of months.
How good it was, to see the 'real' 'ZG' come out from his/her secluded hideaway. Rumored to be a hidden lair, located on the backside of a remote mountain somewhere. And once again share his/her/it's unique insight into all things that touch Aspen and The Valley.
Today, SandBox Nanny is appreciative of these unique views of, 'ZG':
"..Filmgoers were required to leave their cell phones at check-in and were sworn to secrecy by signing a waiver promising not to reveal what they were about to watch. Aspen’s not a town where secrets are easily kept, and locals’ opinions flow like wine. Not only is the secret out ..."
"Is all this a sign? Or should we keep the faith in Kyle Orton?..."
(Aspen Daily News)
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If you talk to 'downvalley' folks, 'ZG' represents just about everything 'Aspen'.
Depending on who you talk to 'upvalley', 'ZG' is everything the old Aspenites would fight to the death to stand alongside (or) that 'ZG' is the 'best license plate letters' to have on your car because it means you're 'a local'. Some say 'ZG' is a political statement.
What no one disputes, is that 'ZG' brings up a reminder of Aspen.
SandBox Nanny, upon encountering a pointed and somewhat mocking comment, allegedly from 'ZG' him/her self when she posted a piece on 'downvalley' folks' opinion of 'ZG' encountering the joys of jury duty; decided to let the 'downvalley' avatars in commentary 'give 'ol 'ZG' (whatever it means) a little insight into how they really feel about the symbolism of 'ZG'.
Before getting bumped by hotter topics, that post and commentary was the most popular post on SandBox for a number of months.
How good it was, to see the 'real' 'ZG' come out from his/her secluded hideaway. Rumored to be a hidden lair, located on the backside of a remote mountain somewhere. And once again share his/her/it's unique insight into all things that touch Aspen and The Valley.
Today, SandBox Nanny is appreciative of these unique views of, 'ZG':
"..Filmgoers were required to leave their cell phones at check-in and were sworn to secrecy by signing a waiver promising not to reveal what they were about to watch. Aspen’s not a town where secrets are easily kept, and locals’ opinions flow like wine. Not only is the secret out ..."
"Is all this a sign? Or should we keep the faith in Kyle Orton?..."
(Aspen Daily News)
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September 22, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "No subsidized vacation for Mick"
Very enlightening Letter to the Editor from Elizabeth Milias on Mayor Mick Ireland's recent European Great Adventure.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
September 18, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "On the cruciform of ad-lib and ideology"
Long live the King.
Wonderful piece from Dave Danforth, the usual suspect. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
"Ad-lib” is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “to improvise, especially lines or a speech.”
It is done all the time. But when a U.S. president does it, an ad-lib can start a word fight, particularly when ideology gets involved.
A lot of ink and hot air was spilled over a gaffe..."
(Dave Danforth)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
Wonderful piece from Dave Danforth, the usual suspect. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
"Ad-lib” is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “to improvise, especially lines or a speech.”
It is done all the time. But when a U.S. president does it, an ad-lib can start a word fight, particularly when ideology gets involved.
A lot of ink and hot air was spilled over a gaffe..."
(Dave Danforth)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
August 29, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Aspen Skiing Co. mulls changes to ski school's inner workings"
How interesting it is to watch the dynamic play out between two daily newspapers in a small town.
One is a non-local, corporate conglomerate that employs some locals, maintains relationships with heavy-spending advertisers and censors and bans any and all content that is openly critical of either their publications or special ad account holders.
The other is locally owned and operated, continually voted local favorite, banned from the premises of at least one of the special ad account holders that use the other paper and would banish themselves into public stocks in the middle of town if even the thought of interfering with the First Amendment darkened their door.
Lee Mulcahy has been knighted as 'The Julian Assange of Aspen' and given honorary membership in the ranks of some of the best spitwad hurlers mankind has ever known, who also reside in the local demographic these two newspapers cover.
Oh, lordy, lordy! How the slant and rose-colored glasses authorizing the copy up on The Aspen Times tainted in favor of Aspen Skico when Lee was rockin and rollin with his organization 'People 4 a Living Wage'.
If it had not been for that 'other' paper The Aspen Daily News, we would never have known that there were other complaints, besides the Mulcahy complaint, filed with the National Labor Review Board against Aspen Skico.
We also would never have known that there were sanctions placed against the Skico as a result of Lee and his efforts.
How delicious is this morsel off The Aspen Times today!
"Skico designed the system to give instructors a voice without their forming a union..."
Leaking out to the Times, long after the fact, more of the details that vindicate Lee Mulcahy is transparent, totally lacking in class and blatantly obvious as nothing but an attempt at damage control.
A very poor attempt at that.
Congratulations to all future employees of Aspen Skico!
Because of the hard-won efforts of employees who came before you there will now be transparency within the organization.
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One is a non-local, corporate conglomerate that employs some locals, maintains relationships with heavy-spending advertisers and censors and bans any and all content that is openly critical of either their publications or special ad account holders.
The other is locally owned and operated, continually voted local favorite, banned from the premises of at least one of the special ad account holders that use the other paper and would banish themselves into public stocks in the middle of town if even the thought of interfering with the First Amendment darkened their door.
Lee Mulcahy has been knighted as 'The Julian Assange of Aspen' and given honorary membership in the ranks of some of the best spitwad hurlers mankind has ever known, who also reside in the local demographic these two newspapers cover.
Oh, lordy, lordy! How the slant and rose-colored glasses authorizing the copy up on The Aspen Times tainted in favor of Aspen Skico when Lee was rockin and rollin with his organization 'People 4 a Living Wage'.
If it had not been for that 'other' paper The Aspen Daily News, we would never have known that there were other complaints, besides the Mulcahy complaint, filed with the National Labor Review Board against Aspen Skico.
We also would never have known that there were sanctions placed against the Skico as a result of Lee and his efforts.
How delicious is this morsel off The Aspen Times today!
"Skico designed the system to give instructors a voice without their forming a union..."
Leaking out to the Times, long after the fact, more of the details that vindicate Lee Mulcahy is transparent, totally lacking in class and blatantly obvious as nothing but an attempt at damage control.
A very poor attempt at that.
Congratulations to all future employees of Aspen Skico!
Because of the hard-won efforts of employees who came before you there will now be transparency within the organization.
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