On a solo hiking trip in the desert the last week of October, I shared 5 hours in a middle school gym in Kanab, Utah with over 100 other COVID-masked travelers hoping to get permission to enter one hike on Read more
Is Violence again Political Speech in America? November 6, 2020: Post Election Day before Winner Declared: The integrity of the U.S. Election is under a full-scale attack led by one man: the President who appears to be losing. Trump continues Read more
Are you a satanic villain, or are they? “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every Read more
According to the Colorado Department of Education’s needs inventory, more than 65,000 students in Colorado lack internet access at home. Eagle County School District Superintendent, Philip Qualman shared results from a survey the district did during the extended COVID closure Read more
It’s time to check-in with your County Clerk I spoke with Janice Vos Caudill, Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder who just completed a primary election on June 30th to ask her about the challenges of running an election and to Read more
Some of the most elegant solutions in public management are also simple. Avon has done significant work to improve streetscapes, and pedestrian friendliness in recent years with significant public outreach and extended planning exercises, including a paint it, and live Read more
Practically everyone adapted rapidly in March and April. In calls to municipal and county managers I asked, “How is the morale of your staff?” The answers reveal that public employees have made hundreds of adjustments, major and minor. It is Read more
I had a rare, fleeting day of compassion for the President’s humanity recently while reading a Washington Post story, “Trump the victim: President complains in private about the pandemic hurting himself.” In the time of COVID, I suppose I can Read more
A Summit Daily story from June 18th entitled, ‘Backbone of our Workforce’ addresses how COVID has disproportionally hit the Hispanic community. Many of our workforce woes, in construction, tourism and basic services are filled by this vital demographic. During this Read more
Four Chiefs of Police, the Sheriff and Colorado State Patrol Captain in Eagle County published a letter in the Vail Daily on June 3rd condemning the “murder” of George Floyd and noting the officer’s “criminal intent” while calling for the Read more