During the 1-hour interviews NWCCOG performed in early 2023 of 31 managers across the region, I was curious if they had noticed an increase in incivility in their day-to-day operations. They were asked 1) if Incivility is an issue in the public realm, meaning meetings and events, 2) if their Read more…
It was a great weekend in Western Colorado. Sunshine. Crisp air. Small towns. Big mountains. Public lands. No rangers. Narrow roads. Few guardrails. No cops. In the first minutes of our trip on I-70, a state patrol pulled over someone in front of us. After we turned off at Minturn, Read more…
We have a crisis of civility in this country. Civility skills are not being taught or modelled at the federal level, and not in the mediums by which many citizens take in information about what is happening. In fact, in-civility is highlighted so frequently as “news” that it seems to Read more…
The Thin Blue Line is a phrase once used by law enforcement for their role as officers entrusted with maintaining the line separating anarchy from order. It was the title of a 1988 movie on those themes. Local elected officials managing public hearings don’t often consider their actions in similar Read more…