Marie Cenac, Carlie Speedlin Bangs, Ken Zornes
Here are the preliminary vote totals as of 8:30 p.m. MDT
Quick, EstesTruth: Who do you think is going to assume Bob Holcomb's spot on the EDC now? Dr. C? Ha. Carlie Bang-Bangs? Ha. So what exactly will having Ken Zornes instead of Bob Holcomb on the EDC change, besides make it slightly less pervy?
And, oy vey, the youngsters. Watch Ron Norris take iCarlie under his other wing, the one that is not currently guiding Patrick through a patented "How to Be a Trustee" 12-step process (did you see him spoon-feeding questions to Patrick during their pretend interrogation of Randy Hunt last week?). Yea, Todd and Cody got some support. But how does it really change a previous 4-3 vote in favor of the Loop to anything other than a 4-3 vote in favor of the Loop? Todd and Cody and Marie are now in the minority, rather than Todd and Cody and Wendy before she decided Todd was radioactive. Can you say prepping for a mayoral run?
What the hell was EstesTruth thinking endorsing Bobbsey #1? A rampant and in-your-face pro-Looper since before the Loop idea was even hatched (since fifth grade, as we've heard so often, but, thankfully, won't hear anymore)? The madness. The sheer hypocrisy. Thank God new leadership will be taking over soon. (April 5, if I'm reading that right.) Thank God the Bobbseys can do what they campaigned on, and seek out greener pastures like their friends (18 in the last year, I believe).
One final message, which I'm sure will be dismissed as coincidence: The four candidates Betty Hull told the seniors not to support didn't get re-elected. Didn't even get within a whiff of being re-elected. Which demographic can you count on for votes, again? I'm sure Ward Nelson is undergoing some major self-examination this morning. All of those folks, including Diddle Belle, leaving messages of support on his FB page. They love him, they just didn't vote for him, or campaign on his behalf. What did he do wrong, except not listen to those outside his petting circle?
And one postscript: Bob Holcomb will likely move to a completely subsidized neighborhood now, being denied his $6000/year sleep study grant. Bob, the children that you completely ignore until election time (at which point your campaign literature cops to "Two children, three grandchildren") desperately need your attention. Take this opportunity to spend all the time in the world with them. You used Estes Park as your personal playground, and your last-place finish absolutely sent a message (a message the Estes Park Trail-Gazette was too weasely to do more than mumble under their breath). That message, which should now be printed on T-shirts, is, "Estes Park - We don't tolerate being ridden like a sex toy." Get your wife to a lower altitude where she can breathe again. And don't worry about your legacy. In a few years, CDIV will name a pika after you.
It is interesting EstesTruth interpreted (or opined squat, really, given their operation is ostensibly for sale) these results as a revolt against the status quo. Yes, ousting incumbents sends a message, but the message is decidedly mixed if you replace them with newer, younger versions of themselves. Ken Zornes is the paradigm of how you get elected to town board in Estes Park - move here a few years prior to running so you have no history, join the Rotary and League and Transportation board immediately upon arrival, get in with the "right people", alienate yourself from the mainstream voters once in office by behaving exactly as yourself (only now you have created enemies, right, Scott Webermeier?), get voted out in four years. Overwhelmingly, the message to Ron and Bob today is "Thank you for what you accomplished/sacrificed on our behalf. You accomplished our goals (new parking garage, new Community Center, no Loop) and we hope they were truly your goals as well, and not just something you adopted to make friends in a new town or get elected, because now you are dispensable. We have many more Stepford children willing to take your place."
Quick, EstesTruth: Who do you think is going to assume Bob Holcomb's spot on the EDC now? Dr. C? Ha. Carlie Bang-Bangs? Ha. So what exactly will having Ken Zornes instead of Bob Holcomb on the EDC change, besides make it slightly less pervy?
And, oy vey, the youngsters. Watch Ron Norris take iCarlie under his other wing, the one that is not currently guiding Patrick through a patented "How to Be a Trustee" 12-step process (did you see him spoon-feeding questions to Patrick during their pretend interrogation of Randy Hunt last week?). Yea, Todd and Cody got some support. But how does it really change a previous 4-3 vote in favor of the Loop to anything other than a 4-3 vote in favor of the Loop? Todd and Cody and Marie are now in the minority, rather than Todd and Cody and Wendy before she decided Todd was radioactive. Can you say prepping for a mayoral run?
What the hell was EstesTruth thinking endorsing Bobbsey #1? A rampant and in-your-face pro-Looper since before the Loop idea was even hatched (since fifth grade, as we've heard so often, but, thankfully, won't hear anymore)? The madness. The sheer hypocrisy. Thank God new leadership will be taking over soon. (April 5, if I'm reading that right.) Thank God the Bobbseys can do what they campaigned on, and seek out greener pastures like their friends (18 in the last year, I believe).
One final message, which I'm sure will be dismissed as coincidence: The four candidates Betty Hull told the seniors not to support didn't get re-elected. Didn't even get within a whiff of being re-elected. Which demographic can you count on for votes, again? I'm sure Ward Nelson is undergoing some major self-examination this morning. All of those folks, including Diddle Belle, leaving messages of support on his FB page. They love him, they just didn't vote for him, or campaign on his behalf. What did he do wrong, except not listen to those outside his petting circle?
And one postscript: Bob Holcomb will likely move to a completely subsidized neighborhood now, being denied his $6000/year sleep study grant. Bob, the children that you completely ignore until election time (at which point your campaign literature cops to "Two children, three grandchildren") desperately need your attention. Take this opportunity to spend all the time in the world with them. You used Estes Park as your personal playground, and your last-place finish absolutely sent a message (a message the Estes Park Trail-Gazette was too weasely to do more than mumble under their breath). That message, which should now be printed on T-shirts, is, "Estes Park - We don't tolerate being ridden like a sex toy." Get your wife to a lower altitude where she can breathe again. And don't worry about your legacy. In a few years, CDIV will name a pika after you.
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