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You kinda did hear it here first

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Suddenly, one week later, the "unacceptable" restaurant rating at the Stanley is news?  Hummm.  You want the Larimer County Health Inspector's restaurant ratings as they hit the press, who ya gonna call?

Donuts. We got donuts.

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Remember this place?  Yeah, me neither, but soon you'll be able to forget it sold donuts in 2020. You didn't hear it hear first - The detective work was done on Facebook, but Donut Haus donuts will be available next year in the Tiny Town Gas Station out on Moraine, shipped up from Loveland, and the little shacky building directly across from it, as of next year, will be selling, you guessed it - DONUTS.  Exclusively.  And likely for a limited time only. Val Thompson of "You Need Pie" claims she was in the process of obtaining the recipes from the Donut Haus ladies, hence the need for a location in the former "Soda Splash"/"Chicken Fried Latte" dumpster on a concrete foundation.  Somehow the rug got pulled out from under her, and unless that building and the drive-throughs approaching it are drastically renovated, she will be next on the list to fail at this address, but, for a sweet, sweet window of time next summer, tourists and locals alike...

Tell us what you really think, though, Dick

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At some point, Dick Spielman needs to stop sugar-coating stuff and tell everyone how he REALLY feels.  Did someone put oatmeal in your pee, Dick? Transcription:  Mayor, trustees, and county commissioners, You may have noticed that I stayed away from the "Coaster Fiasco".  I did not write or speak to any of you concerning the events leading up to Cody's [Cody Rex Walker's] recall.  Being quiet about such things is not in my nature [,] but I have an inherent dislike of the recall process.  This is not to say that I approved of any of the slimy actions leading to the code changes that allowed that project to go forward [,] or that I approved of the unethical behavior (perceived or not) that the Town staff and some of you took part in.  Even if you were not involved in the wrong doing [sic, suggest wrongdoing] [,] you should have spoken up and condemned it.  I have always felt that at least one of the town staff should have been fired.  At least ...

Molly B victim impact statements, compiled and translated from Mandarin Chinese

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The suspect in the Estes Park "Molly B" restaurant obviously didn’t spend the three weeks ignoring police requests for an interview crafting a plausible defense for her behavior on the afternoon of 18 October 2019.   Instead, she fabricated a lazy, self-contradictory, racist defense, blatantly attempting to shift blame to her victims, ignoring the fact that her victims have security camera footage and cell phone videos from the time of her entry into their establishment until she and her companion fled the scene.    Her dismissive references to the Lee brothers as “speaking in an unintelligible language” and use of diminutives like “the little one” to describe them display a sense of entitlement, as if her victims were essentially subhuman, and a xenophobic lack of empathy.   Sadly, the suspect’s own words, which she had three weeks to perfect, should be measured and crafted to advocate her side of the story and reflect her character in the best possible light....

When I saw the headline

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Tonight's special at the Stanley - Fish a la hookworm I knew Estes Park wouldn't disappoint I knew two things right away - (1) The excellent rating would not go to an Estes Park restaurant and (2) the unacceptable rating would definitely go to an Estes Park restaurant. How 'bout them Cowboys?  Naturally we reeled in one of the unacceptables, and guess who it is? Why take the ghost tour when you can take the much more enjoyable "Retching Salmonella" tour?  Or the "Is that Hep A in my Salad?" tour? Estes Park - We just keep ignoring the unacceptable inspections at fake 4-star restaurants (Remember when Dave's Bar-B-Q and Nepal Cafe were our only unacceptables?), and we just keep shining as the toilet bowl of Larimer County eateries.  Who needs Doctor Sleep when we have Doctor (Runny) Poop?

And could we please start doing a better job of

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holding criminals who commit crimes rather than releasing them to commit more crimes?  Any chance any of these three women were passengers in a black BMW 325i sedan mentioned a few posts back?  How are we doing on finding that individual, or even contacting the car owner for an explanation of why he befriends violent criminals?

Could you be a little more tentative to my needs?

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These "Hotel Reviews by Idiots" gems may become a recurring thing.