A pound of flesh
So most of you who haven't followed this won't revel in it as much as I do, but billionaire Stanford dropout and wunderkind (of fraud) Elizabeth Holmes (no relation to James Holmes, although they may share aberrant DNA, which Theranos may or may not be able to diagnose from a single drop of blood) was just, among other things, barred for 10 years from serving on a public board. Not that anyone would want her (well, I take that back, there is an opening on the EDC board), but you know about ignorant rubes in possession of too much money (see, for example, the Estes Park water division).
The reason I bring this up, since I doubt if Estes Park residents were dumb enough to line up at Walgreens waiting for Theranos to deliver, is the comment from another brilliant woman, in this case the director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's San Francisco regional office, who is likely not a drop-out, and was likely not a billionaire by the age of 19. In other words, she is just like you and me, rational and hard-working, not starry-eyed and "facilitating" (our ex-mayor's mantra).
Here is Jina Choi's quote/admonishment, which I will use as a template and replace with various related words, so you can see how it applies to Estes Park and the EDC:
"The Theranos story is an important lesson for Silicon Valley. Innovators who seek to revolutionize and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth about what their technology can do today, not just what they hope it might do someday."
Now look closely:
"The Theranos story is an important lesson for Estes Park. Carpetbaggers who seek to upend and disrupt Estes Park's downtown/cultural heritage/Stanley Park must tell taxpayers and non-gullible trustees the truth about what their background/fundraising abilities/leadership skills can accomplish today, not just what they hope it might do someday."
And it follows: If you convince enough people the stock market is going to crash, the stock market will crash. If you convince enough idiots the cause of the sun rising every morning is the roosters' crowing, those who like sleeping in will soon begin eating more chicken.
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Here is Jina Choi's quote/admonishment, which I will use as a template and replace with various related words, so you can see how it applies to Estes Park and the EDC:
"The Theranos story is an important lesson for Silicon Valley. Innovators who seek to revolutionize and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth about what their technology can do today, not just what they hope it might do someday."
Now look closely:
"The Theranos story is an important lesson for Estes Park. Carpetbaggers who seek to upend and disrupt Estes Park's downtown/cultural heritage/Stanley Park must tell taxpayers and non-gullible trustees the truth about what their background/fundraising abilities/leadership skills can accomplish today, not just what they hope it might do someday."
And it follows: If you convince enough people the stock market is going to crash, the stock market will crash. If you convince enough idiots the cause of the sun rising every morning is the roosters' crowing, those who like sleeping in will soon begin eating more chicken.
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