The Blind Men and the Elephant

Most honorable Mayor and Trustees:
"What's that smell?  Is it coffee?  Oh, no, it's very much not coffee"

In speaking with my fellow esteemed downtown business folks yesterday after the Fourth of July holiday sans fireworks, most of them expressed feeling very anus-y, like they were very near the elephant's anus.

Yours in managing what we can control, meaning recalls.

Estes Park Downtown Mushroom (meaning left in the dark) Merchants Association

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