epgarbage

Jeez we have a bunch of milquetoast pretend journalists in town. The guy who was arrested locally a few clicks back, Keaton M.A. Krell, is the same guy who sexually assaulted a bunch of underage females in Linn County, Kansas, and, brazenly, got away with it. The airtight connection is through his wife or ex-wife or whoever star pupil and non-profit wunderkind Candace Krell is. But even then, c'mon, how many folks named Keaton M.A. Krell are running around diddling little girls? Get some cojones, POR (paper of record) and POR (podcast of record). You did the work (sort of) now publish the findings. Stop hiding behind the town as an excuse to avoid going to press - the PIO and TA aren't going to give you anything because they are scared of their own shadows. For the low IQ crowd and too easily unconvinced: Note how Candace Krell used to give her home address on LinkedIn as Estes Park, Colorado Here's another big whoopsie And this And this And this

Back when the Nature Conservancy was pretending to have to lobby the town board for vendor space in the Estes Park Visitor's Center, one of their selling points was that once they were in place, a real live expert on Rocky Mountain National Park would be available to answer visitor questions. Previously, they contended, or our town administrator contended, all questions related to Rocky Mountain National Park had to be deferred, because the volunteer staff wasn't qualified or authorized to answer them. Everyone who attended this sham hearing knew the town board would unanimously approve the Nature Conservancy becoming the sole vendor in the one place that gets ths highest guaranteed traffic every day of the year, so I hope they had to provide some type of sexual favors to staff, because otherwise this was an empty exercise all around, and the town bent over once again without having any feelings of self-worth to show for it: I entered the Visitor's Center today, and th...

You all know the story of Jonah, and the albatross tradition among whaling vessels can be easily searched on Google using the words "albatross" and "Cape Cod". Some people just have all the bad luck, even when they are completely and adequately equipped to handle this bad luck. Our previous town adminstator was so adept at handling major crises, the weather and the environment joined to dish him up much more chaos and destruction than his share, meaning long-term Estes Park residents now have to walk around permanently crippled emotionally whenever they get back-to-back days of rain, or smell smoke (even cigarette smoke). Whether the hospital will ever recover from all its real or pretend trauma is irrelevant, a simple thunderstorm or a curl of steam sends them into a tizzy of frantic handwringing, dredged up repeatedly during campaign season. It is perhaps enlightening to compare the pretend tempest in a teapot vis a vis the Farmer's Market getting cance...

Indeed, where was any acknowledgement from the mayor that the Kato family departed Estes Park in 1943 not of their own accord? Where was even a hint (or was it a hint by omission, the evasion that it isn't so much what notes the jazz musician plays, but what notes they leave out) that our local government voted unanimously to turn the Kato family, 50% of them U.S. citizens, into pariahs? Or did we avoid admitting any of this because, if circumstances recur in 2023, we would unfailingly do the same again? Let's see, because tensions are rising between the U.S. and China right now, and China may indeed soon invade Taiwan, there will likely be growing advocacy among the hick contingent for the "deportation" of everyone of Chinese descent living within a 10-mile radius once this invasion occurs. Suppose this deportation, God forbid, was actually carried out - After such rampantly ignorant behavior, and the U.S. being what the U.S. is, clinging with every desperate f...

With nine candidates in the race to fill a vacant trustee spot on the town board, how does a 20-minute interview conducted by six members of the community, followed by 30 minutes of intense lobbying between these six individuals for their favorite, qualify as anything remotely close to a democratic process? It is tragic this position came open unexpectedly, and equally tragic the fourth place finisher in the most recent election was not actively courted to fill a vacant spot. But it would be more tragic to have six people out of 6000 determine the destiny of eight individuals, and deem them unqualified. As one of the trustees stated at the most recent town board meeting, the best option is to hold a real vote, either a day-of election or a mail ballot election. Why is a town board so willing to spend $1 million on a whim when it comes to cost overruns on a controversial road construction project, and so unwilling to cough up $5000 to conduct a democratic election to determine...

plus John Meisner, the town board finds itself in a bit of a pickle when it comes to replacing Scott Webermeier's vacant trustee position. No reason to belabor two obvious points, so let's dispense with those pre haste: (1) To avoid this kind of nonsense in the future, every candidate running for town board should be required to fill out the space on the form naming their replacement in case they are elected and unable for whatever reason to complete their term. If this cannot be enforced as a requirement, the League of Women Voters should make it one of the essential forum questions to each candidate, so that voters can distinguish realists from self-absorbed morons. (2) If you file to run and don't win, you should still be prepared to serve (see #1 above, because the overwhelming majority of EP voters insist on falling in love with self-absorbed morons). Why run if you aren't willing to serve? Why should voters waste a vote on you? Don't be a Karen, or you ri...

Title: Mountain Town NIMBY Verse 1:  I love my mountain town, it's peaceful and serene But now they want to build, a higher density scene I don't want my nature to be compromised I don't want my town to be commercialized Chorus:  I'm a NIMBY, not in my backyard I'm a NIMBY, not in my backyard Verse 2:  I don't want new developments to block my mountain viewI have purchased zoning rights, so maybe I should sue!I don't want the extra noise, the traffic, or the crowd,When there is a public meeting, my opinion will be loud! Chorus:  I'm a NIMBY, not in my backyardI'm a NIMBY, not in my backyard Verse 3:  I'm not against development, but this is the wrong locationI'm fighting for the dream I had while I was here on vacation!I'm standing up for what's right, for what we hold dearWe are the NIMBYs, and we will not disappear! Chorus:  I'm a NIMBY, not in my backyardI'm a NIMBY, not in my backyard Bridge:  What about the elk and what ...