*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on June 11, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. Last place. Bottom of the barrel. Dead freakin’ last. Cellar dweller. The biggest loser. All these phrases describe my experience in last week’s selection process for…
*Note: A slightly edited version of this essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on January 9, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. New years are for turning pages. Starting again. This one already looks brighter. To keep that momentum going, next Tuesday night,…
*Note: This essay (a heavily-edited version of “How Manitou Springs – and democracy – lost this week”) was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 17, 2019. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Democracy lost, 4-3, in a Manitou Springs City Council vote last…
*Note: A slightly edited version of this essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on December 12, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. Democracy lost, 4-3, in a Manitou Springs City Council vote Tuesday night. In closing discussion, Mayor Ken Jaray announced the motion…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 31, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. The MACH matters because it’s how we hold on to what makes Manitou Springs special. It matters, not just to the hundreds of our neighbors that…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 24, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. I forget my keys sometimes. Other times, it’s an important ID card I need for work. It’s even worse when I’m on dad duty: I’ve forgotten…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 10, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Steven Miller describes himself as a “very amateur musician,” but after talking to him for five minutes, it’s…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 3, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. When our historic Carnegie library building is finally fixed, I know who my vote is for the first…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on August 29, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. At 6:52 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27, Manitou Springs took a big step forward. City Councilman Gary Smith…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on August 8, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. John W. Kriger was full of humbug. In 1901, he was the Manitou Springs city attorney and prophesied…