** UPDATE ** 5/2/11 — Thanks to this post, the Street Cat Coalition will be making a presentation before the SiltBOTs at the May 23 town board meeting. ************** To understand this post you must click on this link: Feral… Read More ›
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Tyranny of the Minority
At Monday’s SiltBOTs meeting (2/28), the Mayor and Trustees appointed a new trustee, Terry Breslin. She was the only applicant for the trustee position recently vacated after Joe Sos resigned for health reasons. Breslin has lived in Colorado since 1980,… Read More ›
Turning Swamp Land into Gasland
Huzzah for Gasland! This week the film Gasland was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Talk about consciousness-raising. Congratulations to filmmaker Josh Fox. Here’s a great newsworthy interview at HuffPost: Oscar Nominee Josh Fox Speaks Out About Oil… Read More ›
Correction: Mayor Dave Sucked Up to Antero
Trustee Nicky Leigh commented on my previous blog post that the board had not approved Mayor Dave’s letter praising Antero. I responded that the newspaper article and Fiona Lloyd’s letter to the editor (An open letter to the business owners… Read More ›
SiltBOTs Suck Up to Antero
The town is not live streaming the BOT meetings anymore so I didn’t find out what happened at Monday’s meeting until I read The Paper. The SiltBOTs approved a letter in support of Antero, which Mayor Dave read at the… Read More ›
Aluise Speaks Out on False Rumors and Ballot Issues
These days the closest I get to a bar is Silt Discount Liquor (1818 Medicine Bow Ct). It’s always fun to stop in and visit with Owner Rick Aluise. He’s a local celebrity. If he’s not too busy he’s always… Read More ›
What’s With All This Noise?
At the Monday (7/12) SiltBOTs meeting, Chief Burris brought up the possibility of making changes to the current noise ordinance, which is as follows [emphasis added]: 9.16.010 Disturbing the peace. A. A person commits the offense of disturbing the peace… Read More ›
Silt Poll: Tell us what you think
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between satire and journalism in The Paper. In the latest article about “the controversy” in Silt, Cheryl Chandler and Glen Ault – both realtors and neither of whom lives in town or votes… Read More ›
Board Cuts Own Salary in Midst of Budget Slashing
Playing to a packed house of more than thirty-five people, consisting mainly of the four defeated candidates plus their supporters whose presence at the meeting was spurred by an email campaign broadcasting the intentions of the newly elected trustees before Monday’s Board… Read More ›
Breaking News: Midnight Massacre in Silt
At Monday night’s Board Meeting (4/26), after Mayor Moore and Trustees Rick Aluise, Paul Taylor, and Bryan Fleming were sworn in, the fireworks began. Trustee Rick Aluise was appointed Mayor Pro-Tem. During Board comments Mayor Pro-Tem Aluise made a motion… Read More ›
From the Styx 