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Thank You For Your Service

October 28, 2024 1 0 Steve Nelson

“Thank you for your service!” On many occasions I’ve been offered this dollop of gratitude when someone learns that I served in the U.S. Army as an officer during the war on Vietnam. My “service” was without real distinction, although…

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Damned If You Do – Or Don’t

October 27, 2024 12 0 Steve Nelson

Oh, what a bind they’re in! The dynamics in my town’s local election are a window into the vise that grips Republican candidates nationwide. “My town” is Erie. Candidates for Mayor and town council have divided into two pods, despite…

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Nelson’s Corner | October 2024

October 25, 2024 14 0 Steve Nelson

The swimming pool “promise” is attributed to Andrew Moore, a candidate for mayor of Erie. The under-recognized truth is that neither Moore nor Hoover has or had the power to deliver chickens or pools, even if they wished to do…

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The Definitive Erie Election Guide

October 23, 2024 5 0 Steve Nelson

It’s really quite simple. Don’t be distracted by arcane arguments about water rates, grocery stores, traffic patterns and other bits of town business. Swirling beneath the surface details is profound disagreement about what kind of community we want to be.…

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor; Erie Elections 2024

October 20, 2024 59 0 Guest Contributor

Letter to the Editor, Election time can be a really stressful and frustrating time of year for people. There is so much information and discourse that it is sometimes difficult to make a decision on who to believe and what…

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Boiling Point: October 2024

October 17, 2024 2 0 Mohammed Ahmad

1.Eviction at the Ash House Your child could be evicted, too! Evicting college students on last-minute notice seems to be tolerated in Boulder County. The Ash House, a student apartment building on 12th Street in Boulder, housing 15 individuals, was…

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Non-Answers Are Damning

October 7, 2024 2 4 Steve Nelson

“Did he lose the 2020 election?” – Tim Walz “Tim, I’m focused on the future.” – JD Vance “That is a damning non-answer.” – Tim Walz Yessiree! That JD Vance is sure focused on the future, what with his incessant…

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What’s a Few Million Extra?

July 7, 2008 Like 0 editor

A few months back, Jane Wolford had perhaps the biggest menu she’d ever seen sitting on the table in front of her. But instead of mulling through infinite fine-dining options, she was trying to choose the number of elementary schools…