Correction: In last week’s Carbondale Report, it was stated that Carbondale applied for tax increment financing from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority (CHFA). Carbondale applied for tax credit financing, but CHFA does not offer increment financing. Best budsAs a former special educator in the Roaring Fork Valley, I am writing to express my excitement around […]
Fred Malo
Posted inOpinion
Letters – May 16, 2024
1968 againAs a veteran of the 1968 “police riot” at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, I can compare it to today’s pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests. Once again, it’s the nation’s youth taking an antiwar stance. They always do. The old farts start the wars and it’s the nation’s flowering generation that has to spill the […]
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Climate film series provides opportunity to learn and take action
A local activist group confronting climate change, 350 Roaring Fork, invites members of the community to attend its Winter Film Series, designed to educate and facilitate conversation and action. The series kicked off on Jan. 11 at the Carbondale Library with the movie “Bidder 70,” and is scheduled to run through March 27 when the […]
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Letters – July 6, 2023
Man’s inhumanity to nature On my yearly journey to northern Idaho this year, my GPS guided me into southeastern Idaho and around Yellowstone National Park. In spite of the fact that I visited and thoroughly enjoyed Yellowstone many times with my family as a boy, that’s what I wanted. No way would I wish to […]
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New and old converge for Dandelion Day’s 25th anniversary
Spring is in full swing and excitement is building for the 25th annual Dandelion Day celebration in Sopris Park on May 13. Since 1998, with the exception of 2020, Bonedalians have gathered every spring to celebrate their town flower, the noble dandelion. This year’s festivities include many beloved traditions, like the Parade of Species, as […]
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Letters – Jan. 19, 2023
Insurance and construction Future generations will look back on the insurance industry of today with the same contempt we view the money changers of days gone by. “How did they get away with it?” our descendants will ask. “They made a fortune selling air.” Insurance companies have actuaries examine the risk a potential client would […]
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Letters – Sept. 8, 2022
Re: Redstone incident We have been engaged with the range of responses to the article about our students’ experiences in Redstone on the Fourth of July. We appreciate the varying opinions on the piece and recognize that many members of the Redstone community felt that this piece unfairly depicted their hometown. As fellow residents of […]
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Scientists have to prove it
A certain segment of our society repeatedly rejects science and the guidance it gives us on how to conduct our lives. The existence of evolution, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic are ignored as figments of some egghead’s imagination. When I took a beginning science class early in my high school years, the teachers taught […]
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Letters – July 28, 2022
Re: Human-Nature Garden Thanks to James Steindler for his lovely article about a gift to our community (“Human-Nature Garden to land on Rio Grande,” July 20, 2022). The Human-Nature Garden would not be possible without the collaboration of Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA), which owns the land where the garden will be located. (Zolpidem) A […]
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Letters – May 12, 2022
Forward momentum on CORE Act I was enthused when I heard that the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, the legislation to protect the Thompson Divide, received a markup and vote in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee earlier this week. This is the furthest the CORE Act has ever made it in […]