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“The Shining Mountains” they were called by the Utes, great upheavals of Earth’s crust, creating the beautiful vistas we now call the Rocky Mountains. The Utes (Nuche) were onto something with their naming. The Roaring.
It comes around, like a toothache, every-once-in-a-while when you least need it, but predictable nonetheless. The argument over and around the S-Curves and the Straight Shot. Ever hear of that? There are probably as many.
The supply of housing, especially affordable housing, has been a constant topic for decades. Having a roof over your head has always been a challenge in Aspen, but the definition of what that meant was.
The screenwriters strike, approaching five months at the time of this writing, crippled the industry and LA and was reported on frequently. The 1894 Western Federation of Miners’ strike in Cripple Creek was covered nationally and was especially of interest in Aspen because many Cripple Creek miners had previously lived in Aspen.