Published in The Flume - January 6, 2023 “[It] was probably the wildest experience I’ve ever been involved in forty-plus years in this arena. To see what’s going on nationally, to see what happened locally, it does make you see from the ground here how the Republican party has absolutely disintegrated.” That was what District … Continue reading Park County Lunacy…
Category: Wissel Watch
The lunacy begins in Park County…
And so the lunacy begins. Inch by inch… I wrote about the inevitability of it in The Flume, June 2022. “I foresee a mean season of regressive political and social posturing if the Board of County Commissioners becomes only a reflection of the South Park Outsiders ideology. Trumplican conspiracies would most likely become the commission’s … Continue reading The lunacy begins in Park County…
Pandering – Commissioner Amy Mitchell
Published in The Flume - December 16, 2022 “Once you start pandering, it’s a long list.” The December 6, Park County Commissioner’s Work Session included an agenda item that addressed the 2023 holiday schedule for county employees. So, the commissioners spent some time meandering through the litany of national and state holidays. They appeared to … Continue reading Pandering – Commissioner Amy Mitchell
BOCC talks budget, and Wissel celebrates his win ala MAGA
The Park County Board of Commissioners talked through the proposed 2023 budget on Tuesday. It was an unusually tame meeting. I watched via Zoom, as I usually do. If I had participated in the public comments portion of the meeting, I would have said, "Wow! I can't believe some yahoo didn't use this public forum … Continue reading BOCC talks budget, and Wissel celebrates his win ala MAGA
The sad, unfortunate saga of the Public Safety Initiative
Vicious proponents of the Big Lie, The South Park Outsiders, and their adored candidate for District 3 Commissioner, Dave Wissel, actively campaigned against Ballot Question 1A, the Public Safety Initiative that would have provided a reasonable, effective solution to the desperate needs of the Sheriff’s Department. The Platte Canyon Area Chamber of Commerce and the … Continue reading The sad, unfortunate saga of the Public Safety Initiative
Good Ol’ Boy wins by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin…
Almost 66% of Park County's eligible voters participated in the November 8, 2022, general election. Unofficial final results of the District 3 Commissioner race reveal Dave Wissel, the South Park Outsiders poster boy candidate, won over Ashley Girodo, a Democrat, by just 440 votes, or 4%. Imagine that. 2018 was the last time the District … Continue reading Good Ol’ Boy wins by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin…