Political sound bites didn't get John Glenn into space, didn't build Cortez. And anyone that doesn't tell you that, doesn't understand, is trying to get your vote, or both. They are not trying to get Cortez the future of the kind of thriving and prospering that we decide we want. Would we want it any other way? Come on cortez, let's roll up our sleeves, and raise not a barn, but a future for our city and for our fellow citizens of Cortez.  Can you imagine anything more joyful then putting our heart and soul into the work? I can't. We had a frightening future, those Americans of that time. Someone had just beaten us into space, and that was terrifying.  But they didn't turn away from the challenge, they turned toward it. Despite not knowing what to do. Despite the naysayers keeping themselves on the sideline, waiting for someone to show them how, waiting for someone to do it for them, to tell them what to do.  No one gave them extra pay to figure it out. They...

 

10,000% my fault. The Fabulous Montezuma County League of Women Voters sent the questions to me several weeks ago. But I didn't see them until about 7:30 this morning. Here goes. Luckily I've been working on this stuff my entire adulthood. Thoughts and prayers would be great. 2 min introduction 1. Philosophy of government 2. Budget: 3. City’s strengths? 4. One Challenge 5. Economic development 6.  7th St Park 7. Affordable housing in Cortez 8. Cortez in 3 years 9. Minimum wage laws 10. External activities 11. Water 12 Aging Infrastructure 13. City preferred employer 14 Promote tourism 15. Childcare closing remarks. 2 min introduction My written answers to all these questions is at the fb group People for a Thriving, Prosperous Cortez.  Please, all candidates, post yours there as well? Also at the website. Take a card. 1. Work experience, • For 50 years I have been a heart surgeon of communities. 27 years as an executive and high-tech turning around far flung Nationwide dying ...

CORTEZ IS DYING.  DENIAL... is the diseaese that is killing us.  My city, infinitely more important my community that I love in cortez, is dying. And we are so beaten down, we have been ill so long, we forgotten what it means to wake up. We've lost all notion that the truth will prevail in the end, not our delusions, not our wishes, not our fantasies, the cold hard truth. And we can't even remember the Supreme infinite Joy of facing the truth, grappling with the truth, wrestling with the truth, as those that built this city thrived on. Soon, I will stop trying to pound on our chest and bring our heart back to life. I am acutely aware of boundaries, but I'm going to go right up to them and stay right up to them for a little while longer. Then I'll stop. I'm very concerned about offending the League of Women Voters community tonight. Because I will not Aid and a bet are insane denial of this business as usual insanity, and enable our sleep walk to oblivion. The Titani...

The life force for Cortez, the pioneering spirit, we'll figure it out...  It's dead now. Replaced with the spirit of death. The ways we're killing ourselves are endless: * "There is no money for this!" Translation: The government, the foundations, hasn't given us Financial handouts to do this. We won't do it! Read our lips. * They won't allow any changes here, any growth. They won't listen to us. * We're doing the best we can! Never having tried to see if we can do better. If anyone else is done better. * We don't have a crystal ball! * We've always done it this way! * You're pointing out problems, we don't want to hear it! * Until you tell us exactly what we have to do we can't do anything. * Until you've lived here in Cortez all your life you don't know anything! * They they they are the problem. We can't do anything. *You say that we have people in need, are you trying to make us feel guilty?  * No one will pa...