I never knew Martin very well, but I worked with his mother-in-law and on occassion, his wife, when she would help cover extra work for her mother. Leslie, you and the kids are in my prayers. This was a terrible thing to have happen in your life and Jenn & I send our love.
Don't forget- There were some 20 businesses in Ski Time Square that aren't there any more. That's more than 100 people (easily) that would still be working to some degree. That would knock about 1% off the Unemployment Rate.
Jenny, you will be in my prayers, as will Brady. I only know you from Dance Theatre, but Kelly sent out the email. I didn't connect the dots earlier, when I first heard about this. Just know that you have my heartfelt sympathies.
Fred, I hope you can stand strong thru this. You have my honest, best wishes to you and your crew. I hope you all get thru this trauma as best as possible, and I do mean it sincerely.
Morton- my thanks for allowing me (and Jenn, when she was there) to host at nights for you those few years! I had a great time and Jenn & I always loved the food. Thanks for also taking care of us when we'd just come to enjoy the food! It will be remembered fondly. We hope we can get in one more dinner before you close.
Chuck- I do agree with you on those points, but a lot of money goes into insurers coffers as plain profit. CEO bonuses and the like...you hear about it every day. Didn't someone just get a $100 million dollar bonus payout the other day? Can't remember who, but it was on the news. I agree with paying a bonus...but c'mon...$100 million for a single person payout? That's capitalism gone wrong.
This is why both sides need to work together, but when either side says "Let's work together," they mean, "Let's work on what WE want...together." Compromise on both sides is how you get things done. That's why I'm starting to vote more 3rd party now, just to get someone else in there.
JLM- For the reasons I provided before (are you sure you aren't Hannit-ski when it comes to not actually reading?), the USPS is a money loser for non-governmental reasons. UPS 10yr stock average has been fairly stagnant. Fed-Ex had a great surge in the early to mid 2000's, but has recently leveled to UPS's average. There's no innovation in shipping until someone invents teleportation.
chuck- Maybe with lower insurance premiums, due to having to compete with the public plan, we all can have more spending cash for non-necessities- frivolities...which jump-starts the economy again with more tax flow to can help pay down the debt. It might even allow you to save money on top of that.
Seeuski- you're not even worth it any longer. You just go on chasing your tail, running in small circles. You are a partisan to the Nth degree and you're correct: I can never agree with that.
chuckmc- Sound familiar? Note that "general Welfare" portion:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
A healthy country is a safer country. I guess you don't want to remain safe, then? I sure do. It's why I gave up drinking 18yrs ago and finally cigs 3yrs ago.
Isn't free enterprise, with all it's "competition" what caused the recent collapse of our economy just back in September? (although we'd been in Recession for 1 1/2 yrs prior)
JLM- The USPS was doing just fine competing with packaging, since their tiered rates on Overnight could start out lower priced. Priority is much less than a 2-3 Day Option. (I've also worked for Mail Boxes, Etc., at one time.) The downfall is the 1st Class Mail and 3rd Class Mail. It's already been stated that due to the recession, less companies are sending out that 3rd Class "junk mail" which can be a cash-cow for the USPS when times are good. 1st Class just plain can't compete with "Free" email.
Look up UPS and Fed-Ex and you, yourself, can compare what happened to their sales of Flat Envelope deliveries with the prominence of the fax machine starting in the early '90's and email (with electronic sigs) in the late 90's.
Oh, I understand capitalism just fine. Unfortunately, all people NEED health care and it shouldn't be bid upon, unlike mail and cell phones. And that nudge (since private health care hasn't "brought prices down") will be with a public option, forcing the competitors to actually compete. Funny how a far-right conservative is espousing more regulation. No more of the "We had to RAISE our prices so we could compete," chestnuts would be fine with me, but that doesn't happen right now because private industry- no matter what it is- is profit-driven and always will be.
And again- not everyone NEEDS a cell phone...they just want one. That's why it doesn't have to have more government intrusion. A telephone has always been a utility, also. It's just in a different form now. Nothing new there, since AT&T broke up.
Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly: Government will regulate the price point by making them compete...with the Government.
Big box store discussion returns to Steamboat
Back to this Sonic request...wasn't Craig supposed to get one? I'd prefer it here, though.
November 16, 2009 at 1:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steamboat Briefs: Hayden man killed in rollover Wednesday night
I never knew Martin very well, but I worked with his mother-in-law and on occassion, his wife, when she would help cover extra work for her mother. Leslie, you and the kids are in my prayers. This was a terrible thing to have happen in your life and Jenn & I send our love.
October 29, 2009 at 5:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Unemployment rate steady in Routt County
Don't forget- There were some 20 businesses in Ski Time Square that aren't there any more. That's more than 100 people (easily) that would still be working to some degree. That would knock about 1% off the Unemployment Rate.
October 22, 2009 at 9:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Hayden man dies after construction site accident
Jenny, you will be in my prayers, as will Brady. I only know you from Dance Theatre, but Kelly sent out the email. I didn't connect the dots earlier, when I first heard about this. Just know that you have my heartfelt sympathies.
Fred, I hope you can stand strong thru this. You have my honest, best wishes to you and your crew. I hope you all get thru this trauma as best as possible, and I do mean it sincerely.
October 9, 2009 at 6:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steamboat Yacht Club closing its doors this month
Morton- my thanks for allowing me (and Jenn, when she was there) to host at nights for you those few years! I had a great time and Jenn & I always loved the food. Thanks for also taking care of us when we'd just come to enjoy the food! It will be remembered fondly. We hope we can get in one more dinner before you close.
September 3, 2009 at 6:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Resident starts post office petition
Troutguy- I believe USPS downtown now has the whole building available. Coldwell's lease wasn't renewed, last I heard.
August 22, 2009 at 8:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lynn Abbott: Health care reform
Chuck- I do agree with you on those points, but a lot of money goes into insurers coffers as plain profit. CEO bonuses and the like...you hear about it every day. Didn't someone just get a $100 million dollar bonus payout the other day? Can't remember who, but it was on the news. I agree with paying a bonus...but c'mon...$100 million for a single person payout? That's capitalism gone wrong.
This is why both sides need to work together, but when either side says "Let's work together," they mean, "Let's work on what WE want...together." Compromise on both sides is how you get things done. That's why I'm starting to vote more 3rd party now, just to get someone else in there.
JLM- For the reasons I provided before (are you sure you aren't Hannit-ski when it comes to not actually reading?), the USPS is a money loser for non-governmental reasons. UPS 10yr stock average has been fairly stagnant. Fed-Ex had a great surge in the early to mid 2000's, but has recently leveled to UPS's average. There's no innovation in shipping until someone invents teleportation.
August 14, 2009 at 8:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lynn Abbott: Health care reform
chuck- Maybe with lower insurance premiums, due to having to compete with the public plan, we all can have more spending cash for non-necessities- frivolities...which jump-starts the economy again with more tax flow to can help pay down the debt. It might even allow you to save money on top of that.
Seeuski- you're not even worth it any longer. You just go on chasing your tail, running in small circles. You are a partisan to the Nth degree and you're correct: I can never agree with that.
August 14, 2009 at 10:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lynn Abbott: Health care reform
chuckmc- Sound familiar? Note that "general Welfare" portion:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
A healthy country is a safer country. I guess you don't want to remain safe, then? I sure do. It's why I gave up drinking 18yrs ago and finally cigs 3yrs ago.
Isn't free enterprise, with all it's "competition" what caused the recent collapse of our economy just back in September? (although we'd been in Recession for 1 1/2 yrs prior)
JLM- The USPS was doing just fine competing with packaging, since their tiered rates on Overnight could start out lower priced. Priority is much less than a 2-3 Day Option. (I've also worked for Mail Boxes, Etc., at one time.) The downfall is the 1st Class Mail and 3rd Class Mail. It's already been stated that due to the recession, less companies are sending out that 3rd Class "junk mail" which can be a cash-cow for the USPS when times are good. 1st Class just plain can't compete with "Free" email.
Look up UPS and Fed-Ex and you, yourself, can compare what happened to their sales of Flat Envelope deliveries with the prominence of the fax machine starting in the early '90's and email (with electronic sigs) in the late 90's.
August 14, 2009 at 8:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lynn Abbott: Health care reform
Oh, I understand capitalism just fine. Unfortunately, all people NEED health care and it shouldn't be bid upon, unlike mail and cell phones. And that nudge (since private health care hasn't "brought prices down") will be with a public option, forcing the competitors to actually compete. Funny how a far-right conservative is espousing more regulation. No more of the "We had to RAISE our prices so we could compete," chestnuts would be fine with me, but that doesn't happen right now because private industry- no matter what it is- is profit-driven and always will be.
And again- not everyone NEEDS a cell phone...they just want one. That's why it doesn't have to have more government intrusion. A telephone has always been a utility, also. It's just in a different form now. Nothing new there, since AT&T broke up.
Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly: Government will regulate the price point by making them compete...with the Government.
August 13, 2009 at 8:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )