We will be making some changes as we go forward. We will be publishing on Sunday mornings instead of on Saturdays. The slaves, I mean staff, think they should be able to enjoy Friday evenings. I thought they enjoyed spending Fridays with me.
We will also be publishing bi-weekly during June and July, that means the next issue will be out on May 31. Then June 14th and June 28th. Primary is June 30th.
In August, we will be coming out with premium services (it means you pay). This will start out with some deep dives on bad laws that have been passed, why they are bad and who voted for them. Then it is hoped that Colorado voters will not make the same mistakes again.
As always, if you have the dirt on what is going on, we encourage you to submit it.
Now, back to what is in this Memorial Day Special (late paper).
Salida Is Erasing Its Own Record — And Billing You for the Privilege
A decade of council videos deleted. Attorney bills blacked out for two years. And the forgotten story of the sheriff who died in the snow serving Chaffee County in 1881.
The Gunny, the Grifters, and the Camera Watching Your Truck
HCA honors R. Lee Ermey, unleashes the High Country Grifter Glossary, questions Chaffee County’s surveillance cameras, explains what statins steal from you, and recounts what Patton did when he found his soldier’s skull used as an ashtray.
A Park County sheriff signed a contract without authorization — and got overruled 3-0. Glenwood Springs pulled a $2.4M police tech contract over public pushback. Cañon City put its license plate reader renewal on hold. Chaffee County passed an electric building code after a tense floor fight over gas appliances. Denver Water says the drought is near the worst ever recorded. All that — and 15 more meetings — in this week’s mountain corridor roundup.
Taking Credit While the West Goes Dry
Trump unfroze $40 million for Colorado’s most important water rights. Democrats took the bow. Meanwhile, Cargill locked out 1,700 Fort Morgan workers it recruited through a federal refugee pipeline — then fired for praying.
They’re Rigging the Count — And Rural Colorado Is Paying the Price
From ERIC’s collapse to census gerrypandering to a judge blocking a primary lawsuit, this week’s HCA series exposes the systems reshaping Colorado’s political power — and who’s really footing the bill.
Salida’s Land Deal, Fauci’s Aide, and $550 Million in Buried Fraud
HCA starts at home — Vandaveer Ranch’s costs were never fully tallied — then follows the money to a COVID cover-up indictment and a decade of USAID fraud nobody prosecuted until DOGE showed up.
Trump’s America — Primaries, Iran, and the Price of Crossing the President
Six stories, one week: Trump reshapes the GOP in four states, Iran rebuilds while negotiations stall, a gunman dies at the White House gate, and a federal judge voids election transparency in Georgia — for now.
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