Durango, Colorado

The whole state is pretty questionable.

Expect a full "report" from Face On Mars. Although, his report will only cover "silverware" in so far as its common accessibility re: wrapped in paper napkins.

I think Dogman made a trip to Durango. 

um people aren't homeless because they want access to chem nugs...

see how the economy for normal people has been going for the last few decades....

Used to be a real cool town, got kicked outta the hotel Bar stateler , I think a few times.... my Brother lives there as well as one of my lovers...

Used to be a real cool town, got kicked outta the hotel Bar stateler , I think a few times.... my Brother lives there as well as one of my lovers...

I spent a few days there last year and really noticed the increase in homeless youth.  I'm sure it has something to do with Colorado's image, but I've also seen a lot more homelessness around the country.

We know the airport sucks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohKsPgEpHA

My sister has lived there for over 35 years. There's always been a bit of a wook problem, especially in the summer.

As for today, I can't say. Two years ago we spent 10 days but the town hadn't gone full on legal yet. She's coming to visit next week. I'll ask her and report back.

Sadly, Durango is now completely overrun with wooks. All the businesses have closed. Commerce is now done behind a caravan of broken down VWs.

They've replaced the city council with a circle of dready tribal elders, who ceremonially dosed all the teachers in the local school district and subsequently lost state funding. Students are now expected to learn how to make hetty wraps, one hitters, and other assorted (mostly drug band-related) crafts. 

Showering is illegal, unless it's done in a river using Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. Every man is required to grow a beard. Most of the women, too. All clothing is made out of patchwork. It's horrific.

Im sorry to hear about your sister, RickP. It can't be easy watching a town get destroyed like that.

Well, Durango does have that outlaw thing to uphold. 

http://www.durangorvpark.com/Desperadoes-Justice-History-Southwest-Co.htm

All those things you described are what gives the town its charm.

There were definitely wooks and a relatively stark contrast between the have/have nots when I lived there in the early 2000's. It was a great town to use as a home base to ramble across the intermountain west in your early to mid 20's.

Wooks gotta wook.

I need to ask all those people sleeping on the porch of my office if they do it for the nugs. Their weed smells super shitty though.

Passed through Durango in the mid 70s. No wooks back then - only cowboys.

Expect a full "report" from Face On Mars.<<<

Definitely has one foot in the door of "fake news".  Since when has Durango been a "resort town" ... let alone being dotted with luxury hotels?  I believe there are actually three Best Westerns in town ... if that is a reflection of the demand.  Durango, along with Pagosa Springs, seems to be a favorite with Texans ... so perhaps there's a Fox connection behind the scenes creating the impetus for this "story".

However, I have noticed more people on the street in recent years, same goes for Telluride.  In fact, they have been "worse" in so far as being more aggressive and causing "problems" in and around town.  Telluride Town Council had worked up an "aggressive panhandling" ordinance - crafted by the town attorney & modeled after similar ordinances within the state.  I actually contacted the ACLU and alerted them to Telluride's intentions; who wrote a letter to the Telluride Town Council strongly requesting the ordinance not be passed as written (otherwise face litigation), ultimately causing the council to take pause and reverse course after Grand Junction's ordinance was found unconstitutional:

https://www.aclu.org/news/federal-court-strikes-down-grand-junction-panh...

^ what I found interesting was how Telluride and likely other municipalities' ordinances (including Durango) all "dissappeared" after the GJ ruling, YET they all kind of "self referenced" one another as a type of "concurrent precendent".  IOW, the Telluride Town Attorney referenced GJ and a other municipalities as having similar ordinances -- almost as if it were a building block for Telluride to move in the same direction.  Instead of brick and mortar, it was clearly a self-legitimizing foundation for which to build a house of cards.

Getting back to Durango:  I don't view it as being over the top, but those who have special interests probably don't want "interference" from "undesirables" re: those who want to "stroll" up and down main street window shopping for real estate while enjoying their ice cream cones or sipping double triple mocha soy lattes.  While there are some bad apples, most will take no for an answer and leave you alone.  

That's my "full report" ned, although if you're really that fascinated with me  ... you can look up the video footage of Telluride Town Council meetings and see me speaking to this issue during a public comment section.

on what date did you speak? 

>>>>>>you can look up the video footage of Telluride Town Council meetings and see me speaking to this issue during a public comment section.

are you as insufferable in real life as you are here?

also, do you only speak in questions that are mostly meant to be rhetorical?

are you as insufferable in real life as you are here?<<<

Perhaps you and ned can watch together

>>> That's my "full report" ned, although if you're really that fascinated with me  <<<

HAHA....no.

there are videos going back years and searches for "pandhandling", "wookie lover", etc, are not turning up anything... can you give us the date?

Couldn't tell ya ... I'm easily confused -- and have difficulty remembering the difference between feet and inches -- let alone dates in the "past".

I'm sure the agendas are searchable.

You don't live in Telluride.

So, why did you try to affect the rules governing their citizenry?

Does it bother you ned?

No.

It's a simple question.

california is sending our suplus wooks.

the brahphacey and shit.

I remember you railing against the "rich" second home-owners being able to vote in local elections. Yet, you seem to want to have a say, as well.

Hypocrisy at it's finest...cheers!

19.5 is my new favorite troll

I remember you railing against the "rich" second home-owners being able to vote in local elections. Yet, you seem to want to have a say, as well.

Hypocrisy at it's finest...cheers!<<<

Please tell us where the hypocrisy exists if I'm simply showing up during public comment and expressing an opinion?

When have I ever said second homeowners ought not be able to express themselves (other than not to be able to vote twice at the municipal level)?

>> When have I ever said second homeowners ought not be able to express themselves (other than not to be able to vote twice at the municipal level)? <<

Please refer you to the second part of your statement (in parentheses).

People who own property and/or rent should have more say in the Town's affairs than non-residents.

Still don't see the hypocrisy ned; clearly the town does not either ... voting is a hard line in the sand, up to that point, it's all free speech.  Just like Fox News chiming in on Durango.

19.5 may not live in Telluride proper but citizens of Ophir are considered "locals" in most full time TRide resident's eyes.

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https://durangoherald.com/articles/159260

^ Durangoans respond to the Fox "news" article.

Sounds like that Fox reporter had no clue what he was talking about.

My sister and her husband have been here the past few days. 

I brought up this subject and they had heard of the article. They called it total bullshit.

My brother-in-law did tell me the City of Durango has their hands tied on how they deal with vagrants because the ACLU has threatened to sue over it on the side of the "homeless". He said the "problem" isn't unique to Durango but is being experienced by many western slope communities.