ISSUE #197: Aspen's Stationary Parade: Going Nowhere Fast (7/4/21)

"It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other."

-- John Adams

Ahhh, the Fourth of July in Aspen. It's perhaps our most beloved holiday. This year, bars, restaurants, and music venues are open. This morning, the traditional "Boogie's" runs take place, and tomorrow, the Aspen Music Festival and School hosts its cherished free concert of patriotic music at the tent. Flags are flying, beds and bellies are full.

But the City of Aspen can't get out of its own way. Or ours. They have cancelled the parade. Wait until you read about what they're doing instead. It's illustrative of how they think on most every issue they face.

Destroying traditions in the name of progressive re-imaginings are NOT our community values.

Read my column in today's Aspen Times HERE.

Incidentally, the city has a survey out to gauge your enthusiasm for their destruction of our cherished traditions. Somehow they're under the impression that re-imagining (destroying) our timeworn yet valuable holiday traditions into something "new" is a community value. Please take the time to answer the quick survey HERE and let them know IT IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT!

Happy 245th Birthday, U.S.A!! And may God Bless America.