Letter from Andy Burns
Water – December 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors,
I was talking to a guy over here in Pitkin. He showed me a form letter from Ken Chlouber thanking him for his “ideas” and going on about supporting Colorado farmers, ranchers and developers, etc.
Letter from Andy Burns
Community – November 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado Central,:
George Sibley was quoted in High Country News October 2: “I judge the health of a paper and its community by the quantity and quality of the letters it gets….”
I notice lately that Colorado Central has a heck of a lot of letters, many of very high quality. I’m writing this one to add to the quantity.
Letter from Andy Burns
Iraq – April 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors:
I’m sure some of you have heard on KHEN at least one of the three speeches by former weapons inspector to Iraq, Scott Ritter.
He spoke here in Santa Fé during the second half of the Super Bowl, after Mick Jagger’s cheerleading and prancing to atrophied rock. (You’d think he could learn some new moves in 40 years.)
Letter from Andy Burns
Colorado Central – April 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado Central,
I’m reading Sibley’s book [Drangons in Paradise]and enjoying it very much. And if I can find that January copy I’ll reread Ed’s review. I was wondering which issue that was in and found the answer on page 12 of the March issue. Mountain Gazette is a handsome and rugged publication but I’ve never found much of interest between the covers. I’ve got the February issue around here somewhere and if I come across it, I’ll check out page 7, sounds interesting – recycled Colorado Central.
Letter from Andy Burns
Colorado Central – March 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors:
The Post Office is ripping out parts of the cover and whoever is writing page 2. February had an extra barcode glued to the back, vertically, randomly. When Hal Walter gets ripped out I guess I’ll have to complain. If Curtis Imrie tilts at the insurance racketeers won’t he be taking on the entire industry? Who is Randy Russell? Virginia McConnell Simmons?
Letter from Andy Burns
History – April 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado Central:
I was pulled up short here just now when you mentioned the Pastime Bar and the Silver Dollar Saloon in Leadville during prohibition (March 2004 edition).
Letter from Andy Burns
Montane literature – January 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado Central:
In “Books to Match Our Mountains,” [December edition] Mark W. Williams suggested Mountains of the Middle Kingdom: Exploring the High Peaks of China & Tibet as a book to read for “someone who wants to know more about the heritage, challenges, and wonders of life in the mountain west.” I wonder if he could explain that.
Letter from Andy Burns America – May 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine Editors, Recently an anti-war group in my region was refusing to use American flag stamps on their mailings. Pro-war, anti-peace nationalists have a knack for confiscating the flag and turning it into a symbol of belligerence and divisiveness and “I’m-more-American-than-thouness.” But the No-War …
Review by Andy Burns
Mountain Life – January 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado Central:
I wrote the enclosed note in response to Sibley’s piece on mainstreet moves to the suburbs and sometimes back:
In Salida, I walked to the Post Office, the library, the bookstore, bakery, coffee shop, cafe, Gambles, Safeway, the bank, the office supply store, drugstore, liquor store, and never drove drunk because there were three bars downtown. The gas station and auto parts store were right there. Sometimes I drove to the swimming pool.
Letter from Andy Burns
Colorado Central – April 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors:
The very first thing I noticed was the superb artwork in “On Mountain Time.”
George Sibley’s “Market Democracy,” seemed radically practical. But I’ll be reading him from an entirely new angle after Kate Mailly’s letter.
Letter from Andy Burns
Colorado Central May edition – June 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine
Martha,
About your “Cures…” article in #75. I used to watch an excellent Spanish lesson in the middle of the night on my 3-inch T.V. I only got one channel. I even donated some $ to PBS. The very night after I mailed my check it went off the air, along with a very interesting class on tort law. After several weeks it came back on again, but during the hiatus I discovered that I’d donated to the Denver PBS. I don’t know why they were soliciting in Salida, since we got our PBS out of Pueblo then.