What has happened recently in Breckenridge, CO which may hurt its community?
A new meaning to “rocky mountain high” By: Danette Gamble, Kansas City Star Reader Advisory Panel I love John Denver’s song, Rocky Mountain High. To this day I still get goose bumps when I hear it. Unless you have been on a mountain and looked at the stars from atop a “fourteener,” you don’t quite get it. Denver wrote the song after one such experience. Breckenridge, CO is breathtaking. I have a timeshare there and spend a week every summer just breathing the cool, fresh mountain air; hiking a trail up to an isolated lake; listening to the crackling of leaves; the pop of a twig as it’s stepped on by a deer. Yes, Breckenridge is a picturesque place. Although it’s grown exponentially over the past few years, there are strict building codes and such to help keep its “old west” charm. I only hope the citizens have not damaged Breckenridge’s appeal by voting to “legalize marijuana.” We must make note: The legalization of marijuana by the citizens is only symbolic because marijuana possessio
From KansasCity.com: A new meaning to “rocky mountain high” By: Danette Gamble, Kansas City Star Reader Advisory Panel I love John Denver’s song, Rocky Mountain High. To this day I still get goose bumps when I hear it. Unless you have been on a mountain and looked at the stars from atop a “fourteener,” you don’t quite get it. Denver wrote the song after one such experience. Breckenridge, CO is breathtaking. I have a timeshare there and spend a week every summer just breathing the cool, fresh mountain air; hiking a trail up to an isolated lake; listening to the crackling of leaves; the pop of a twig as it’s stepped on by a deer. Yes, Breckenridge is a picturesque place. Although it’s grown exponentially over the past few years, there are strict building codes and such to help keep its “old west” charm. I only hope the citizens have not damaged Breckenridge’s appeal by voting to “legalize marijuana.” We must make note: The legalization o
