Welcome to Valley Roundup, this week a review of the top stories of 2013. Curtis Wackerle of the Aspen Daily News and Brent Gardner Smith of Aspen Journalism join us to look back on a busy year.
In Aspen it was regime change as a new mayor and city council was elected and changed the tone of debate. For Basalt a major issue was the forced relocation of residents living downtown in the Pan and Fork trailer park.
2013 was also marked by conflict over noise in Aspen’s restaurant row, the conclusion of a big cocaine bust and sticker shock from Obamacare.
Topics discussed:
News Aspen Mayor
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/158241
http://kajx.org/post/aspen-mayoral-run-steve-skadron-interview
Veloci-RFTA
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160406
Basalt’s Pan and Fork Relocation
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160350
http://kajx.org/post/basalt-town-council-votes-explore-options-proposed-pan-and-fork-advocacy-group
Noise Complaints on Aspen’s Restaurant Row
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159709
http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/aspen-condo-dispute-unusual
Krabloonik Dog Sledding Operation
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160599
Little Annie's Closes…and Reopens
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159958
Montgomery Chitty Sentenced to 20 Years
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159632
Marijuana Gets Respectable
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160516
http://kajx.org/post/medical-marijuana-businesses-prepare-go-retail
Affordable Care Sticker Shock
http://kajx.org/post/colorado-rolls-out-obamacare
RIP in 2013:
Helen Klanerud
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159745
Randy Udall
http://kajx.org/tags/randy-udall
Jeff Walker
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/157246
Caleb Moore
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/156565
The Download with Rob St. Mary
Is Snapchat the beginning of the “erasable internet”?
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579272723222788620
Know Your Drones
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/defend-yourself-against-drones-using-this-drone-surviva-1486459945
Medicine and NanoTech:
http://mashable.com/2013/12/04/researchers-build-dna-nanocage/
