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Show THE ZEPHYR/DECEMBER 2004-J ANUARY THE VIEW FROM Jim: FEEDBACK { thoroughly enjoyed reading this issue of the Zephyr. Take it or leave it left me good and weirded out...LA really has come to RT 128. New West Blues. Well called there. Well reported. It takes more than a bit of nerve to hold a mirror up to Big Bro and co. Arches Stories....just plain hilarious...the Three Archqueteers out there with their" chisels every night making new holes to count. :-) My Fellow Americans. Again hilarious. From the Canadian perspective...many of us feel that another 4 years of GB will entirely bankrupt the USA, morally, spiritually, and otherwise, which would actually be highly desirable. Here's a photo I took over near Wupatki. This well-mannered fellow seems to be helping his girlfriend up. It's very worn and faded so I increased the contrast. I don't have a name for them. The "newlyweds photo brought it to mind. (Continued) only trying to change a small portion of County Council structure. The ‘recall’ provision remains. Ifthe Couneil thinks it is above the will of the people, then we shouldn't be afraid to use it. Apathy has always been Grand County's worst enemy and it has allowed 2005. CANADA... the district representation concept to fall into the hands of special interests who could care less about most of us. But now that the district reps have survived this vote, I assume that all of you who voted to Best, Stuart Munro, Victoria BC retain it will get out there and do something in 2006......JS STILES’ BID FOR THE WHITE SORREL RIVER RANCH...A SOFT PORN IN THE NECK?. ] would like to thank you for your thoughts in the November 2004 Zephyr entitled "When Worlds Collide--The Nouveau West Comes to Sorrel River Ranch." I think you really put it into perspective, and said just what needed to be said. | wonder if you would consider being a guest editorial contributor to the Times Independent with this piece. if they would want to print it, or not, but it is excellent, and I would like to even wider readership. While I find you easy to disagree with, in many cases, on with this piece. You also hit the nail on the head with your additional piece on politics, I don't know see it receive youare right and I cannot believe that | agree with everything you said in your column this month. This-is an event for me. Thanks erudite. for being there, Jim, and for saying what needs to be said in a manner HE KNOWS WHY I HOPELESSLY 2. Got any Stiles 4 President t-shirts? No shtrts...only tattoos. I did not really understand just how hopelessly your clinging to the past since 1989 is, But when they visited a main drag gift shop, in which there were various books of the usual Moab and surrounding area subjects, their surprise turned to shock, then dismay. The owner (they supposed), a nice woman, was there, and my friend, Mike, in passing said, "1 wonder how much a first edition Ed Abbey Solitaire’ would cost today?" Her answer? "It would depend on if he's still alive or not." Say what? Yep. About that, who could tell a lie? Nothing but... 5. How abouta tax on "reality TV"? What’s ‘reality?’ 6. Can we have some of our radio frequencies back? Including Dan Rather's frequency? 7. Shouldn't medical marijuana be free to everybody in pain, even those with generic ennui? ESPECIALLY for those with ennui! 8. Don't you think corporations should be banned from having anything to do with music? Banning corporations is music to my ears.. 10. Can the bears have Montana back? In a New York minute... 11. Why do the other two candidates appear to have plastic hair? J thought it was fiber glass. Gunnison, CO MORE PRAISE FOR JENNIFER SPEERS Hey Jim, Just read the article in Utne regarding Ms. Speers!!! My husband and I have been visiting Moab for over 10 years and are always saddened by the "progress" that has taken place. When we saw the Dewey Bridge subdivision we nearly wept. When /if you ever get the chance to meet Ms. Speers, please give her and big hug and kiss from Terri and Dennis Good Luck in the future, Terri Collins-Novak EDITOR’s NOTE: Utne Magazine recently re-printed my April/May editorial on Jennifer Speers, who bought the Dewey Bridge subdivsion and then tore down a $600,000 home to restore the site to its original condition...JS ABBEY 3. Will you promise to wear flip flops in the Oval Office? 4. Do you agree that Utah is about as close to Mars as we need to get until the budget is back to flush? This 1S Mars. 9. If elected, will you make Ed Abbey's "Theory of Anarchy" required reading in America's schools? Noting can be mandatory with an anarchist... Your old pal, Mike Ritchey WANTS friend. Although the bit about birth control in Third World countries didn't hurt either. (Does that mean America will finally get free contraception? haha) 1. Who's your running mate? YOU are Dude! CLING... until the other day when a 35-year resident of Gunnison, and outdoor enthusiast par excellence, told me this story. He and his wife took a weekend to clamber around Canyonlands, and on their way out they stopped in Moab just to check it out. It had been several years since they'd been there and, of course, they were, as you would expect, a tad surprised at the changes. Novak. I think the campaign promise to "give tax credits for vegetable gardens” did the trick, my seize the White House - Colonel, - © Stiles: Well, your bid for the White House is already creating waves across the fruited plains. My cohort and comrade in crime, the Dangerous Redhead, being indecisive regarding the upcoming presidential election, has suddenly become animated about the whole affair, almost excited in a weird hormonal way. She says you're a candidate she can vote for without getting that deep sucking sound between the ears that one obtains from casting a ballot for the other corporobots being offered to us this political season. As an avid and loyal reader, I gotta ask a few well meaning questions about this gambit to Susanne Mayberry Moab NOW HOUSE... Editor’s Note...Clearly I did not succeed in nry Quixotic Quest for the White House...Still Ned’s questions deserve answers. And so we offer a glimpse into “what might have been...” Jim, MEMORIAL AT ARCHES 12. Asa follow up question, will you pledge not to get $500 haircuts once elected? Only Fay Carpenter can touch my hairs! 13. Will Ken Sleight agree to serve as Secretary of the Interior? I thought “Interior Czar” sounded a bit more appropriate...that should scare everybody in Blanding... 14. As President, would you tell the "developers" in my area to leave me alone? Not just in your area...I promise to return all of America to the 13" Century!!! Good luck, amigo. | truly hope you prevail. Remember, it's about POWER. You will be assaulted with sleaze, vice, corruption, filth, slime and other garden variety inbred political urgings from every direction. This is normal and you must be resolute, as your opponents (the other 294,565,173 fellow Americans) will stop at nothing to derail your efforts to save America from itself. Stand firm! Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do to monkey wrench the corporate scalawags intent on converting this great nation into a cataclysmic Wal-Mart parking lot. Jim. Salut! l enjoyed your “Arches Stories” in the Oct/Nov issue. Is there a display panel or other formal monument to Edward Abbey at Arches? If not, there should be and if not, why not? Mudd (Can we consider a conspiracy?) Who is currently superintendent at Arches? Abbey deserves at least a full panel in the VC. While the original Abbey trailer has been long since surveyed away, itshould not be too difficult to track down one of those plywood and aluminum fire traps, fill it with Cactus Ed memorabilia-and interpretation, place it on or near the original site with a statue of cactus Ed in Bronze sitting just «outside the door, : gesturing to you to take the chair beside him and enjoy some conversation. Ican'see I am going to have to work a bit on the current Arches administration: They may not realize what a historical resource they have in Ed. Many thanks for the information (inducing the Jeg earns changed ‘a whit!) PJ Rane : evidence that ne NPSnot in Birmingham, Alabama SIXTY MINUTES? Dear Jim, I got a real laugh from your editorial about “Hotel Erotica” and Sorrel River Ranch. I always: wanted to stay there but could never afford it. Now I see that an option might be available in the near future. Its seems like renting by the nour might be jHSE the thing out -therel, Even I could afford sixty minutes at Sorrel River, and it could be a lot of fun. Ted Terry Portland, OR ee es Editor, Thunderbear NOTE: P] Ryan is editor of the oldest alternative newsletter in the federal government. You can find him at: www.workingnet.com/thunderbear...JS PAGE 30° |
