DPS has contracted with therapist Susan Heitler, who specializes in marriage counseling, to help school board members work through their issues. A friend emailed me with this thought:
Who will get custody of the kids if it doesn’t work out?
And as long as we’re injecting a little humor in this unfunny business, I have a modest proposal. The therapy session is being held at the swanky Broadmoor resort. The reasons are legitimate; the Colorado Association of School Boards is holding its annual meeting there.
But in the interests of public relations and frugality, might I suggest an alternative venue? This has long been an alluring sign along South Nevada Avenue, not far from the Broadmoor. And to save money, they probably rent rooms by the hour…
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?? Sixty channels of cable? As if! You can almost make out the place next door, probably a little cheaper but only 35 channels.
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