Our Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s high-priced fundraiser made front-page news for the cost of its necessary security protection. It\u2019s front-page news because it infuriates liberals.<\/p>\n
As a stalwart conservative, I would reply with this \u2014 Hillary Clinton\u2019s fundraisers were just as expensive and nobody seemed to mind about that.<\/p>\n
More importantly, let\u2019s bear in mind that our local government leaders are already frittering away our tax dollars like drunken sailors. Ten-thousand to $20,000 of security expense for our vice president is a spit in the bucket compared with the cost to us taxpayers of:<\/p>\n
1. The extravagantly planned $20 million-plus new government office building<\/p>\n
2. The frivolous expenditure of $50,000-plus for the new Aspen government logo<\/p>\n
3. And even worse, the bottomless pit expense of the ever-expanding multi-billion-dollar inventory of taxpayer-subsidized employee housing<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s stop with all this seemingly sensible bike-to-work stuff and be real about our collective responsibilities. Let\u2019s build a second bridge over Castle Creek. It\u2019s high time to do a good turn for the workers in our larger community, who are the unsung moneymakers who make our wonderful life here possible, and who get stuck in a daily traffic jam on their way from home to work and back in order to support their families and to serve our community.<\/p>\n
Instead of spending $20 million on a new government palace or on more middle-class freebies, let\u2019s invest in our economic infrastructure and secure our economic future.<\/p>\n
John Hornblower<\/p>\n
Snowmass Village<\/p>\n