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The Gun Collector

Thanks to a Greeley Report reader for this news tip.

Recently a Southern California man was put under a 72-hour psychiatric observation for a mental deficiency.  What was it?  He owned 100 guns and allegedly had roughly 100,000 rounds of ammunition as well.  His house also had a secret escape tunnel.  One Southern California idiot television reporter put it this way.  "Wow!  He has about a quarter million machine gun bullets."  (Since when did 100,000 rounds of ordinary ammo become 250,000 rounds of "machine gun" bullets?  This is another stellar example of the idiocy of the mainstream media.)

So, in Southern California, if you have 100 guns and the rounds you like to fire them, you are mentally unstable (unless you are a gang member or a drug dealer that obtains and possesses them illegally).  What if you live in other states?

• In Arizona, you would be an "avid gun collector."
• In Texas you would likely be a "novice gun collector."
• In Utah you would be called "moderately well prepared," but you would also need to make sure you had the proper amount of stored food besides.
• In Montana you would be "the neighbor."
• In Idaho, you might be "a future governor."
• In Colorado, you would be "a conservative."
• In Louisiana you would be "a deer hunting buddy."
• And in many other states outside the extreme left-wing coasts, you would be a good ol' boy.

 

When The Media Lie

Joey Bunch and Kieran Nicholson recently wrote an article in the Denver Post that stated that, "More than 500 children in the United States die in gun accidents each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a 2007 report, which estimated 1.7 million children live in homes where guns are kept."  However, according to CDC statistics for 2007, they report only 112 unintentional firearm deaths, ages zero through 17.  How did this 388 child factual "misprint" occur?

It's simple, really.  Many in media lie, misstate, and skew positions, so that liberal positions may be advanced. The freedom of the press is recognized and protected in the Constitution, but that doesn't mean they always tell the truth.  It's up to the buyer to be aware.  The mainstream press is often corrupt, and like these writers in the post, there are many facts that must be checked out independently if you really want to know the truth.  Elaborate background schemes even occur in fact-checking circles.  Annenberg, a liberal, runs one of the largest fact-checking organizations, and even Snopes, an on-line, so-called fact-checking group is notoriously liberal and has been completely inaccurate in several issues Greeley Report has investigated.

This is why mainstream news readership is plummeting and blog readers and alternative news and media sites are increasing.  People know what is going on, and are thankful to have alternative viewpoints, and access to the truth instead of being forced to read the garbage put forth by those that have been in control of the news.  The Post article on children and firearms did not attempt to put childhood accidental deaths by firearms into any context by contrasting it with other areas of childhood, accidental death or injury.  None of this occurred.

However, because of public outcry the Post was forced to amend their original article.  A postscript was added stating that there are between 1.57 and 1.82 million children that daily live in houses with loaded and unlocked guns, and yet only 112 were killed accidentally in 2007.  Those statistics change the data and the story significantly, even with the liberal sourcing of "Pediatrics" Magazine used for foundational information.  But who cares?  There is an agenda to guard, and idiots to influence.  Let the reader (or viewer, or listener) beware. 

Alienated Rights

If you traveled during this Christmas season and did any flying there's a chance you received a notice in your luggage when you opened it after arriving.  When the Transportation Security Administration opens your luggage they may provide a "notice of baggage inspection."  This tells you that they may have searched your luggage, rifled through your personal items, and looked over everything you carried.  They may have also eaten a third of your cake (according to recent reports) or taken your cupcake as contraband.

How does this contrast with the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights?  It's directly opposed to it.  Laws pertaining to search and seizure state that there must be probably cause demonstrated and that warrants must be issued specifying the items suspected and to be searched.  None of this occurs today in TSA land.  They are the government; you are the subject.  The TSA demands your luggage be unlocked, or they may break the bag to inquire within.  They may single your bag out for unknown reasons, and there is no warrant involved.  In short, the Constitution has been gutted, and you are now a slave.

The TSA insert also thanks you for your cooperation.  What would they do if we didn't cooperate?  They would do the exact, same thing they do now.  You would be forced off the flight, and you would be the problem, even though you operated within your Constitutional rights.  Why?  Because the U.S. government has done everything possible to gut your unalienable rights.  They know that the business men and women that fly every week will moan and groan, but they will walk through the scanners and subject themselves to baggage search and seizure, in order to retain their jobs.  They know that the grandmother going to a funeral in another state will walk through the cancer-enhancing machines, just to get to her loved ones.  They won.

This relegates the Constitution to a mere symbol, hanging on the wall.  The government is a fearful master, and was viewed by our founders as one that needed to be reined in and controlled at all times.  If not, tyranny would exist.  What does tyranny look like?  To Sam, it looks a great deal like a TSA checkpoint, or a baggage inspection tag found in opened luggage.  Our rights have been alienated.  If we don't care, they will take more.

No More Statesmen

Less than a week ago some of the Republican House members decided to stand against Obama's decision to raise payroll taxes.  Now these taxes were set to raise automatically because previous Congressional leaders had only temporarily lowered them.  But now that can was kicked to this Congress, and they wanted to take a stand.  And they did.  For a week.

Now they have caved in to the whims of the major parties once again.  We shouldn't be surprised.  Both parties did this with the debt ceiling debates earlier this year.  Both parties have done this for the sake of political posturing and campaigning repeatedly through the years.  Very, very few Congress men and women are truly standing for America.

Ask yourself whether the person you voted into office is really voting as they told you they would.  They aren't and they won't.  They are not a statesman or woman.  Sad but true.  So as they go home for Christmas holiday with their family, and Obama jets off to spend millions with his spouse, just remember how they vote, how they live, and how they have betrayed you and me.  Real, true change would slash billions from the budget, and instead they posture over pocket change.  Merry Christmas!

SNL, Jesus And Tebow

Saturday Night Live recently aired a piece that featured performers playing the roles of Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow, and Jesus Christ.  It was standard SNL fare that was mocking, edgy, and over-the-top.  Criticism has poured in, and SNL will probably disregard all of it as they continue down their path of relatively low ratings, kept only in place by their saturday night time slot.

In all fairness, SNL should probably now air a skit that includes a Muslim and Muhammad in some type of edgy repartee as well.  In this multicultural age, no religion should be given a pass.  They should be equally humiliated, abused and slapped.  It won't happen.  Why?  Because Muslims kill people that insult their religion; Christians don't.

We are told frequently that all religions and ideologies are equal, and that Islam is the religion of peace.  It's not.  No sooner does the U.S. pull out of Iraq, then they set about killing each other.  This year Pakistan has had nearly 700 Islamic "honor killings" of mainly women that were considered as either rebellious or "too westernized" in their viewpoints.  The U.S. State Department has said nothing condemning these atrocities.  Once again, Islam gets a pass because they will intimidate, attack and kill anyone that dares to condemn them.

The next time someone tries to tell you that Islam is inoffensive and equal to other religions, point to Tebow, Jesus and SNL.  Ask them what would happen if that were to be done live in New York against Islam on a saturday night.  By sunday morning there would be hell to pay.  Because Islam is not a religion of peace.  It never has been, it never will be, and sooner or later the United States is going to have to deal with it in her cities and towns.

Get It, Spend It

The State of Colorado discovered some fresh revenue coming into their coffers this year, and Governor Hickenlooper immediately announced his desire to plow it into education so that many side-programs could be restored.  College student aid would get a slice as well.

First, where did the money come from?  Private business.  Government jobs didn't produce this revenue, which is important to note.  Much of the revenue came from the "evil" fossil fuel jobs in the oil and gas industry.  While so-called green jobs continue to languish and demand government funding, the jobs in other energy fields pay for themselves and more.  Governments love to bash these industries, but take their money all day long.

The incoming money doesn't have to be spent.  A portion could be set aside for a rainy day fund, or allocated toward the state's transportation infrastructure issues.  This is another frequent bone of contention in the Colorado statehouse, but the governor didn't propose any funding in that direction.  Education is more of a winner in political circles these days.

It's still very clear that liberal government is more than happy, spending our money.  They always want more.  They will strangle businesses that feed government with unnecessary regulation if they decided it isn't their favorite.  Why?  Because government is not about doing what is right.  It is all about power.  Keep that in mind every time you deal with this entity.

Wealth Redistributed

During the Christmas/Hanukkah season we are reminded again of the good that is in various people.  Anonymous givers have been paying off layaway items, paying for things in check-out aisles on behalf of others, and helping out with those that are less fortunate.  It's heartwarming, and it reminds us that America is still a generous nation at its core.

In fact, we don't need laws that mandate the redistribution of wealth.  If the wealthy want to contribute to the needs of others via the government they may voluntarily pay more taxes and higher fees right now.  Nobody is stopping them.  Or, they can give to various charities that deal directly with the most needy in our society.  The middle class make up the backbone of charitable giving in this nation, a fact that is threatened more by Obama's taking more money from these people for himself than any other issue.

This is important to remember the next time you are in a dialogue about the redistribution of wealth.  We are a giving and kind nation.  We acknowledge the poor and needy among us, and do our best to help them out.  However, we despise laziness, entitlement mentalities, and tyrannical, over-reaching government no matter what party or faction controls it.  We love liberty, fairness, equality and peace.  The government cannot help the poor as effectively as the private sector.  So let's strip them of the power to do it.  The government cannot do any more to legislate liberty and freedom.  Instead, they need to repeal taxes and regulations at a record pace.  That would stimulate the economy and do more to help the poor than any action or ideology Obama and his goons could ever propose.

So when you walk past a bell ringer with a bucket, think about how you can help the private sector reach out to those less fortunate.  It is the solution to tyranny.  And it's found in our own hearts.

Christmas Break

Many of the conservatives have been yelling about how much Barack and Michelle's Hawaiian Vacation is costing American taxpayers, and for good reason.  But consider how much it may cost if they were to remain in Washington and continue to enact executive orders and other liberty-robbing measures.

We have come to a place where the government is the problem.  When the new regulations enacted at these levels fill thousands of pages per year there is no doubt that you and I are breaking laws we don't even know.  When these laws continue to grow in part due to the fact that legislators aren't even bothering to read them before they vote on them, something is wrong.  The bureaucrats and special interests are running the country, and instead of a government we respect we now have a government most of us fear.  That, my friends, is tyranny.

So when Obama takes a vacation, perhaps it's not such a bad thing.  Maybe he's searching for a real birth certificate since the ones he has provided to this point are fraudulent.  Maybe he needs time away from the party and monied atmosphere of the nation's capitol to relax and spend, spend, spend his redistributed wealth.  Whatever the case, he's probably less dangerous right now than he will be in January.  The same holds true for our governor and the Colorado Statehouse, and our Federal representatives, too.  When they are back in action is when the danger increases, and that will be soon enough.  Merry Christmas!

Sam Goes Shopping

Sam needs to take some time away and do some Christmas shopping for various things.  While most of the shopping will be handled at local merchants or via the internet, he will probably venture out to Centerra or other locales for an item or two.  He will avoid local stores run by libs or known RINO's.  And one store he will intentionally avoid at Centerra is Macy's.

Macy's recently fired a worker for kicking a man out of the women's changing rooms.  They are not trying to be inoffensive; they are intentionally homosexual-friendly.  In this era of scandals involving Joe Paterno and various other incidents, this should definitely be an issue they would handle better than they do.  But they have a social agenda they want to force upon others.

Fortunately we can have the last laugh.  Sam intends to spend some good money at various merchants in the coming week.  Macy's will not be one of them.  Furthermore, Sam has also chatted with at least 25 other families that will shun Macy's for the same reason.  Sam likes traditional values, and says Merry Christmas.  Sam has money.  Macy's will not receive any of it.  They seem to want to sell more to Sam than just merchandise, and Sam will have none of it.  Merry Christmas!

Weld County More Restrictive Than Chicago?

Tony Nelin and Timmy Ryan had an idea.  Since they live outside Chicago, and because they love hockey, they decided to build their own rink.  They persuaded two buddies to help them, and convinced their parents to let them construct the contraption.  The parents even threw in $350 to purchase lumber for the outer structure that would contain the water.  The guys got to work, and built a rink that was full-sized, and even included a penalty box!

Soon it was time to fill the rink.  After stringing garden hose to the site, they soon discovered it would take hours to fill the rink, and the water costs would be pretty high.  Their creative juices kicked in again.  They borrowed 250 of fire hose from a relative, and tapped into a hydrant near a school.  Filling the rink was underway until the school janitor discovered the hose.  He didn't go over and offer to help the guys.  Instead, he called the police, and the boys were arrested.  They had stolen water.

Fortunately these boys will be able to keep their rink.  They will end up paying for the water and some court costs, but they will keep their winter fun.  They will not be dealing drugs, playing with their computer games, or participating in other violent criminal activity (unless you consider hockey to be criminal).  Their friends will most likely join them in their outdoor fun.  The fire hose has been returned (it was borrowed), the hydrant was not defaced, the young men will get their exercise, and in the Spring the melting water will feed the yard.

What would have happened if this had occurred in Greeley or Weld County?  Based on city and county codes (and the activities of code enforcement in Weld County and the city of Greeley) these young men would be forced to tear out their rink, even if it was on private property.  They would be cited for code violations, besides the water infractions, and they would be relegated to other activities.  They might even be charged with starting a competitive business without a permit, since their rink would take business from the Ice Haus!  Who knows?

Since we live in this area, it is easy to grow accustomed to the way things are done around here.  But hundreds of cities and counties around the U.S. are much more relaxed in their codes and laws.  This Chicago suburb is less restrictive than here, despite the fact it resides in a Demoncratic, liberal enclave.  So when businesses (and home builders) move there instead of here because our local laws hinder them, you never notice.  After all, they weren't here in the first place.  They just decided not to come.

Greeley Report has discussed this issue firsthand with various businesses that decided to stay away from Weld County due to the high degree of regulation, restriction and embedded cost associated with taxes, fees, and ongoing control.  But the issue doesn't show up until you read an article about four guys and their hockey rink.  They can keep their rink and their private property rights more easily back in Chicago.  They probably couldn't have them here.

New Thing Or Old Trash?

Last night the Greeley City Council revealed their latest comprehensive plan designed to market Greeley as a great place to live, work and grow.  While the work that had gone into the plan was good, it was not innovative and lacked any real change.  It was "more-of-the-same," repackaged.

Greeley has not been innovative for years.  They blindly adopt the same international code standards as others even when it negatively impacts city residency and growth.  They try to be like others (e.g., Loveland and Ft. Collins) while telling us they want to be different.  Under the reign of this city council and mayor they haven't rolled back taxes, and are still very tightly regulated.  (You can't even have a flashing neon "open" sign in Greeley.)  Greeley has killed more businesses in the last 24 months that it has rewarded for starting.  They love big business, but are not small-business friendly.  Greeley wants to enhance the wonderful downtown while ignoring Muslims and gangs that may frequent the area.  But they have a new plan.

This is precisely the problem with well-intentioned bureaucracy.  They perpetuate themselves at all costs.  They hate to slash, cut, and deregulate.  Instead they manage, plan, and ask for more money.  Hopefully Greeley will experience a measure of success.  But if not, perhaps someone needs to send them this column.  It's based on free-market concepts; not government same-think repackaged.

Liberty...With Permission?

Lowes is a good sized business with a bottom line.  They need to make money.  Like other businesses they advertise and try to attract customers through their doors by looking to various customer groups.  They decided to advertise and support TLC's "All-American Muslim" tv show, that was nothing more than lies and propaganda about how Muslim families live in the United States, and the show ratings went through the floor.  Most Americans saw it for what it was, and changed the channel.

This was bad news for Lowes.  They were paying handsomely to advertise on a show for zero return.  So they did what any prudent business would.  They dropped their support.  But this is when the Islamic terror machine (and it's entrenched government lapdogs) kicked into action.  You see, Islam doesn't like free enterprise.  They only like Sharia.  So when free enterprise collided with their agenda, they merely used one of their tactics and accused Lowes of being bigoted and biased.  It works most of the time.  Fortunately Lowes stood its ground.

That's when Demoncratic Senator Ted Lieu weighed in, threatening Lowes with governmental action against the company unless they reconsidered.  This moved groups such as the American Patriot Alliance and others to rebut the ignorant (or evil) senator with facts, noting that Lowes is not a government entity that can simply print money.  They have to earn it.  Every day.  So far the sides are eyeing each other on opposite sides of the battlefield, and the war continues.  Hopefully Lowes will win.

The United States of America was founded on recognized rights, not rights given with governmental permission.  Therefore, this is completely outside of governmental jurisdiction.  But the liberals try (as well as many RINOs) to make everything their business, so that government can control virtually every area of society.  Their viewpoint is that they keep bad things from happening, when in reality they are often the worst solution in the equation.  Such is the case here.  Government needs to butt out, not butt in.  After all, their heads are frequently in that same location, just like the producers of Islamic propaganda at TLC.  But these birds of a feather often lose money together, and they want the producers to fund their losses.  No more.  It's time for liberty to stand, and losers to fall.

Why Border Security Matters

Latin television giant Univision recently released a documentary "La Amenaza Irana" (The Iranian Threat) that includes undercover video footage shot in Islamic camps...in Mexico.  Using hidden cameras and undercover journalists, the film also documents terrorists Venezuelan camps, links between the drug cartels and terrorism targets in the United States, and the use of diplomats from Venezuela, Iran and Cuba to plan a cyber attack against the White House, FBI, Pentagon and U.S. nuclear plants.

As Greeley Report has pointed out in previous articles, Jihad is not coming to the U.S.  It's already here.  The only credible solution is to close and secure the U.S. borders, and then begin to sort out the web of terror that has already come into the nation and lives covertly in various cities and towns.  Obama has used the open borders to his advantage, even suing one of the states he is supposed to support and defend as the pseudo-president.  His actions, and the actions of Eric Holder (the fast-and-furious liar, perjurer and murderer) are impeachable offenses.

Lest anyone get caught up in the emotional temptation think that this is a racial, or a racist issue, think again.  Border - the defined boundary between one nation and another.  Security - the act of making safe and habitable.  Those are the two issues at stake.  The borders must be closed.  Illegals must be deported.  All co-opting agents (including diplomats) must be expelled.  These are the steps that must be taken to begin to implement a measure of security in America.  Everything else is mere political posturing and window dressing, no matter what dimension of the political spectrum you embrace.

(Link here to associated article.)

(Link here to Univision Video - The Iranian Threat)

He Stood Up And The Government Backed Down

Richard Hochstetler, owner of the Forest Grove Dairy in Elkhart County, Indiana, received a subpoena.  The Amish, raw-milk producer was commanded to appear before the FDA and testify about his milk products despite the fact there has never been an issue with it's cleanliness.  It has repeatedly been certified as clean and wholesome.  It was just another example of the Federal government using bullying tactics, and trying to infringe on private liberties for the sake of the "collective."

That is when Brad Rogers stepped in.  Rogers is the Elkart County Sheriff, and he recognized bullying when he saw it.  Acting on his citizens behalf, Rogers contacted the FDA.  He told them that unless they had probable cause, a warrant signed by a local judge, and a good issue, they had better drop the subpoena mighty fast.  Faced with a sheriff that knew his authority and was willing to protect his local citizens, the FDA backed down.

Sheriff Rogers is a part of the growing movement known as the County Sheriff Project (link here).  These sheriffs have joined well-known sheriff Richard Mack in their effort to reclaim the local autonomy of counties and citizens in the face of encroaching federal tyranny.  Their work is standing in places such as Ruidoso, New Mexico and Elkhart, Indiana.  The Feds don't like it, but the people do.

Since Weld County Sheriff John Cooke is term limited, it will be important to ask critical questions of any new sheriff's candidate.  They must understand their role in law enforcement is unique, and also be willing to adopt the County Sheriff Project's platform as their own.  They must vigorously support the right of citizens to keep and bear arms with or without a concealed carry permit, and they must be a true conservative (and not a RINO like the recently-arrested law-enforcement spawn, Pat Sullivan).  The Federal government wants to take your rights.  It is up to the state and local entities to help us preserve them.  Hats off to this Indiana sheriff that knows how to stand for his people.  It's a lesson worth using here.  (Link to associated article here.)

Bald Faced Lies

Does Obama think his constant lying will make him electable?  This week he read lies from his teleprompter while at a speech in Kansas.  He lied.  Bold, bald-faced lies.  Obama stood before an audience of sheeple and said that the concept of limited government that preserves free markets "doesn't work.  It has never worked."

Take a look around you Mr. Obama.  You were in Kansas, the heartland of the greatest nation ever built with limited government and free markets.  There has always been the conflict generated by the rough-and-tumble debate that goes with managing that liberty, but the United States of America was built on Judeo-Christian values, limited government and free enterprise!  If you can't see that you need to pull your head out of your...teleprompter, and look around!

The only reason Obama would make a statement like this, is to justify more regulation, more taxation, and more control.  That is his only solution.  That makes him a danger to you, liberty, and free enterprise.  As former President Ronald Reagan once said, "Government is not the solution; it's the problem!"

Infamy or Education?

December 7 is a day that will truly live in infamy, as President Roosevelt once stated concerning the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that fateful Sunday morning.  However history has a way of revealing more than was previously known.  Recent documents uncovered show the U.S. government avoided, ignored, or perhaps even goaded the Japanese into the attack.  It was heinous on their part, but might have been completely avoided on ours.

The government is good at missing things.  We found out there were key intelligence issues that were missed that could have minimized the 9-11 attacks.  But again, the government messed up.  This is not to minimize the diligent work of the rank-and-file, but to expose the problem (once again) with "big, centralized government" at every level.

So the government messed up.  And we ended up with many lives destroyed because of two wars.  World War II, and now the "Global War On Terror" (we can't mention Islam, you know).  What else are we missing?  Let's see.  Our national borders leak like a sieve, aided and abetted by the U.S. President that has filed suit against one of the states.  Muslims (many of them radicals) are moving into cities and towns across the United States, and frequent our colleges and schools.  The radical left seeks to destroy even the positive elements of the free market, and insert communism as the predominant ideology in it's place; replacing flawed capitalistic greed with horrendous policies.  And like that fateful Sunday decades ago, most Americans just don't care.  Happy Holidays.  Let's go shopping.  We have other things on our minds.  Until the bombs go off, or your child is killed.  Or worse.  What will we learn from this day in infamy?  To be eternally vigilant would be the greatest tribute we could pay to the greatest generation.

Your Parents, Your Children, Or Illegals?

January is right around the corner, but the tension is heating up in December around the looming budget battle in the Colorado statehouse.  The lawmakers don't have enough money to fund everything and cuts must be made.  Hickenlooper and the Demoncrats want to eliminate the senior exemptions (such as the mortgage exemption after age 65), and make cuts to medicaid as well.  Of course the children will be held hostage once again (how convenient), and blame will be spread all around.

So in times when money isn't available, why not look in the obvious realms?  Why not tighten up enforcement of laws pertaining to illegals, and begin to let them know this is not a friendly place for them?  Senator Renfroe and others discovered one, single expenditure a couple sessions ago that was giving them more than $19 million out of the Colorado budget!  Couldn't that money go toward the education of legal students instead?  That could help the elderly in the state, people that have paid taxes their entire lives.  Instead, someone that did not pay into the system robs it, and you are held hostage.

The real fact is this.  Our system has been lazy, and let everything happen in helter-skelter fashion.  It's more fun to say yes, than no.  However now tough choices must be made.  Hopefully the conservatives in the Colorado Senate will step up and dictate some terms to Hickenlooper and the Dems.  It's an opportunity to exercise leadership and let the liberals disclose their true colors.  Colorado doesn't print money, so it has to make a budget that is realistic.  If the illegals, lazy, welfare-recipients, and liberals win, you lose.  Make sure your senator and representative understand how they must vote and direct their energies in 2012.

Is Your Bank On The List?

Congressman Ron Paul has led the charge to audit the Federal Reserve, and sadly has met with opposition from other congressional leaders.  This super-secret, private bank controls the funding for the United States of America, and basically does whatever it wants.  Recently facts were uncovered that revealed the Fed released $16 trillion (that's with a "T") to large banking cronies during the "TARP" era, when everyone was complaining about loans in the billions of dollars that were made public via congress.

Who got these loans?  Big banks and cronies.  Who didn't get these loans?  Local banks.  Who knew?  Political insiders and business leaders.  Who didn't know?  You and me.  Mayer Amschel Rothschild is famous for his quote, "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws."  Who is running things in our nation?  Which banks in our area have colluded?  The economic battle for our nation is raging, and you and I will either be free or be serfs.  (Click here for a list of banks that received trillions in bailout funds.)

So You Want To Move To Greeley

If a newcomer were to move to Northern Colorado, why would he or she choose the Greeley area?  What would be the drawing card?  Where would he/she work?  What would attract the children (and parents) to the schools?

Greeley was once known for several things.  Morality.  Integrity.  Innovation.  Education. A high standard of middle-class living.  An excellent sense of community.  Water.  What is Greeley known for now?  District 6.  Gangs.  Lack of good-paying jobs.  Housing.  The Stampede.  Lots of government regulation and control.

What spun Greeley into decline?  What will turn Greeley around?