We had a great first day. A huge thanks to everyone who has overwhelmed us with responses in the last 24 hours. We'll be in touch as soon as we can. And one big shout out to our expat friends in Mexico and Thailand. We'll get the place back in shape for your return, promise!

And hey, we launch, and the Selanne/Kariya/Sakic line scores 10 points!

Topics du matin in the RMPN weblog (where you can read all the posts):

In Education, we're reminded that Bill "Bush Lite" Owens has driven the top folks out of Metro State, and also appointed a crony as Pres. of UNC Greeley..

The Horowitz Watch continues. He was on "Fair and Balanced" Fox last night(there's no vast conspiracy, there's no vast conspiracy...). When they circle the wagons round, we're on target. Watch for the Act Now! campaign soon, revolving around Horowitz' upcoming paid tour of Colorado campuses.

In Economy, props to Greeley for winning the bottling plant competition. But prospects for the Colorado economy still look difficult -- and Excel's huge increase in natural gas costs won't help. We know Greenspan warned us but why, exactly, do gas prices have to double suddenly?? This right-wing rudderless economy forces Hick to cut 10% from next year's Denver City Budget -- anyone else living on the same amount as in 1998?

And You! You are all wonderful; a rainbow of creative, frustrated (nay, angry!) citizens who know our future can be so much better than the past we're being sucked back into by the current regime...

Keep it comin!