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Crystal River Elementary School Principal Matthew Koenigsknecht has announced that he will be stepping down as principal at the end of the school year. “I have decided that the 20-21 school year will be my last year in this role,” Koenigsknecht wrote in a letter to CRES families last week. “This has been one of the hardest decisions I have ever made; I will miss working with all of you dearly. Being the principal at CRES and working with the incredible staff, students and families here ha...

Natalie Torres of Glenwood Springs, who was elected last year to the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education, was selected Wednesday night to serve as the board’s next president. Torres will fulfill the role of president of the board at the next meeting on Jan. 13 — becoming the district’s first Latina and Spanish-speaking board president. Board member Jen Rupert of Basalt has served as president of the board for the past three years. “I appreciate Jen’s leadership and experie...

Regulations, and the complexity of the tax code, which the white house just hasnt gone after. >> thats interesting. because the corporate tax rate in the united states is the highest of any country in the world. both republicans and democrats seem intent on reducing it. nothing is happening. >> look, i think all of this -- and i think it is very good news -- comes under the headline of, you cant keep the american economy down forever. you can try to do it with overtaxation, try to do it with ove...

There are plenty of beg hedge funds and companies picking up all of these loans from different places and handling the workout themselves and it is getting done and fannie mae and freddie mac have been doing more than a fraud ridden unaccountable entity and think about this, 150 billion dollars, were not talking millions anymore, 150 billion dollars that taxpayers got to pay for their mistakes. >> we should point out in the next ten years, 300 billion the way this is going and i can concur with ...

>> what receptionist? its going to be an automated phone service and walk in the doctors office and a phone there and calling some other countries. >> and feel like waiting for-- press for one waiting-- >> whats that, rob. >> i said it might create efficiencies. you dont want somebody that doesnt have any knowledge like myself determining, hey, i want to try that expensive medicine. >> bottom line, you guys laugh at me when i said this, this is a time you buy stock in furniture i can makers, who...

People. i do that. i want them to do that. simple. >> rob stein, thank you so much for joining us this week. thank you, sir. coming up, a huge government handout to home buyers is over. time for all home buyers and homeowners to really worry or rejoice?

Chance for our consumer-driven economy to recover? hello, everybody, well could to cashing in. our crew this week, jonathan, wayne, and jonas, along with tracy byrnes and john. joining us, rob stein. welcome to everybody. all right. john, what would this national debt sales tax do to the overall economy, do you think? >> same thing every other tax is doing, were taxing soda, tanning, cigarettes, were taxing transactions, were talking about a vat tax. we have one out of every six americans right ...

However, it doesnt work because there is not a balanced budget amendment that goes with it, nor a ban on earmarks that goes with it. you give these guys more money, theyre going to blow more money. its not what they need. dont give a coke head more blow. >> you know, rob, the debt issue weve got to deal with, this is one suggestion, but what does that do to the overall economy? >> yeah. i dont know why john would say the economy is fragile. fridays gdp numbers showed it grew again. 3.2%. consume...

>> listen, people can boycott whatever they want. i dont think its going to have much of an effect. i actually think arizonas law itself, this immigration law itself will have a very negative impact on the states own economy. john, i respectfully disagree with you. you say that immigrants or illegals as you want to call them in a negative sense, cost the state a billion dollars. believe me, they produce much more than that. immigrants as a class are tremendously productive for the economy, for t...

Rob, i dont know what economy youre in, but people are still struggling, theyre worried about their jobs, their housing prices are still going to continue to fall. this economy is on a thread right now and just cause wall street seems to be making money and they always figure out a way to do so, doesnt mean that main street is doing okay. main street is going to pay the majority of their paycheck on purchases. not wall street. >> i live on your street, so im glad to hear about sales taxes coming...