There is a local alternative to the two-party divided suckfest of political coverage that yields nothing in the way of finality, satisfaction or anything promoting a restful election night’s sleep. Instead, join Lo Semple and me in “Smoking the Grass” tonight. I anticipate it will be nonstop huffing, puffing and blowing smoke over the local issues that will be decided before we clear the airwaves at 10 p.
m. I know many of you read Lo Semple’s column on Saturday describing the election extravaganza he is putting together on our local Grassroots Community TV station with a promise to cover only the local issues that you actually have some say in and that affect all of us directly. Lo has dubbed it the “Election Night Bonanza.
” He roped me into co-hosting with him and has invited many local personalities to join us to share their insights. The hyperbole will be left in the past. We are going to suss out what folks really think about the issues.
I am excited. As Lo so perfectly described in his piece, local election night coverage is can’t miss TV where every shot fired takes off at impossible angles, but somehow miraculously hits the bullseye every time. Grassroots TV election night coverage is one of the dog-eared pages of Aspen history that locals want to remember, because what happens at Grassroots doesn’t stay at Grassroots.
Irreverent local television leaves viewers with scars of the type that heal quickly, but also marks that one can verbally reveal to prov.
