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URL icon « on: April 01, 2009, 07:46:39 AM »
No more Free Box Fashion Show. Frown This was in today's Daily Planet:

Free Box closing

Toss away that used printer. Put away your used clothes and books.

The Free Box is closing.

Citing budget pressures and continuing opposition from angry neighbors, the Town Council, in a bitter and divided session, voted 4-3 to close the Free Box once and for all.

“The Free Box was never free,” said Town Council member Bob Saunders. “It cost $50,000 a year. I donated $1,000 to keep it moving, but we’re still tens of thousands short.

“Rather than cut any more staff jobs or get rid of any more essential programs, I think we have to say goodbye to the Free Box.”

Here is the article in it's entirety: FREE BOX CLOSING

But at least we'll get a cappuccino stand in it's place!! Clap

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URL icon « Reply #1 on: April 01, 2009, 08:29:08 AM »
The end of Telluride! 
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URL icon « Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 08:42:36 AM »
Steamboat will have to haul their own couches to Town Park this year...
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URL icon « Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 08:56:43 AM »
What a bummer.   This was such a Telluride (and Festival) tradition.  Of course we could start our own 9-day long free box in Town Park, but who'd donate the couches?
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URL icon « Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 09:14:46 AM »
That's a bummer.  I usually get all my underwear for the festival from the Free Box. 
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Quote from: Hooch on April 01, 2009, 09:14:46 AM
That's a bummer.  I usually get all my underwear for the festival from the Free Box. 

Gross.
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URL icon « Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 09:41:46 AM »
Quote from: gipper0324 on April 01, 2009, 09:23:56 AM
Quote from: Hooch on April 01, 2009, 09:14:46 AM
That's a bummer.  I usually get all my underwear for the festival from the Free Box. 

Gross.


Do you have any idea how many trees I save every year by using recycled underwear???? 
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URL icon « Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 09:52:27 AM »
Quote from: Hooch on April 01, 2009, 09:41:46 AM
Quote from: gipper0324 on April 01, 2009, 09:23:56 AM
Quote from: Hooch on April 01, 2009, 09:14:46 AM
That's a bummer.  I usually get all my underwear for the festival from the Free Box. 

Gross.


Do you have any idea how many trees I save every year by using recycled underwear???? 


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URL icon « Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 09:53:30 AM »
could this be an April Fools?

...'cuz it sure looks like some of the other stories at TDP are!

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Quote from: Jake on April 01, 2009, 09:53:30 AM
could this be an April Fools?

...'cuz it sure looks like some of the other stories at TDP are!

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How on earth could a glorified shelf cost 50k to maintain every year?

...and what councilman/ councilwoman on earth donates $1,000 to keep something going?

Something smells fishy here...
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URL icon « Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 11:00:40 AM »
Haha that article reminds me of something out of the Onion. I think it's an April Fools' joke!  :)
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URL icon « Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 02:20:45 PM »
Oh no!!!  That's a catastrophe!  I love that free box!
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Quote from: ninagski on April 01, 2009, 02:20:45 PM
Oh no!!!  That's a catastrophe!  I love that free box!
Ok folks,,, goofy guys and gals,,,, this is a joke and I am not fallin for it. Hotdogs Festivarian  How much to run a free box,,, yeah,,, right,,, geeeezzz LOL
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URL icon « Reply #13 on: April 02, 2009, 07:16:37 PM »
It's an April Fool's Day thing.  Remember what they wrote last year about the condos in the valley floor?    LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
good one Jen.
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URL icon « Reply #14 on: April 02, 2009, 07:36:54 PM »
But the...But the...newspaper link thing? Ya got me, Dang I'm getting old! Wouldn't have fallen for that 6 months ago!
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