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14/06/2026

Happy Flag Day, Casper!

Casper is a patriotic town. Just ask Casper.

The United States flag outside City Hall is tattered. Bars shredded. The flag is not flying. It is tangled around itself in what amounts to a light morning breeze. Not a wind event. A Tuesday in April.

The flag code is not ambiguous on this. Title 4 of the U.S. Code says a flag no longer in fitting condition should be retired.

The Casper Police Department is at 201 North David. City Hall is at 200 North David. The flag is between them. Someone on both sides of that street walks past it every single morning. Our County Commissioners see this flag, as do our County Deputies. Mayor Pacheco and Vice Mayor Gamroth see it walking in to their weekly Tuesday meetings. And yet, the flag still hangs tangled in the wind.

Calling yourself patriotic is free. Replacing a flag costs about thirty dollars. With water, sewer, and sales tax increases already in your pocket this year, that should not be a hard ask.

12/06/2026

07/06/2026

Remember how the city raised our water and sewer rates this year and next year, and then they ask for the 5th cent again?

Remember how they always seem to have money in the budget for cars with stickers that say “purchased with optional 1% funds. Thank you Casper.”

🎼This was not the promise. 🎶

Before we even consider renewal, we need to ask our utility bill if that 5th cent is still working for you. 🧐

You've probably heard "One Cent" and "SPEC Tax," but they are not the same thing...

One Cent helps fund broader local needs like streets and roads, public safety, parks, equipment, community services, fairgrounds, and more.

The Municipal 6th Cent, also known as SPEC, is a temporary voter-approved tax for specific voter-approved projects, including the Metro Animal Shelter, Fire Station #1, 911 Dispatch Center, and Washington Park Bandshell.

The Municipal 6th Cent/SPEC tax ends July 1, 2026, and Casper's One Cent Sales Tax is on the November ballot for its 18th renewal.

Different taxes. Different purposes. Same goal: supporting the community. 💙

Learn more on the City's tax webpage: https://www.casperwy.gov/business/taxes/index.php

03/06/2026

A fair reminder:

This page is for thought and respectful discussion.

But, it will likely make your brain itch. This page will teach you to look up at the flag.
👏🏻 That’s the whole point. 👏🏻

If you can’t sit and ponder my words, go find one of my other pages. I’m sure there’s one of them I produce you’d enjoy.

If I’m too much,
✨GO✨
✨FIND✨
✨LESS✨

And, if you still can’t be at least figure it out, I’ll show you the door. Mmkay?

Have a day.✌🏻

03/06/2026

Kyle dug up a quote from August 2025 where I said I feared being murdered by law enforcement. He posted it as if that makes me the unreasonable one.

No mention of Jody Cobia, shot dead on her own doorstep after calling 911 for help days earlier. No mention of the man shot at a gas station that summer. No mention of the DA clearing every officer, every time.

No mention of the $40,925 for rifles & suppressors, the $94,000 patrol SUVs, or the fact that our roads are crumbling while police budgets swell.

Totally normal behavior from a Vice Mayor who calls constituent concerns "litter."

Thanks for the reminder, Kyle. This is exactly why the 70% don't trust the people in charge. 🤭

03/06/2026

You asked to be covered like you mattered, and I tried tagging. Then, I got "litter" instead of collaboration.

So now I'm just posting receipts. Just to make sure the facts stay facts. 🤭

Enjoy the silence. This flag speaks louder anyway. 🇺🇸

02/06/2026

I miss when “deplorable” was a cool vocabulary word only I seemed to now.

It is far less cool as an identity.

02/06/2026

A few days ago, I asked Mills PD for the numbers behind their K9 program.

A couple days later, they compiled them and shared them publicly.

Vet costs. Training expenses. A Purina grant covering food. Deployments, arrests, narcotics seized, fi****ms recovered, even an IED.

That is accountability. That is transparency. That is respect for the budget and the public.

Thank you, Mills Police Department. This is how it should work.

01/06/2026

The department is proud of its one‑to‑one vehicle program. Every sworn officer gets their own car. That sounds responsible until you stop and think about it.

More marked cars sitting in driveways, parked at coffee shops, idling in lots all over town. Not because there is an emergency, but because every officer has a personal patrol vehicle assigned to them 24/7.

That is not about response times, and I’m sorry to be the one to say it. It is about cameras. More cars means more mobile surveillance platforms rolling through neighborhoods, recording constantly, storing footage, and normalizing a police presence in every corner of daily life.

The department is replacing 10% of its fleet every year. That is an expensive choice that you and I pay, annually. A choice to prioritize coverage over community. Cameras over crumbling roads. Surveillance over affordable water rates.

We can have good policing without turning every officer's commute into a roving watchtower. But that would mean admitting that one‑to‑one was never about our safety to begin with.