Sheet Head Comments from 7/21/2025

Hey there, Sheet Heads—

You beautiful band of opinionated renegades keep my inbox bumpin’ harder than a toddler on espresso. Seriously, I live for your replies. Your questions, critiques, random wolf memes, and yes—even the gentle scoldings—keep this whole operation rolling like a prairie dog under a tractor tire.

Don’t stop now. Keep replying. Comment under the Sheet on the website. Scream into the social media void and tag me while you’re at it. The comment section’s there for a reason—use it like a New Yorker uses their horn.

Now let’s open the mailbag and dig in…

From Linda and Ralph

Hi Scott, I just forwarded this to our daughter in case she doesn’t get it already. She lives in Frederick. Also, Ralph and I would love to get together with you and Julie some evening and just shoot the breeze. How about a very quiet casual dinner. Give us a call if you can squeeze us in to your busy schedules. By the way, when do you sleep?

From Me:
Linda, I don’t sleep. I just power nap standing up like a caffeinated bat. But seriously, thank you for the invite. I’d love to catch up. That “quiet casual dinner” sounds dangerously civilized. And your email’s got me thinking: what if we blow it wide open with a full-blown End-of-Summer Sheet Head BBQ in some unsuspecting public park? Burgers, banter, possibly a wrestling match between RINOs and grassroots—just spitballing. Stay tuned.

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From Phil

Thank you, Scott, for the Hey Denver article on farms. We’re struggling with Fort Collins owning land next to ours and breeding prairie dogs, which costs us thousands to control. Meanwhile, the city keeps buying more land and then they are tax-exempt. Why are farmers subsidizing cities like this, and why does Weld County allow it? Maybe you could shed more light on this?

From Me:
Phil, I feel your pain—and I’m gonna level with you: it’s infuriating. Cities playing prairie dog matchmaker while you foot the bill? That’s the kind of irony that makes you want to plow through a city council meeting with a tractor. But here’s the rub: Weld County can’t legally interfere in sales between willing parties. We might hate the outcome, but forcing government between a seller and buyer is a bridge too far—even if the buyer is a tax-exempt bureaucracy with a prairie dog fetish. But let me say this louder for the latte-sippers in Boulder: “Open space” is not holy ground—it’s just land the government’s hoarding off the tax rolls. Adams was right: this only works with a moral people. And frankly, we’re short on those right now.

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From Chris (via text)

Scott, as an energy banker need to warn you that the anti-green swing is ignoring studied views… for 18 years Lazard publishes Levelized Cost of Energy Generation… worth a read.

From Me:
I hear you, Chris—and I’ll dig into the Lazard report like a conspiracy theorist on Reddit. You’re right that green energy has a place in a functioning market. Problem is, we don’t have one. We have top-down mandates from metro ideologues who couldn’t wire a ceiling fan, telling rural Colorado how to power itself. Meanwhile, Weld County gets flooded with solar developers offering Grandpa double the going rate on his land, while water brokers whisper sweet nothings in his ear about cashing out. After 50 years of blood, sweat, and combine repairs, what’s he supposed to do—say no and die broke? So he sells. And the face of Weld changes. Forever.
Is that a free market? Technically. Is it fair? Not even close.
But that’s the market we’ve got—and it leaves me… itchy.

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From Sarina

You make me laugh, Scott! Love that on a Monday morning 😂 Miss you!

From Me:
I miss you too, Sarina. You keep laughing, and I’ll keep giving you reasons to spit coffee on your keyboard every Monday morning.

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Thanks for writing, reading, rolling your eyes, and occasionally roasting me. I crave this engagement like a politician craves a photo op. You sharpen me. You challenge me. You help me be a better communicator—and a better County Commissioner. So keep it coming.

And remember: comment under the Sheet, reply to this email, or shout into the abyss of social media and tag me while you’re at it.

Love ya,
– Scott
(Your loyal correspondent, County Commissioner, and Sheet Head #1)