Bureaucrat makes leap into business

CHEYENNE – It’s a big leap from bureaucrat to bookseller, but the transition has been surprisingly easy for Rod Miller, owner of Joe Pages Bookstore and Coffee House in downtown Cheyenne.Miller was a natural-resources aide to Gov. Mike Sullivan and Gov. Ed Herschler and before that managed his family’s ranch in Carbon County, but reading has always been a love.
“I always wanted to be in business for myself, in a setting like this,” he said in between brewing expresso and selling books. “I love books, I love reading. My education was in English and journalism, so I’m…