“The general assembly finds and declares that there exist in municipalities of this state slum and blighted areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare…”
Month: May 2019
OPINION: How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race?
During the late 1950s, the spiraling nuclear arms race, poverty in economically underdeveloped nations, and underfunded public services in the United States inspired considerable thought among socially-conscious Americans…
EDITORIAL: Declining Ovulation Rates in Certain Populations, Part Four
Over the short haul, however, it suggests a ‘graying’ of the planet, where a larger and larger proportion of the planet’s population is past childbearing age…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Votes to Eliminate ‘Impact Fees’
Will the Town really miss impact fees of $50,000 per year, considering its overall budget has increased by $5.7 million since 2005?
EDITORIAL: Declining Ovulation Rates in Certain Populations, Part Three
The birthrate for women in their 20s has tended to drop year after year… According to the report, the birthrate among women in their early 20s has dropped an average of 4 percent each year since 2007…
EDITORIAL: Declining Ovulation Rates in Certain Populations, Part Two
The way I understood home ownership, the way I was taught — by my parents’ actions and conversations — was that a house was meant to be a home, and you maintained it and cared for it…
EDITORIAL: Declining Ovulation Rates in Certain Populations, Part One
“Successful breeding depends largely upon the doe’s health during the rut. The ovulation rate is strongly affected by the doe’s level of nutrition…”
EDITORIAL: A Rough Ride to a Rafting Take-out, Part Three
Stella Liebeck ordered coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through and promptly spilled it on her lap. Because of the absorbent sweat pants she wore, she suffered severe burns…
EDITORIAL: A Rough Ride to a Rafting Take-out, Part Two
“If we want to own [the one-acre parcel] we could license. With the boating companies, and with the private boat owners. Make them sign a license. That way they would have to indemnify the County…”
EDITORIAL: A Rough Ride to a Rafting Take-out, Part One
“Right now, you have a County road there, and it’s private property on both sides of the road. What’s your concern about taking ownership? I guess that’s my question. I mean, what is your concern?”
EDITORIAL: The Drought is Over?
When I’m allowed to water my lawn for purely aesthetic purposes, for the past 17 years, I have a hard time believing that we had an honest-to-goodness “drought situation” in Archuleta County…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Facebook of the Living Dead
Facebook thoughtfully reminded me, yesterday, that it was my friend Winston’s birthday. Normally, I would have been grateful for the reminder — I don’t have a impressive record, remembering friends’ birthdays….
OPINION: Most Americans Reject ‘America First’ Policy
By contrast, 77 percent said the government spent “too little” on education, 71 percent said it spent “too little” on assistance to the poor, and 70 percent said it spent “too little” on improving and protecting the nation’s health…
EDITORIAL: What Can Be Done with the Dispatch Center? Part Three
To generate that number of phone calls, every man, woman and child in Archuleta County would need to call the Dispatch Center more than ten times every year…