The reader’s comment, “There is no BLIGHT in the Pagosa area of the Springs Resort” — as quoted in yesterday’s editorial — neglects the obvious. The commissioners, courts, and sheriff have an abandoned hulk of a building in the town’s urban core: Archuleta County Courthouse (and the adjacent vacant lot).
Too bad it already has water, sewer, paved streets, etc. Otherwise, the Town could grant itself TIF to rebuild!
Marc Yalom
Pagosa Springs