At UC Boulder the rent for half of a 250-square-foot studio, after subtracting the meal plan, is $1400 per month, or $2800 per studio…
Author: Glenn Walsh
Glenn Walsh began contributing to the Daily Post in 2006, with an eye towards government overreach, and underreach. Glenn is a great admirer of the later works of John Stuart Mill and the early photography of Anita Ekberg.
OPINION: The Past and Future ‘East Village’… As If Humans Mattered
This soon-to-be-heated debate about the residential character of an “East Village” where no Pagosa families actually live is fascinating…
OPINION: Out of the Workforce Housing Pickle
“I’ve been involved with pickleball development for 10 years, but it was only here in Stinkwater that I discovered that there is truly nothing pickleball can’t do…”
OPINION: Overcoming ‘Mistaken Impressions’
Last week, an STR group left mistaken impressions on doorknobs around town. Anonymously…
OPINION: Next Move on Workforce Housing?
Thankfully, Town voters can make a decisive and decent choice by passing Ballot Measure A on April 5…
OPINION: Shrug? Sue? Lie? Maybe Listen? What Will the Urban Renewal Commission Do Tonight?
Nothing is more effective at preventing gross giveaways to developers like a requirement of voter approval…
OPINION: Forward the ‘Development Priniciples’ of the ‘General Plan’
Those of us in the reality-based community will never accept that ‘dangerous blight’ exists on Hot Springs Boulevard. So, if not a legal requirement, why reprint these deceptions?
OPINION: Community Development or Corporate Welfare? Taxpayers Should Decide
Currently, Town voters have no control over these massive tax giveaways. But a group of downtown residents petitioned the Town Council to place Ballot Question A before the Town taxpayers…
OPINION: The Boys Who Cried ‘Blight’
When responding to a genuine public health threat, a local government proposing mandates and penalties needs credibility and a reputation for plain speaking and fair dealing…
OPINION: Let’s Go On With The Show…Trial
Mr. Hudson’s real crime, though, is his opposition to the $80 million in corporate welfare Mr. Searle and his partner David Dronet are seeking for an expansion of The Springs Resort…
OPINION: Shake Hands or Twist Arms?
The Town can choose to respect the decision of the boards providing the funding by refusing to drag its partners in this URA into binding arbitration…
EDITORIAL: Bullies and Black Eyes
Let’s keep our “country” elementary school as far away as possible from the cultural collapse at the high school, please…
DRY GULCH: Fred’s Fraud?
‘Defendant Schmidt has engaged in other acts which showed his disposition to act fraudulently…’