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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part One

EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part One

Posted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So, I think some of you may have heard me say this in the last month, but I’m tired of being the test dummy for DOLA…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: U.S. House Committee Sells Out, Votes to Sell Off Public Lands

Posted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 by Aaron Weiss

The American people love their public lands and want to see them protected, not sold off to the highest bidder…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Seven

EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Seven

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Collins and a client developer from Aspen created the Special District Association in 1975.  By 1981, they got the legislature to completely re-write Title 32 and the modern metro district for developers was born….”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Brutta Figura

EDITORIAL: Brutta Figura

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Oh, I see, They can’t take a joke? You don’t mean the Catholics, you mean the fake news media? No, the Catholics loved it…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Changes at the VA

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Gary Beatty

All that is to say that I am in a position to comment on Mr Duncan’s description of the VA. I agree with much, but not all, of what he related in his column…

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LETTER: Who Benefits from a Metro District?

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Post Contributor

I truly hope that the Pagosa Springs Town Council and Town Planning Commission are seriously considering the probable impact of a metro district on the residents-to-be of Pagosa West…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Six

EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Six

Posted on May 6, 2025May 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“There are almost 2,000 metro districts in Colorado exhibiting the same abuses — with different numbers — but always the same abuses…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Doesn't See Coal in Its Future

BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Doesn’t See Coal in Its Future

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Allen Best

“Just transition” is also part of Tri-State’s pivot. State legislators in 2019 said that coal-dependent communities should be given aid as they made their career shifts…

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LETTER: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Side of Metro Districts

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Post Contributor

If the developer can’t finance a project on their own dime, they shouldn’t be permitted to create debt for others…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Five

EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Five

Posted on May 5, 2025May 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

And who, exactly, would pay for those “extraordinary public benefits”?  The developers? Or mill-levy-burdened future property owners?…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: President’s Budget Could Devastate Small Towns, Rural Communities

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Post Contributor

The President’s budget will devastate communities, especially smaller and rural communities, says Smart Growth America…

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EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Four

EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Four

Posted on May 2, 2025May 5, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The purple subdivision, and the dark blue subdivision, were financed with metro district schemes, and pay an additional mill levy…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Don't Forget the Vet

DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Don’t Forget the Vet

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by DC Duncan

The young man on the line sounded a bit frazzled. Quite unusual, as the workers at the VA are always cheerful and professional…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Learning from the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Learning from the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by John Tures

Hopefully our party leaders can bury the hatchet and work together to stop a return to the madness of 1929…

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EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Three

EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Three

Posted on May 1, 2025May 2, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Does the community benefit… from providing a conduit for the developer’s financing? Does the future homeowner see a lower unit cost because of the lower interest rate?…”

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FROM THE GOVERNOR: Celebrating Colorado's Partnership with Mexico

FROM THE GOVERNOR: Celebrating Colorado’s Partnership with Mexico

Posted on May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 by Post Contributor

An estimated 820,200 jobs in Colorado are supported by international trade, representing about 21% of all jobs in the state…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Public Schools vs. Parents’ Religious Exercise, Part Two

Posted on May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Consider what can go wrong if it’s acceptable for teachers and students to keep secrets from parents…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Pagosa Drivers, Please Slow Down

Posted on May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 by Post Contributor

At some point, the county made Holiday Avenue a “throughway”. That means it is a shortcut to the lakes area from downtown…

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