Following the closed-door executive session yesterday, the PAWSD Board convened in open session to consider a request for fee waivers…
Category: Opinion/Letters
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Food is Health Infrastructure — from Security to Sovereignity
Can young families stay, farm, cook, and pass knowledge forward?
OPINION: Western Slope is Ready to Move Beyond Political Drama
Meanwhile, my focus remains exactly where it has been for nearly a year: the people of CO-3…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Eleven
This might help explain why the average age in Archuleta County is now 52 years, compared to Colorado as a whole, at about 38 years…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Ten
“We’re always sold a bill of goods, and the carrot that’s dangled out in front of us is always moved just beyond what we’re able to reach…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Nine
“I believe you said it costs $30,000 a month to rent a single bypass pump? And we have four of them on site?…”
EDITORIAL: The Heartwarming Integrity of Colorado’s Gaming Industry
“Our goal to become a $1 billion lottery is in our sight with this year’s tremendous revenue success…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Survey Finds Colleges More Ideologically-Balanced
“88 percent expressed confidence that their degree or credential will help them get a job after graduation…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Eight
“Aspen House will be the first fully supportive group home in Archuleta County dedicated to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Seven
Commissioner Medina characterized this change in Archuleta County policy, partly, as respect for private property rights…
OPINION: U.S. and Israel Chasing an Illusion in Iran
The result will not be transformation in Tehran, but a high-risk spiral toward open-ended war…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Six
SB24-174 requires the updated Community Plan to include: “A water supply element developed in consultation with entities that supply water for use within the county…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Five
“Policy 2.3 – Water conservation should be used in new residential and commercial development….”
EDITORIAL: Three Cheers for Women’s History Month
I assume the commissioners were trying to fit the proclamation on a single sheet of paper…
LETTER: Let the Windmills Power American Homes
Right now, families across the country are shouldering the strain of unaffordable energy bills…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Four
The BOCC agreed that allowing people to live in RVs might be a good idea — as a “temporary measure”, in a community struggling to find workers…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Five Questions About the New War
As America woke up to hearing that we’re in yet another war, I am reminded of a presentation I gave…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Three
Mr. Brown then began purchasing some of the older properties facing on Highway 160 and tearing down the buildings…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: What We Can’t Expect from Tariffs
JPMorgan Chase’s report adds “The burden of these new taxes has been particularly uneven…”