This push by the Town Development Department to enforce a zoning density of 22 units per acre proved to be one of the main controversies on Tuesday…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Promises, Promises, Promises
We’re a few weeks away from October 2, when Colorado county clerks can begin mailing ballots to registered Colorado voters…
EDITORIAL: Town Planning Commission Considering Developments on Sept. 8, Part Two
We embrace both of these conflicting ideas, and so find ourselves often in conflict about land uses…
BIG PIVOTS: We Can’t Build Our Way Out of the This Drought
Some of those on the campaign trail call for more storage. They need to visit Green Mountain Reservoir…
EDITORIAL: Thinking About the School Bond Measure, Part Four
I find myself in an awkward position, this election season. I wear a number of hats, here in my little hometown of Pagosa Springs…
EDITORIAL: Town Planning Commission Considering Developments on Sept. 8, Part One
Two proposed development projects appear on the Town of Pagosa Springs Planning Commission agenda for tonight, Tuesday, September 8…
LETTER: More Information Needed Before School Bond Vote
The editorial series also reports that the $79.9 million is an estimate and is not based on any architectural or engineering drawings…
OPINION: Israel’s Strategic Delusion
A sustainable future cannot be built on the expectation that one side will vanish…
EDITORIAL: Thinking About the School Bond Measure, Part Three
So, according to my pocket calculator, I would personally pay an additional property tax — if the proposed bonded debt is approved by voters — of $512 per year…
OPINION: Increasing Bear Attacks in Colorado are Climate Driven
“What we’re seeing are the unprecedented impacts of climate change right now on the environment, and bear behaviors reflecting that…”
EDITORIAL: Thinking About the School Bond Measure, Part Two
“…AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $6,700,000 ANNUALLY TO REPAY THIS DEBT…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Authoritarian Government, and Academic Freedom
Nazis and Communists and the “Visitors” were right: to steal everyone’s freedom, you start with the academics…
EDITORIAL: Thinking About the School Bond Measure, Part One
“On September 1, the Archuleta School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to place an approximately $79.9 million bond measure on the November 2026 ballot…”
OPINION: The Absurdity of the Colorado River Crisis
Nearly half the river’s water goes to growing livestock feed and low-value exports…
EDITORIAL: A Week in Alaska, Part Three
The final day of the Hudson-Haas-Hope-Kalman-Salas family reunion in Juneau, Alaska, included a cold plunge in icy Gold Creek…
OPINION: We Can Salvage Our Relationship with Canada
Canada and the U.S. long maintained a special relationship, characterized by the world’s longest undefended international border…
What Every Voter Should Know About Election Security
The small numbers of fraud that they found is telling…
OPINION: Colorado Must Strengthen Protections for Reintroduced Wolves
While cooperation with law enforcement is commendable, the outcome raises a difficult but necessary question…
EDITORIAL: ‘Create an Educated Community About Housing Needs and Solutions’, Part Five
“We have the capacity. I mean, you guys are more than welcome to sit down with us and talk about what we can do…”