“The trails on Jackson Mountain are illegal trails, and we’re not asking people to not be allowed to use the forest, but we are trying to preserve the most important areas…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Three
Okay. So do we have any builders represented?… Bob Hart was the member originally [representing the construction industry] and he’s not there any more. So I was just wondering…”
BIG PIVOTS: Electric Cooperatives and the Big Bad Wolf
Highley wants them to be wary of turbulence ahead. The theme of the two-day gathering was “resiliency.” And, of course, Tri-State is resilient….
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pledging True Allegiance to His Majesty
According to the British media, the folks organizing the May 6 coronation have invited King Charles’ new subjects to cry out their ‘true allegiance’ to the king…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We Don’t Want to Lose Ron DeSantis
The recent election results proved that, here in the free state of Florida, the majority of us consider Governor DeSantis the hero…
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Two
The Town of Pagosa Springs used a year-long citizen-based process to produce an updated Comprehensive Plan in April 2018…
OPINION: The Shadow of Anti-Transparency Creeps Through Colorado Capitol
Members of the public have a right and responsibility to assess the performance of government officials, and open meetings and public records are essential to doing so…
OPINION: Archuleta County STR Decisions Would Benefit from Mapping Tools
The County’s STR Task Force Report (page 5) noted “in an effort of transparency, the TF would like the data to be published publicly…”
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part One
Reportedly, the English idiom ‘He can’t see the forest for the trees’ has a long history…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Universities Do More Harm Than Good
Contemporary American university professors complaining about “ideological force-feeding” is the ultimate in hypocrisy…
OPINION: Students of Color Must Have the Opportunity to Learn Their Histories
In the ’90s, my high school teacher said my people were illiterate. We’ve come a long way, but we cannot become complacent…
EDITORIAL: The BOCC Selects a Coroner, and Releases an Executive Session Recording
“Being the coroner is not just a job. It’s much more than that. I think it’s very important to the families…”
OPINION: The ‘AirBNBust’ Situation
Congrats to AirBNB achieving record profits due a rapid growth in revenue from a record number of available short-term rental (STR) units…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Five
We now live in a so-called ‘post-industrial’ society, but the obsession with averages and percentages has only become more and more damaging…
BIG PIVOTS: What Fenberg’s Energy Bill Does — and Does Not Do
Proposal would trim Xcel’s sails and start pushing back on natural gas expansion, but falls far short of a major overhaul…
OPINION: Give Colorado Cities the Choice to End Overdoses
Colorado stands at a crossroads, and the path we choose next is one of life or death for countless people in our communities…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Four
Why did San Juan County, NM, report 44,000 COVID cases per 100,000 population, when neighboring La Plata County, CO reported only 29,000…?
HMPRESENTLY: A Weighty, Perhaps Amusing, Statistic?
“Just hearing it on audio and coming from our elected officials’ mouths in a meeting, it made my stomach turn…”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Three
According to Mr. Uzunian’s slide show, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the past two years, and only 0.5% of the world’s data has been analyzed…