The presidential preferences of voters in the West’s 13 states began to shift in 1992…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Five
The most popular project, among the participants, was a ‘Pedestrian Bridge’ connecting First Street to the River Center parking lot, over the San Juan River…
OPINION: Praying We Learn From Each Other
“Be nice to people who are inferior to you. It’s only for a week, so have no fear. Be grateful that it doesn’t last all year…”
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Four
“Roundabouts are not inexpensive — a single-lane roundabout costs roughly $1.2 to $1.8 million to construct…”
OPINION: Colorado’s Military Bases Play a Significant Role in Environmental Injustice
Nine military bases in Colorado were affected by PFAS from the aqueous film-forming foam AFFF…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Three
We also mentioned, previously, the fact that motor vehicles making left turns are among the most dangerous hazards in modern life…
HMPRESENTLY: Comparing Crises
Telling your county commissioners, or town officials, they’ve got to own up to problems, might be a cakewalk by comparison…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Two
Over the past 30 years, the Town of Pagosa Springs has invested millions of dollars into making the historical downtown more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly…
OPINION: Conflicting Interpretations of Root Policy Study
I find the Comments posted to each YouTube video helpful to understanding local public sentiment…
OPINION: An Unfortunate Rush to Lease Public Land
Rather than rushing to lease over 100,000 acres of public land, the BLM should focus on permanently implementing reforms to the oil and gas leasing system…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part One
In Coleridge’s poem, a sailor kills a harmless albatross — a bird considered lucky in maritime folklore…
EDITORIAL: Mr. Beatty’s Complaint
It seems that the ABA has concerns about the diversity of its profession…
HMPRESENTLY: Whatever it Was… Was Really Something
Well… long story short, all of us in our household came down with something, but we tested negative for COVID…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Four
Take ‘smaller scale buildings’, as one example. Three words, written in a certain pattern, and open to interpretation…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Idiocy of Diversity
I took the LSAT test on a bet, without a preparation course, and with a hangover…
HMPRESENTLY: The Problem With Messaging
…And then you’re maybe missing something, and some deal is finalized, when you perhaps aren’t entirely sure what the deal is really all about…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Three
To some of us, the drawings approved by the Design Review Board lacked the kind of ‘residential’ character found in the East Village…
OPINION: Reducing Our Impacts on Colorado Water
Water Education Colorado has a trusted 20-year history as the state’s leading organization for informing and engaging Coloradans on water…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Two
The Town Planning Commission looked at the 232 Pagosa Street proposal last July and determined that the design failed to meet the intent of various Town regulations…