In particular, the bus might be an electric bus, which would play into the State of Colorado’s stated plans to promote electric vehicles with taxpayer subsidies…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Electric Utilities and Regulators Do the ‘What-If’ Dance
“It’s about economic development and jobs — and, in the retirement of coal plants, the community impacts of just transition. Economics and low cost still matter. But there are many other considerations…”
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part Two
“Because we’re not going to charge riders to… you know, we’re not going to charge them very much. I think the amount was going to be, like, $10 one way…”
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part One
“We’ve been working on this inter-city fixed route feasibility study connecting Pagosa Springs with Durango, connecting the communities along the Highway 160 corridor…”
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Seven
Here in Archuleta County, meanwhile, about $720,000 worth of broadband improvements at various locations are nearing completion…
OPINION: A National Infrastructure Bank is a Stupid Idea
What we desperately need is a Strong Towns approach to strengthen the balance sheets of local communities and help them build real wealth, stability, and prosperity…
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Six
“When I ask about the problems, I get two different answers to that question. But my honest opinion is that the SCAN project… it’s questionable who has ownership of what…”
HMPRESENTLY: Gates & Gaetz… and Boebert
There’s been news about high-profile folks, with names that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently. Bill and Matt… Gates and Gaetz…
LETTER: Support for Veronica Medina
This is on of the most important elections of our lifetime…
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Five
Back in 2017, Cisco Systems predicted that by 2021, 80% of all Internet traffic would consist of video streaming…
OPINION: Remember the Space Force?
Is it not possible that the time has come for us to start learning what we already know?
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Four
“And, again, the goal is that we have a modern, high-speed infrastructure for businesses, residents, and visitors…”
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Three
Yesterday, a crew from LPEA installed a new residential electric line, and a new transformer, on the telephone pole in front of my next-door neighbor’s house…
OPINION: BLM Seeking to Decimate Wild Horse Populations?
According to The Aspen Times, BLM seeks to cut Colorado’s wild horse population by more than half; remaining wild horse may be subjected to questionable chemical population control…
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part Two
“And all of these projects — just like your stuff, with all this money coming in — are in flux, so things keep changing, and what we find is we have these opportunities we didn’t expect…”
EDITORIAL: Marching Along with the Broadband Band Wagon, Part One
My dish receives digital signals from a ‘line-of-sight’ wireless connection that’s sometimes slower than one might wish…
HMPRESENTLY: Ahead of the Game!
I’m chanting that, as other chores are in progress. When we’re vacuuming or clearing the table, or washing dishes, for example…
EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Seven
I would propose that we have no shortage of potential workers, to bring in the plentiful harvest…