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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Are STRs Bad for Pagosa?

Posted on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 by Bill Hudson

We’ve often heard the warning, “Don’t do math in public.” More importantly, don’t do math in public — or in  a YouTube video — without understanding what the numbers actually mean…

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EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part One

EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part One

Posted on December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“Each era of construction and building style was built for a community at a certain point in time.  Every building has a useful life…”

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HMPRESENTLY: PR-101 and the Archuleta County BOCC

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Harvey Radin

So, a business might come up with some wishy-washy PR lingo, like “We’re aware of the problem, and we’re taking immediate steps to address it…”

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OPINION: ‘Save The Colorado’ Promotes Nature-Based Solutions, Climate Action for Colorado River Crisis

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Gary Wockner

Comments to the Bureau of Reclamation for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include Decommissioning Glen Canyon Dam…

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EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Seven

Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Archuleta County Community Development Director Pamela Flowers conducted four well-attended public meetings, outlining possible STR regulations that the BOCC might consider…

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HMPRESENTLY: Intoxicating

Posted on December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 by Harvey Radin

I’ve been writing about politics and politicians, quite a bit, for a number of reasons…

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LETTER: Simple Solutions Won’t Solve the STR Problem

Posted on December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 by Post Contributor

Imposing a 9% Lodgers Tax in Archuleta County — as Steamboat Springs is now doing — does not address the “crowding-out effect” that STRs have on homes traditionally owned by single-family residents…

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EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Five

Posted on December 9, 2022December 12, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“I think it’s also watered down a little bit, when you look at some of the affordable housing and the swanky-looking condos on Hot Springs Boulevard…”

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EDITORIAL:  Considering the Town's Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Four

Posted on December 8, 2022December 9, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“I might quibble with some numbers.  One number I would quibble with, is the ’16 units per hundred’…”

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Jury Duty

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Gary Beatty

I’m going to tell you why some lawyers don’t want lawyers on either criminal or civil (lawsuit) juries… because we know when they are trying to obfuscate the facts with tricks…

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EDITORIAL:  Considering the Town's Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Three

Posted on December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Additionally, are there additional revenues sources in the local community that remain ‘untapped’?

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LETTER: Accountability is a Must When Designing County’s New Public Health Department

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 by Post Contributor

Authority and responsibility go hand-in-hand.  A person given the authority to make decisions must be held accountable and responsible for the decisions they make…

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HMPRESENTLY: No Guts, No Glory

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 by Harvey Radin

Ramping up the supply of guts — unclogging the supply chain — shouldn’t be such a big deal…

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EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Two

Posted on December 6, 2022December 7, 2022 by Bill Hudson

If we want to cut to the chase, and skip quickly over the first 24 pages of the report…

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EDITORIAL: Considering the Town's Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part One

EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part One

Posted on December 5, 2022December 19, 2022 by Bill Hudson

The 31-page report from Root Policy Research begins with a discussion about population changes in Pagosa Springs…

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HMPRESENTLY: Uplifting, Encouraging, and Pretty Cool

Posted on December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 by Harvey Radin

This vote wasn’t just close. This tally was dead even, with both candidates receiving exactly the same number of votes…

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OPINION: Imperialist Wars

Posted on December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 by Lawrence Wittner

Ultimately, it took World War II to shatter the old colonial system. In its aftermath, the imperial powers gradually abandoned their colonial rule…

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EDITORIAL: 22 Ways to Care About Water, Part Five

Posted on December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Not only would these “event centers” impact the (already substandard) rural roads in the affected neighborhoods, they would likely generate noise and human activity…

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EDITORIAL: 22 Ways to Care About Water, Part Four

Posted on December 1, 2022December 2, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Last July, the prediction for Lake Mead’s water level for July 2024 was 1,014 feet above sea level…

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