If there’s ground fog, at times, where you live, picture PR as that… as ground fog, misty and hovering…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Three
Let’s consider, in some detail, Ms. Phillips’ comment about “what rental rates [the Council members] want to hit…”
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Two
The public, who will ultimately be subsidizing this housing project with their taxes, had learned very little about the financial details of the project…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part One
Some of us, who have been following the workforce housing negotiations, have concerns…
HMPRESENTLY: Would You? For the Money?
We’d talk about that, at home, sometimes — hypothetically — when I was in my PR career…
EPA Proposes Stronger Methane Rules
“The EPA’s supplemental rule represents a significant step forward in U.S. efforts to curb the worst effects of climate change…”
EDITORIAL: How to Win a Tax Increase in Pagosa Springs, Part Two
During the Ballot Issue 1A campaign, local activist Glenn Walsh ran some half-page ads in the weekly Pagosa Springs SUN…
OPINION: Lies Failed to Win the Colorado Election
Across the ballot, Republican candidates in Colorado learned the hard way that lies are no way to inspire voter confidence…
EDITORIAL: How to Win a Tax Increase in Pagosa Springs, Part One
We note, in particular, Ballot Issue 5A, the Archuleta School District mill levy override, supported by 61% of the voting taxpayers…
OPINION: The Past and Future ‘East Village’… As If Humans Mattered
This soon-to-be-heated debate about the residential character of an “East Village” where no Pagosa families actually live is fascinating…
HMPRESENTLY: More Election Hip Hop Lyrics?
‘Decency.’ A good word that’s much needed, but maybe more now than other times…
EDITORIAL: The Past and Future ‘East Village’, Part Two
The photo shows the Archuleta Family house in Pagosa’s East Village, the once-residential neighborhood along Pagosa Street (aka Highway 160) east of the Middle School…
OPINION: Can Conservation Save the Colorado River, or Just Fuel More Growth?
As the federal government’s “money for water conservation” plan plays out, keep your eyes on the ball…
EDITORIAL: The Past and Future ‘East Village’, Part One
“The East Village area should maintain the traditional development patterns established by original residential uses in this neighborhood while accommodating adaptive reuse…”
HMPRESENTLY: Refreshing Bubbles
The bubble-making device can be dropped down on a riverbed. Plastic waste gets corralled, it’s picked up… and there you have it… a cleaner river…
OPINION: Bolsonaro’s Defeat, a Triumph For Climate Change Advocates
Bolsonaro’s well-deserved defeat could help save the Amazon rainforest, which has been ravaged under his criminal rule…
EDITORIAL: Financial Blessings Bestowed Upon the Archuleta Senior Center, Part Three
I borrowed the photo, showing an elderly couple celebrating the creation of a salad in their kitchen, from the Archuleta Seniors Inc. website…
EDITORIAL: Vote Like Your Future Depends on It… and Mine
The amount of influence we have — that you and I have — to determine how our governing boards spend our tax money, is rather limited…
EDITORIAL: Financial Blessings Bestowed Upon the Archuleta Senior Center, Part Two
The request, to the Council, had essentially two parts…