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Category: Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Idiocy of Diversity

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by Gary Beatty

I took the LSAT test on a bet, without a preparation course, and with a hangover…

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HMPRESENTLY: The Problem With Messaging

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by Harvey Radin

…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…

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EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Three

EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Three

Posted on December 16, 2022February 1, 2024 by Bill Hudson

To some of us, the drawings approved by the Design Review Board lacked the kind of ‘residential’ character found in the East Village…

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OPINION: Reducing Our Impacts on Colorado Water

Posted on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 by Post Contributor

Water Education Colorado has a trusted 20-year history as the state’s leading organization for informing and engaging Coloradans on water…

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EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Two

EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Two

Posted on December 15, 2022December 16, 2022 by Bill Hudson

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…

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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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