Here’s how Ms. Pierce summarized the ‘Against’ arguments that — in my humble opinion — should have been included in the mailed TABOR notice…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Allow the Tourists to Help Us Meet Our Infrastructure Needs
According to the 2017 Smart Growth Report for Region 9, taxes are the second highest expenditure for Archuleta residents…
HMPRESENTLY: Such Tumult!
The January 6th hearing is on TV. Probably baseball playoff games will be on, later. Pro basketball is about to begin…
EDITORIAL: Home, Home Rule on the Range, Part Three
Citizen participation is, overall, a good thing, in my book… although admittedly somewhat messy…
EDITORIAL: Home, Home Rule on the Range, Part Two
We can comfortably state that the majority of Colorado residents are already served by a Home Rule government…
HMPRESENTLY: A Teen Triumphs
An 18-year-old high school senior was elected to the Board of Education in a major city, in a state just east of Oregon…
EDITORIAL: Home, Home Rule on the Range, Part One
But the Colorado Constitution provides an option. The citizens living in an unincorporated county are guaranteed one particular right: the right to petition to become ‘Home Rule’…
LETTER: Community Appreciation Event Thanks
We had many people in the community come together to make the event happen and cultivate friendship amongst our Archuleta neighbors…
EDITORIAL: Uneven News Coverage in Pagosa Springs
Often, we are doing our best to explain the ‘other side of the story’, when our local governments deliver their own ‘one-sided news’…
OPINION: Concerned About Christopher Maez Mistrial
Just look at the pattern, over just this past year. Is this the way you want our Sheriffs’ department to be run?
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Ten
I honestly can’t recall our commissioners discuss a plan — a real plan — for dealing with our roads…
HMPRESENTLY: Biz Jargon Follies
More than 300 guest articles and columns I’ve written, on a variety of topics, have been published in a number of media…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Nine
I discussed Mr. Woodman’s failure to follow election law, with County Clerk Kristy Archuleta, wondering if the TABOR notice could be corrected before tomorrow…
HMPRESENTLY: Soul-Searching
As Plato, eons ago, believed about something so amorphous, as a person’s soul…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Eight
No doubt this situation put Mr. Woodman in an awkward position, since he is also, to some degree, responsible for trying to get Ballot Issue 1A approved by the voters…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Seven
This coming Friday, Archuleta County Clerk Kristy Archuleta will mail out a letter to “all registered voters” in Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Six
Our Daily Post readers might want to stash away some extra savings, in preparation for their 2024 tax bill…
OPINION: Proposition FF Would Mean Healthier Kids, Better Food Economy
Many large food corporations are able to provide cheap products only by cutting corners like underpaying their employees, often pushing workers and their families into food insecurity…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Five
Right now, some of the safest roads are in our local metro districts. But a County sales tax increased won’t help the metro districts that maintain their own roads…