“Vacation rentals are no longer generating the steady revenue investors grew to expect during the pandemic…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Four
Here, for example, is a hand-tinted photograph of Red Mountain Pass, near Ouray, Colorado — once a toll road in the days of horse-drawn wagons…
HMPRESENTLY: Marketing Misses… and Obtuse Communication Fixes
A retail clothing company has pixie pants on sale, the company is letting me know, in an email…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Three
Here in Archuleta County, we had a chance to watch several elected officials sworn into office by County Magistrate Justin P. Faye, during a surprisingly festive, standing-room-only event…
OPINION: Rep. Boebert on Fixing a Broken Government
Not many in power want to give up control, but Speaker McCarthy saw that these changes were about fixing a broken Congress…
LETTER: Deterioration of the Biden Cabal
My condolences to my ole buddies at the Bear Creek and Rez Hill Grill. I tried to tell you, over many a cold beer, but you scoffed…
LETTER: It’s Hard to Get to ‘Best & Final Answers’
Today, I am considering some interesting facts, and possible laws and regulations for single family residential use ownership…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part One
In my humble opinion, the voter-approved ‘Workforce Housing Fee’ was based on some sensible ideas…
BIG PIVOTS: Less Water, More Food? Part Four
Holsinger says the federal land was likely deteriorated by improper livestock grazing, particularly prior to adoption of the Taylor Grazing Act in 1934…
HMPRESENTLY: The Many Meanings of ‘Trolling’
Just imagining such power emanating from someone’s tiny smartphone keyboard is overwhelming…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Right Wing, Defined… or Maybe Not
Historically, political debate degenerates into sound-bytes. It happens on both sides…
LETTER: Camels, Straws, STRs, and Residential Use Zoning
If, as in many other sunshine active states, the State of Colorado does experience a general slowdown in discretionary spending…
OPINION: Before the Bombs, the Platitudes
I mention this to put Biden’s words in perspective. Does “a brighter and more hopeful tomorrow” ignore the demands of most of the world?
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Eight
Meanwhile, PAWSD has its own sewer treatment issues at the Vista Treatment Plant…
OPINION: Are Prescribed Burns the Silver Bullet?
Just days before, the Colorado State Forest Service had set fire to the dangerously overgrown forest near the Lower North Fork of the Platte River…
BIG PIVOTS: Less Water, More Food? Part Three
Healthy soil is full of organisms necessary for growing plants. Wiggling worms demonstrate fecund soil, but most networking occurs on the microscopic level…
HMPRESENTLY: Storms, and Advertising
That intense weather we’re experiencing isn’t preempting reality shows and game shows, and that’s probably a good thing…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Seven
At this week’s Town Council meeting, the Council members heard a presentation about a potential $20 million ‘workforce housing’ project…
BIG PIVOTS: Less Water, More Food? Part Two
Taking the long, big picture view, Colorado spent most of its first 100 to 150 years as a state developing its water resources…