Mr. Esquivel is one of about 100,000 young people now coming of age without the temporary protections offered by DACA…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Brief Conversation About Money, Part Three
The next question. Do voters feel like Archuleta County already has enough ‘financial resources’ to do a good job?
HMPRESENTLY: Growth Shouldn’t Have to Hurt
There’s concern about the cap possibly being damaged, and about a possible release of toxic chemicals…
LETTER: Let Us Decide Whether to ‘Hold the Line’
I think the Council should put the question of proceeding with this travesty of progress to the voters in the form of a county-wide ballot initiative…
OPINION: Can a Community ‘Hold the Line’ on Development… Literally?
For decades, rapid suburbanization has expanded the city’s footprint and allowed new subdivisions and business plazas to sprout…
EDITORIAL: A Brief Conversation About Money, Part Two
Apparently, the Town and County have spent the past two months discussing a sales tax increase that is not even allowable under Colorado law…
BIG PIVOTS: A Big Step for a Small Mountain Town, with a New Ban on Natural Gas
He offered the metaphor of a seed now planted “that might grow beyond our little garden..”
EDITORIAL: A Brief Conversation About Money, Part One
“I’m a weaver — I work by myself most of the time, and sometimes will not leave the house for days. I’m not used to this world of mass collaboration…”
EDITORIAL: An Obscured View of ‘Pagosa Views’, Part Three
Some of the more onerous upgrades appear related to the water pressure and water supply requested by the Pagosa Fire Protection District…
HMPRESENTLY: Good, Old Creaky Things
‘Lumbago’ doesn’t come up much, when you’re searching, online…
OPINION: Death on the Highway
I’m treading in these sensitive waters because I want to make a point about the human condition and our response…
EDITORIAL: An Obscured View of ‘Pagosa Views’, Part Two
Many people who were raised here, or how have moved here over the past 50 years, have wished that we could have remained a small town…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Five
All five of these case stand for the same principle. The limits of government power over the people…
OPINION: Federal Climate Bill Will ‘Supercharge’ Colorado’s Clean-Energy Industry
Billions in federal funding to supplement state-level incentives, ‘shift the economics’ of new technologies…
EDITORIAL: An Obscured View of ‘Pagosa Views’, Part One
So we need to touch, briefly, on the issue of government decision-making…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Four
Parents could choose a school for their kids to attend, and the state would pay the tuition. But the funding law prohibited funding sectarian school tuition…
EDITORIAL: A Parking Lot on Vista Boulevard, Part Two
Listening back to my recording of this presentation on August 9, I wonder about how this project was handled…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Three
In some states Dobbs won’t effect abortion access at all. Some states may choose to regulate, or outlaw, all abortions.
OPINION: Building More Roads While Rome Burns
Residents pay their taxes, pay tolls, and support initiatives to fund transportation, with the understanding that the state will properly maintain the roads and bridges they construct…