Lawmakers came close to a comprehensive immigration reform package in the final days of the last Congress, but the clock ran out in December…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Six
The Colorado Universal Preschool Program is expected save families an average of $4,300 per year on child care…
BIG PIVOTS: Less Water, More Food? Part One
Thirty days after sprouting, trays of green and red lettuce, kale, arugula, and mustard greens slide from the greenhouse to be shorn, weighed and sealed in plastic clamshell packages…
HMPRESENTLY: Screwing Up a Brand Image… Continued
The new Congress is about to be sworn in, with California’s very own GOP Congressman Kevin McCarthy breathlessly hoping he’ll be selected as the new Speaker of the House…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Five
Just to be clear, I am definitely not using the word ‘entitlement’ in a purely derogatory sense…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Four
Starting back in the 1960s, the Archuleta County commissioners began approving every subdivision development application that crossed their desks…
HMPRESENTLY: Mr. Deutsch Was Riveting
A few days before the first day of 2023, I heard Donny Deutsch, on MSNBC, talking about brand images…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Three
I’m not sure how Ms. House picked the responses she shared, but it might be meaningful that 30 of the 33 responses mentioned roads or highways…
EDITORIAL: Weird News Regarding the STR Fee Battle
According to the SUN article, Judge Wilson’s December 26 order listed five reasons for ruling the citizen-led amendment to be invalid…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Two
Back in July, the Pagosa Springs Town Council published eleven priority goals for ‘2022-2023’. The first three on the list…
HMPRESENTLY: Pickles Happen
And, speaking of… the news and politics website, Salon, was wondering “Will she ever learn?”
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part One
Presumably, ‘getting out’ would require someone else to step up and take over the business. Like, for example, PAWSD?
LETTER: Fee on Shopping Bags will Hurt Those with Limited Incomes
As a tax, it should have been voted on through ‘referendum’ by all of the people of Colorado…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Six
Community Development Director James Dickhoff reminded the Council that the plan was essentially ‘conceptual’…
HMPRESENTLY: Stories to Restore One’s Faith
You spirit soars, hearing about something like a possible abundant source of fresh water…
OPINION: How Democrats Won the West
The presidential preferences of voters in the West’s 13 states began to shift in 1992…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Five
The most popular project, among the participants, was a ‘Pedestrian Bridge’ connecting First Street to the River Center parking lot, over the San Juan River…
OPINION: Praying We Learn From Each Other
“Be nice to people who are inferior to you. It’s only for a week, so have no fear. Be grateful that it doesn’t last all year…”
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Four
“Roundabouts are not inexpensive — a single-lane roundabout costs roughly $1.2 to $1.8 million to construct…”