What County services did we think were most important? Because, after all, the County does provide some important services…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Clear the Smokescreen from Immigration Policy
Mr. Esquivel is one of about 100,000 young people now coming of age without the temporary protections offered by DACA…
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.