Category: Opinion/Letters

Archuleta County Community Development Director Pamela Flowers conducted four well-attended public meetings, outlining possible STR regulations that the BOCC might consider…

I’ve been writing about politics and politicians, quite a bit, for a number of reasons…

Imposing a 9% Lodgers Tax in Archuleta County — as Steamboat Springs is now doing — does not address the “crowding-out effect” that STRs have on homes traditionally owned by single-family residents…

“I think it’s also watered down a little bit, when you look at some of the affordable housing and the swanky-looking condos on Hot Springs Boulevard…”

I’m going to tell you why some lawyers don’t want lawyers on either criminal or civil (lawsuit) juries… because we know when they are trying to obfuscate the facts with tricks…

Authority and responsibility go hand-in-hand.  A person given the authority to make decisions must be held accountable and responsible for the decisions they make…

Ramping up the supply of guts — unclogging the supply chain — shouldn’t be such a big deal…

If we want to cut to the chase, and skip quickly over the first 24 pages of the report…

This vote wasn’t just close. This tally was dead even, with both candidates receiving exactly the same number of votes…

Ultimately, it took World War II to shatter the old colonial system. In its aftermath, the imperial powers gradually abandoned their colonial rule…

Not only would these “event centers” impact the (already substandard) rural roads in the affected neighborhoods, they would likely generate noise and human activity…

Last July, the prediction for Lake Mead’s water level for July 2024 was 1,014 feet above sea level…

We’ve noted that “Public supply” — municipal water systems — accounts for about 1% [“one percent”] of water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin…

Departments of transportation have notoriously turned toward expanding highways to solve traffic congestion…

It’s the word ‘power,’ I suppose, that seems strange. Is it really necessary? And appropriate?