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…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Parking Lot on Vista Boulevard, Part One
The Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association (PLPOA) deeded the vacant land to the veterans group in 2014…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Two
The EPA bureaucrats belatedly realized that the rule exceeded their statutory authority, and that they had stepped in it…
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Four
The growth we need might be coming, someday. The growth we don’t need seems to be here already…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part One
The reaction to those decisions, particularly from some politicians and the media who disagreed with them, reflects a breathtaking ignorance of history and the law…
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Three
The graphs and charts — shared by consultant Erin Wilson — related, generally, to the idea that the population of Pagosa Springs is going to grow, far into the future…
OPINION: When It Comes to Child Safety, We Can Do Better than Car Seats
As I think about my future as a parent and the desire that all parents have to keep their kids safe…
HMPRESENTLY: Hey! Who Flouted?
Could these be the signs of an increasingly concerning situation?
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Two
What are the factors we ought to consider, when looking at ‘growth’ in a small mountain town like Pagosa Springs?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Harm from the COVID Vaccines
“While you would never know it from listening to public-health officials, not a single published study has demonstrated that patients with a prior infection benefit from COVID-19 vaccination…”
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part One
The Planning Commission for the Town of Pagosa Springs will be considering a fairly significant housing project this evening, Tuesday, August 9…
EDITORIAL: Your Survey Participation Wanted, Regarding Tax Increases
The next six questions ask your impressions of the County and Town governments. Are they doing a good job, with the money they extract from us?
OPINION: Fiscal Incompetence at BLM
The Bureau of Land Management has been wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on programs proven to not work. Yet decades go by with continued increases in annual budgets…
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Six
In a sense, Pagosa Springs — without having an actual ‘plan’ — has already “planned for a future with less water…”
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Five
Lake Forest, also known as Borns Lake Reservoir, stretches through the suburban neighborhood just north of the Vista Waste Water Treatment Plant…
HMPRESENTLY: A Warrior… or What?
Who would think a reporter’s questions might be more frightening than, let’s say, fending off enemy soldiers on a battlefield?
EDITORIAL: A River Runs Through It, Part Four
The map tells us that this ranch measures about 813 acres, and that it uses ‘flood’ irrigation. The crop is grass…
OPINION: Lost Opportunity to Prevent Catastrophic Wildfire
Sadly, and quite unnecessarily, a massive McKinney Fire has exploded in just 24-hours from 300 acres on July 29th to 38,000 acres on July 30…
OPINION: Recount of Republican Primary Continues, with Lawsuits Filed
The clerk and recorder of El Paso County on Sunday shot down allegations from a group of Republican candidates who lost the Colorado primary election…