But this claim, that you can “save” 15-30 gallons per laundry load has almost no relationship on the actual problem…
Category: Opinion/Letters
HMPRESENTLY: Don’t Break out the Bubbly, Quite Yet
There’s been a lot of news, lately, about the sudden spate of layoffs at high-tech companies…
BIG PIVOTS: Is Tri-State Changing Fast Enough to Survive?
Tri-State delivers power to 42 electrical cooperatives in four states, including 17 in Colorado…
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Public Health Department, Part Four
When the SJBPH district was formed in 1947, the population of Archuleta County consisted of about 3,000 rural residents…
OPINION: The Likely Outcome from COP27
But all signs now point toward a scenario in which the world will overshoot the 1.5 C limit, likely by a large amount…
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Public Health Department, Part Three
“We can have some very serious debates and disagreements about public health issues, but we can’t as the La Plata Board of County Commissioners let this go on much longer…”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Public Health Department, Part Two
“While in all honesty, the disagreements between the two counties were certainly exacerbated by the pandemic, these problems date back… many years…”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Public Health Department, Part One
The Archuleta BOCC and the La Plata BOCC each voted on November 15 to approve an orderly dissolution of the San Juan Basin Public Health district…
OPINION: Is Servitas The Baddie?
At UC Boulder the rent for half of a 250-square-foot studio, after subtracting the meal plan, is $1400 per month, or $2800 per studio…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Danger Inherent in Police ‘Theories’
If you want to know what the evidence actually is, you have to hear it from the prosecutors…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Six
We were probably justified in laughing out loud, except it was not actually funny…
LETTER: Servitas Out of Touch with Pagosa Springs Housing Needs
Why is Town Staff trying to “Boil the Ocean”, and hire the same architects who were hired to design Bootjack Ranch, and the Village at Wolf Creek?
HMPRESENTLY: Little Nuggets, Sometimes…
Business firms, on the other hand, often seem to eschew little nuggets in their communication, which sometimes is necessary, for legal or other reasons…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Five
On Mr. Clark’s recommendation, the Town Council directed Mr. Scharton to bring back a new pro forma, showing a cash flow model based on 5% and 7% vacancy rates…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Four
“Due to change in scope and focus on sites, the Town has paid $458k in pre-development fees and costs…”
HMPRESENTLY: Like Ground Fog
If there’s ground fog, at times, where you live, picture PR as that… as ground fog, misty and hovering…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Three
Let’s consider, in some detail, Ms. Phillips’ comment about “what rental rates [the Council members] want to hit…”
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part Two
The public, who will ultimately be subsidizing this housing project with their taxes, had learned very little about the financial details of the project…
EDITORIAL: Concerns About the Town’s Workforce Housing Plans, Part One
Some of us, who have been following the workforce housing negotiations, have concerns…