Folks residing along the roads would have to find parking on other streets. And the work would be getting underway in just a couple of days…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Five
Who’s foolish, in our current COVID story? Who’s greedy and hungry? And who’s wise?
OPINION: Severability Imminent from SJBPH
For example, a public health agency has no compelling reason for prior restraint and preventing people from speaking out about a health concern…
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Four
“I think it’s a corollary to the military industrial complex. You need an enemy….”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs Town Council Looking at Housing Question Tonight
The first item — presumably, a rather cursory overview of a draft 200-page document — concerns the Town’s Land Use and Development Code (LUDC)…
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Three
“We are all obligated, as Americans, to challenge whatever is unlawful, or whatever is in violation of constitutional rights that are God-given rights…”
BIG PIVOTS: Fossil-Free Technology that Heats Homes in Frigid Fraser
Colorado needs many more air-source heat pumps — and fewer carbon emissions from buildings — to meet its mid-century decarbonization target goals of 90%…
EDITORIAL: Making Room for Marijuana Gardens
I suggested that some of the proposed regulations appeared to conflict with an amendment made to the Colorado Constitution by the voters, ten years ago…
HMPRESENTLY: Merger of Equals
“There are some awfully headstrong leaders on Earth,” cautioned one of the analysts. “Not only in national governments, but in those giant businesses, as well….”
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Two
Since the release of that final report, SJBPH has been making a concerted effort to provide the BOCC with presentations about the district’s services…
OPINION: To Fully Observe, We Need to Walk
As Chris suggests, walking “is being forced to watch the whole movie.” In contrast, being driven or even riding a bike is more like teleporting in…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Sheriff’s ‘Bounty’
Keating’s “driving pattern” in the video does not appear to the average citizen to be that of a driver “under the influence”…
HMPRESENTLY: Civility
If you’re reaching out to officials in your town, or county, I sure hope they’re responding to your phone calls, or emails…
OPINION: Colorado Makes Historic Investments in Resolving Homelessness
There’s excitement for advocates like me who are focused on resolving and preventing homelessness for the far-too-many Coloradans forced to experience it…
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part One
As things turn out, both the brick house and the piano come into play when a big, bad wolf shows up at the straw house, and then at the stick house, and huffs and puffs both houses into oblivion…
OPINION: Can Elon Musk Save the Colorado River, and the American Southwest?
There are at least 4 ways to get water from one side of Glen Canyon Dam to the other as the water level drops below the turbines…
HMPRESENTLY: Imagine, Knowing Where Your Tax Dollars are Going
Are your hard-earned tax dollars paying for something on a Navy ship? Bits of a bridge? A highway? Are they paying for pothole repairs on roads?
EDITORIAL: County Commissioners Agree to Enter Negotiations on Courthouse Sale
“Now, supposedly, Mr. Urbanczyk will build and finance the new building for the County. At what cost and at what finance rate to the taxpayers of Archuleta County?”
HMPRESENTLY: Be Thankful You’re Not Florida
Life in Florida was so much simpler, decades ago, roasting in sunshine on warm, sandy beaches. Avoiding a painful sting from a Portuguese man o’ war…