At the same time, many people assumed the expanding STR market was having a positive effect on our tourism industry… but again, no one could say for certain how big the effect might be…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Facebook Fascism? Part One
This clinical evidence that COVID vaccines contain compounds that have been shown to cause blood clots is significant…
OPINION: The Need for Healthcare Reform
Patients are typically unable to get an accurate price for what they will pay after visiting a primary-care doctor or undergoing a medical procedure…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Six
Fast forward to 2022, and maybe 90% of our economic activity now takes place west of the old elementary school…
OPINION: You Belong to Me
Sylvia McGauley, a teacher in an impoverished school district outside Portland, Oregon, described her school as the “perfect prey for military recruiters…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Five
Here’s a map showing the Town of Pagosa Springs, overlaid with a white color…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Four
“We know that a lot of people are not aware of what is about to happen, and what sorts of support they are going to need…”
BIG PIVOTS: What Boebert and Frisch Did Not Say During the Club 20 Debate
I heard fear, grievance and anger — and not just a few clichés. Where was there talk about opportunities in this energy transition?
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Three
The photo shows members of the new ‘Main Street Advisory Board’ using adhesive dots to indicate the work they’d most like to see their board engage in, going forward…
LETTER: An Obituary for Cordova
Cordova was a working horse, ridden by Range Specialist John Garcia for 15 years throughout the San Juans…
LETTER: The GOP and Taliban Both Want Theocracy
Centuries of legal experts confirm our Founding Fathers intention: to keep The People’s government free from the control of any church…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Two
We might conclude, from this quick, casual survey, that downtown Pagosa Springs is fairly thriving, economically, compared to many struggling downtown districts in the US…
HMPRESENTLY: ‘Bulbus Stercum’
It will be a higher sales tax than you’re currently paying, and you’ll be paying it, not just for a while, but in perpetuity, perhaps…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part One
Theoretically, the program is focused on ‘historical preservation’… basically, taking the existing assets of your downtown and improving them somehow, without significantly changing the district’s overall architectural character…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Eleven
If our two primary local governments have particular projects they would like to start, or complete, the most sensible way to approach the voters would be to show us the plan…
HMPRESENTLY: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
I’ve not been all that religious, but at a school I once attended, we recited The Lord’s Prayer, most mornings…
LETTER: Shelli Shaw Could Prevent a Civil War?
She claimed the conservative voice will not go away. It hasn’t…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Ten
So… where did the additional $700,000 per year from 1A … that was supposed to be spent on roads… actually go?
LETTER: Whoops… Rights Violations… Again
It’s interesting to see that Halloween signage has less regulation than a political sign under County Land Use Regulations…