We can probably understand why four of the seven council members, serving on the Pagosa Springs Town Council, voted to support a $6.5 million sales tax increase ballot measure…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Eight
One of the selling points for the proposed $6.5 million County sales tax increase that will appear on the November ballot, is that ‘tourists’ will pay a large portion of the sales tax…
HMPRESENTLY: A Reporter, in a Way
I keep wondering if your town and county officials have been reaching out enough, to fully understand peoples’ concerns and desires…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Seven
The film’s subtitle is “Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” Lesson #1 was to empathize with your enemy…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Six
If they actually end up conducting a tax increase campaign, will the government-funded PSCDC make an effort to share both sides of the issue?
LETTER: Too Little, Too Late
Now, Commissioner Brown has had an epiphany? Now, he realizes that Archuleta County does not have the financial or professional capacity to run a health district?
LETTER: We Can Do Better
We could remain constitutionally compliant meanwhile declaring mandates and rules as suggestions rather than freedom-destroying law directives…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Five
During yesterday’s BOCC discussion of Resolution 2022-98, Commissioner Ronnie Maez made some interesting comments about “principles”…
EDITORIAL: ‘Pagosa Views’ Jumps Through Another Hoop
This is the second hoop that the developers have successfully jumped through at Town Hall, the first being a preliminary sketch plan approval, by Town Council, last month…
LETTER: Shelli Shaw Predicting Civil War?
Davis reported, “Shaw published a since-deleted post about the Capitol insurrection, in which she expressed her belief that ‘Antifa, BLM activists, and anarchists’ were behind the deadly riot…”
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Four
Back in 2011, Archuleta County spent $6.8 million on roads. In 2012, they again spent $6.8 million on road. Even these amounts were not enough to keep our road system in good condition…
LETTER: Health District Issues Must Be Addressed
Disregarding problems, and refusing to acknowledge solutions, is how issues become overwhelming…
LETTER: The Rich Want Our Freedoms
Unsatisfied and now hungry for autocracy, they’re shredding our Constitutional voting rights…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Three
“The County had two ballot issues that failed, not too long ago. I would ask, what have they done differently, in the interim, to suggest that this one is going to pass?…”
LETTER: Our Elected Leaders Must Prevent Health District Dissolution
While there have been alleged problems with the present joint-venture SJBPH, we have never been convinced that said problems justify dissolution…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Great Raid
This column isn’t about the reprehensible political motive for the raid. There has been enough bloviating on that topic. I’m writing here about the legality of it…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Two
“I think the Town of Pagosa Springs has always been the leader in Archuleta County. It’s not been the County commissioners…”
OPINION: Thornton Water Pipeline Denied in Court of Appeals
Thornton must now decide if it will appeal the ruling to the Colorado Supreme Court…
OPINION: Feeding the Wolves
“A diverse coalition of civil society groups responded with disgust after the Senate Armed Services Committee voted Thursday…”