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Category: Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Serious Problems with Courthouse Bidding Process and Analysis

OPINION: Serious Problems with Courthouse Bidding Process and Analysis

Posted on April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 by Post Contributor

On February 23, there were only four bidders that can be considered as meeting the 5pm February 22 deadline. Mr. Urbanczyk is not one of them…

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EDITORIAL:  Archuleta Courthouse Dreams, Part One

EDITORIAL: Archuleta Courthouse Dreams, Part One

Posted on April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 by Bill Hudson

I have to salute Commissioner Maez for his appropriate hesitation. The BOCC has put the taxpayers deeply in debt, building a new County jail and a new Judicial Courthouse…

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EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Considering Unconstitutional Marijuana Regulations? Part One

Posted on April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Of course, governments — federal, state and local — often pass laws that infringe upon our rights, and occasionally, those laws get tossed out by federal or state courts…

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OPINION: Groups Challenge BLM’s ‘Radical Assault’ on Wild Horses

Posted on April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Post Contributor

“The Wild Horse and Burro program has needed real reform for a very long time,” stated Leigh, “We remain united in our commitment…”

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OPINION: An Ever-Expanding Military… America’s Primary National Purpose?

Posted on April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Robert Koehler

While he noted that “we do not need a massive increase in the defense budget,” I wish he had said what we do need…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Seven

Posted on April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“Getting plants to grow in the Sonoran Desert is made possible by importing billions of gallons of water each year…”

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Six

Posted on March 31, 2022April 1, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Colorado Water Conservation Board chair Jaclyn Brown touches ever so lightly, here, on the elephant in the room. Or the elephant in the river…

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OPINION: So That No One Dies Alone

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Post Contributor

During the pandemic, we learned a lot about what we did right, and what we did wrong, and what we can do better…

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OPINION: Overcoming ‘Mistaken Impressions’

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Glenn Walsh

Last week, an STR group left mistaken impressions on doorknobs around town. Anonymously…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Five

Posted on March 30, 2022March 31, 2022 by Bill Hudson

I received a thoughtful email yesterday from one of our Daily Post readers, wondering where this ‘Money, Water, and Fear for the Future’ editorial series is headed…

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OPINION: When Jim Crow Greeted the Returning Black Vets

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Robert Koehler

The bill is named in honor of two African American vets of World War II who unintentionally found their way into the historical record because of what was done to them…

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BIG PIVOTS: The Colorado River’s Unsolved Math Problem

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Allen Best

Long term, this worsening situation of subpar runoff in the Colorado River matters to well more than 90% of Colorado’s population…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Four

Posted on March 29, 2022March 30, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“In agricultural areas in marginal coastal zones in southeastern parts of Kenya, “we’re looking at crop production estimated to be 70% below average,” he said…

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EDITORIAL: Considering an Omicron Variant… ‘Less Threatening Than Normal Flu’…

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“God knows we need this break,” said Shelly Bacallia, 29, who took her son to the Manila Zoo over the weekend…

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OPINION: American History Lesson

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Post Contributor

Back when the Americas were being colonized, chartered companies sponsored them. The Virginia Company was one of them, around 1606…

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LETTER: Missing My Conservative Friends

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Post Contributor

I highly respected my now-retired conservative co-workers – good friends – because we shared my dad’s deep understanding of honor and integrity…

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OPINION: Considering the Manzanares Arrest Incident

OPINION: Considering the Manzanares Arrest Incident

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Gary Beatty

Manzanares’ properly reacted to his frustration with the situation by telling Reis to “write it up” (meaning a parking citation) and walking away…

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OPINION: Colorado Water Board Shelves ‘Demand Management’ Scheme

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Gary Wockner

“CWCB’s decision to stop a flawed demand management program is a welcome decision. It seems as if common sense has trumped wishful thinking…”

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EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part Two

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Bill Hudson

The door hanger does include a few facts, along with some wishful thinking.  It states, for example, that “27 of 30 surveyed business owners oppose” Ballot Question A…

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