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Category: Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: All Rise!

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by Gary Beatty

It’s first words “We, the people of the State of Colorado” declare in whom authority over all aspects of the state government ultimately resides…

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EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Six

Posted on May 2, 2022July 9, 2022 by Bill Hudson

The simple political fact is, many citizens in both counties have, during the COVID crisis, rejected the “basic things that public health puts forth” such as vaccines…

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OPINION: Living Under the Tyranny of Lawyers and Courts

Posted on May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 by Post Contributor

Complicit media outlets use fake science and dire predictions to persuade people that only government intervention will protect and save them…

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HMPRESENTLY: The Magic Words, ‘Full Access’

Posted on May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 by Harvey Radin

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…

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EDITORIAL: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?... I mean, COVID... Part Five

EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Five

Posted on April 29, 2022May 2, 2022 by Post Contributor

Who’s foolish, in our current COVID story? Who’s greedy and hungry? And who’s wise?

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OPINION: Severability Imminent from SJBPH

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

For example, a public health agency has no compelling reason for prior restraint and preventing people from speaking out about a health concern…

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EDITORIAL: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?... I mean, COVID... Part Four

EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Four

Posted on April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“I think it’s a corollary to the military industrial complex. You need an enemy….”

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EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs Town Council Looking at Housing Question Tonight

EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs Town Council Looking at Housing Question Tonight

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

The first item — presumably, a rather cursory overview of a draft 200-page document — concerns the Town’s Land Use and Development Code (LUDC)…

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EDITORIAL: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?... I mean, COVID... Part Three

EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Three

Posted on April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“We are all obligated, as Americans, to challenge whatever is unlawful, or whatever is in violation of constitutional rights that are God-given rights…”

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BIG PIVOTS: Fossil-Free Technology that Heats Homes in Frigid Fraser

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Allen Best

Colorado needs many more air-source heat pumps — and fewer carbon emissions from buildings — to meet its mid-century decarbonization target goals of 90%…

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EDITORIAL: Making Room for Marijuana Gardens

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Bill Hudson

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…

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HMPRESENTLY: Merger of Equals

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Harvey Radin

“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….”

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EDITORIAL: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?... I mean, COVID... Part Two

EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Two

Posted on April 26, 2022May 2, 2022 by Bill Hudson

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…

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OPINION: To Fully Observe, We Need to Walk

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Charles Marohn

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…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Sheriff’s ‘Bounty’

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Gary Beatty

Keating’s “driving pattern” in the video does not appear to the average citizen to be that of a driver “under the influence”…

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HMPRESENTLY: Civility

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Harvey Radin

If you’re reaching out to officials in your town, or county, I sure hope they’re responding to your phone calls, or emails…

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OPINION: Colorado Makes Historic Investments in Resolving Homelessness

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Post Contributor

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…

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EDITORIAL: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?... I mean, COVID... Part One

EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part One

Posted on April 25, 2022April 26, 2022 by Bill Hudson

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…

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OPINION: Can Elon Musk Save the Colorado River, and the American Southwest?

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by Gary Wockner

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…

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