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…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Six
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…
OPINION: Living Under the Tyranny of Lawyers and Courts
Complicit media outlets use fake science and dire predictions to persuade people that only government intervention will protect and save them…
HMPRESENTLY: The Magic Words, ‘Full Access’
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…
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…
