Some of the more onerous upgrades appear related to the water pressure and water supply requested by the Pagosa Fire Protection District…
Category: Opinion/Letters
HMPRESENTLY: Good, Old Creaky Things
‘Lumbago’ doesn’t come up much, when you’re searching, online…
OPINION: Death on the Highway
I’m treading in these sensitive waters because I want to make a point about the human condition and our response…
EDITORIAL: An Obscured View of ‘Pagosa Views’, Part Two
Many people who were raised here, or how have moved here over the past 50 years, have wished that we could have remained a small town…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Five
All five of these case stand for the same principle. The limits of government power over the people…
OPINION: Federal Climate Bill Will ‘Supercharge’ Colorado’s Clean-Energy Industry
Billions in federal funding to supplement state-level incentives, ‘shift the economics’ of new technologies…
EDITORIAL: An Obscured View of ‘Pagosa Views’, Part One
So we need to touch, briefly, on the issue of government decision-making…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Four
Parents could choose a school for their kids to attend, and the state would pay the tuition. But the funding law prohibited funding sectarian school tuition…
EDITORIAL: A Parking Lot on Vista Boulevard, Part Two
Listening back to my recording of this presentation on August 9, I wonder about how this project was handled…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Three
In some states Dobbs won’t effect abortion access at all. Some states may choose to regulate, or outlaw, all abortions.
OPINION: Building More Roads While Rome Burns
Residents pay their taxes, pay tolls, and support initiatives to fund transportation, with the understanding that the state will properly maintain the roads and bridges they construct…
EDITORIAL: A Parking Lot on Vista Boulevard, Part One
The Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association (PLPOA) deeded the vacant land to the veterans group in 2014…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part Two
The EPA bureaucrats belatedly realized that the rule exceeded their statutory authority, and that they had stepped in it…
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Four
The growth we need might be coming, someday. The growth we don’t need seems to be here already…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Five Supreme Court Decisions, Part One
The reaction to those decisions, particularly from some politicians and the media who disagreed with them, reflects a breathtaking ignorance of history and the law…
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Three
The graphs and charts — shared by consultant Erin Wilson — related, generally, to the idea that the population of Pagosa Springs is going to grow, far into the future…
OPINION: When It Comes to Child Safety, We Can Do Better than Car Seats
As I think about my future as a parent and the desire that all parents have to keep their kids safe…
HMPRESENTLY: Hey! Who Flouted?
Could these be the signs of an increasingly concerning situation?
EDITORIAL: Theories of Growth, for the Non-Mathematician, Part Two
What are the factors we ought to consider, when looking at ‘growth’ in a small mountain town like Pagosa Springs?