“We believe that we have more work to do, to build the necessary collaboration, and work ‘cross communities’. Especially post-pandemic…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: BOCC Makes No Decision Regarding Public Health District, Part One
“At the last work session — I think it was two weeks ago — it was suggested that perhaps a new citizens committee be formed?…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Eleven
The application was 39 pages long. 27 of those pages consisted of an Operating Agreement for Aspen Village Ventures LLC, a company registered with a Bentonville, Arkansas mailing address…
HMPRESENTLY: Given a Choice of Nations…
In warfare, there are atrocities, and I’m now realizing there are atrocities in communication, as well…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Ten
According to Smart Growth America’s calculations, our community will wind up $78 million in debt over the next 20 years by continuing our ostentatious, sprawling growth pattern…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Nine
I bring up these two terms, because this editorial series has concerned itself with a $3 million “affordable housing” grant submitted by the Town Planning Department to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs…
LETTER: Poor Road Maintenance Decisions
While we understood this to be a town largely dependent on tourism when we moved here, we did not expect that meant residents would receive second class treatment…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Kids, You Can Do Better Without College
Professors tell students what to think and reinforce it with biased grading. Intellectual curiosity, free thinking, and free speech are virtually non-existent…
HMPRESENTLY: Captains & the Kings
What a waste! … my father must have been thinking, while he was thinking some other things, I’m sure, about the person in charge…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Eight
Here’s a map I drew, which shows a lake about twice the size of our existing Stevens Reservoir…
OPINION: Town Planning Commission Takes Its Mission Seriously
Last July, the Planning Commission recommended four policies aimed at addressing the housing crisis in Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Seven
“And I would say that this property, that Town Council is considering… you know, there’s a lot of properties with topography challenges. Geologically challenged properties. And it’s rare to find something this large…”
EDITORIAL: Colorado River News You Can Believe, or Not
“Drought contingency plans define the 3,525-foot mark as a significant ‘target elevation’ for the reservoir, under which the situation becomes dire…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Six
“Probably not best that we’re in the development business. There probably was a better way. There have been mistakes made along the way… Could we have been more transparent? Most likely….”
LETTER: Without a Workforce, There is No Tourism Industry
Archuleta County is a wonderful place to live, but I have seen first-hand how the cost of living impacts my colleagues and clients…
HMPRESENTLY: The One and Only Poem I’ve Ever Written
The thing about poems, I remember from school, is their meaning, often, is open to interpretation. Someone interprets them one way. Someone else interprets them in other ways, entirely…
Time to Renegotiate the Management of the Colorado River
‘Save The Colorado’ believes the ecological health of the Colorado River must be given a center seat at the table…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Five
I also assume that most people wouldn’t have an opinion, one way or the other, if they did know something about the Town’s plans…
HMPRESENTLY: Pitch Perfect?
What Aeschylus had to say about truth, for some reason got me thinking about eternal vigilance being the price of liberty…