When considering this proposal, three of the five Planning Commission members felt this building did not fit the intent of the ‘East Village Overlay District’…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Big Plans for Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Three
“We’re not Durango, we’re not Telluride, we’re not some of these places where you’re getting ludicrous prices per square foot…”
HMPRESENTLY: Forces and Motions
Let’s call that ‘influential dynamics’…
OPINION: Troubling Supreme Court Ruling on Prayer in School
Religious freedom is under attack by politicians and a court intent on setting their own beliefs into law…
EDITORIAL: Big Plans for Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“The [East Village] Overlay is established to accommodate less intense commercial uses…”
BIG PIVOTS: And a Hot One It Was!
Now we are redefining hot. This chart tells the big picture story of warming in Colorado…
EDITORIAL: ‘Dear Archuleta County’… A Letter from the Board of Health, Part Three
Suddenly, SJBPH was managing 50,681 COVID-19 tests per year…
OPINION: An American Patriot is Welcomed Home
“We must do more to identify veterans in need and the federal government must provide them with the legal aid they require…”
EDITORIAL: Big Plans for Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part One
“In closing, we believe the beauty and lifestyle of Pagosa Springs is why people are attracted to this Colorado town…”
HMPRESENTLY: Maybe It’s Something in the Air?
“Since we don’t control the air, our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air, so when China gets our good air…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Dear Archuleta County’… A Letter from the Board of Health, Part Two
“A separation will entail its own challenges and will impact both counties…”
HMPRESENTLY: Buttering Us Up?
During the WNBA’s off-season in the US, the American professional basketball player plays in Russia…
EDITORIAL: ‘Dear Archuleta County’… A Letter from the Board of Health, Part One
I first became acquainted with Liane Jollon in 2016, when she climbed up on a chair in the Archuleta County Admin Building meeting room…
HMPRESENTLY: Saving Democracy? Or Street Maintenance?
Having the streets sealed, so they’ll last years longer, seemed to make good sense…
EDITORIAL: Council, Commissioners… Talking… Part Six
Do we have those things in Pagosa Springs? A sense of trust, belonging, safety, and caring for each other?
HMPRESENTLY: The Light… a Bit Dimmed?
As we’d say in the PR business, America’s got a situation brewing…
EDITORIAL: Council, Commissioners… Talking… Part Five
Here in Pagosa Springs, healthy “growth” is — some believe — dependent upon the expansion of the Outdoor Recreation Industry….
HMPRESENTLY: Me, John Wayne, and Jesus
This masculine ideal was both personal and political. Men needed to be good fathers and strong fighters…
EDITORIAL: Council, Commissioners… Talking… Part Four
Following that vote, the BOCC stopped pushing the idea of forming a recreation district. Probably a smart move…