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Category: Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Overcoming ‘Mistaken Impressions’

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Glenn Walsh

Last week, an STR group left mistaken impressions on doorknobs around town. Anonymously…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Five

Posted on March 30, 2022March 31, 2022 by Bill Hudson

I received a thoughtful email yesterday from one of our Daily Post readers, wondering where this ‘Money, Water, and Fear for the Future’ editorial series is headed…

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OPINION: When Jim Crow Greeted the Returning Black Vets

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Robert Koehler

The bill is named in honor of two African American vets of World War II who unintentionally found their way into the historical record because of what was done to them…

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BIG PIVOTS: The Colorado River’s Unsolved Math Problem

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Allen Best

Long term, this worsening situation of subpar runoff in the Colorado River matters to well more than 90% of Colorado’s population…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Four

Posted on March 29, 2022March 30, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“In agricultural areas in marginal coastal zones in southeastern parts of Kenya, “we’re looking at crop production estimated to be 70% below average,” he said…

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EDITORIAL: Considering an Omicron Variant… ‘Less Threatening Than Normal Flu’…

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“God knows we need this break,” said Shelly Bacallia, 29, who took her son to the Manila Zoo over the weekend…

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OPINION: American History Lesson

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

Back when the Americas were being colonized, chartered companies sponsored them. The Virginia Company was one of them, around 1606…

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LETTER: Missing My Conservative Friends

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

I highly respected my now-retired conservative co-workers – good friends – because we shared my dad’s deep understanding of honor and integrity…

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OPINION: Considering the Manzanares Arrest Incident

OPINION: Considering the Manzanares Arrest Incident

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Gary Beatty

Manzanares’ properly reacted to his frustration with the situation by telling Reis to “write it up” (meaning a parking citation) and walking away…

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OPINION: Colorado Water Board Shelves ‘Demand Management’ Scheme

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Gary Wockner

“CWCB’s decision to stop a flawed demand management program is a welcome decision. It seems as if common sense has trumped wishful thinking…”

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EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part Two

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

The door hanger does include a few facts, along with some wishful thinking.  It states, for example, that “27 of 30 surveyed business owners oppose” Ballot Question A…

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OPINION: Archuleta Democrats Support Closing STR Tax Loophole

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Post Contributor

As it stands now, local governments are not permitted to change the tax designation of short-term rentals located in residential zones…

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LETTER: The Harmful Influence of Corporations and Billionaires

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Post Contributor

I am sick of corporations and billionaire dynasties like the Koch and Walton families who think they are entitled to everything including public land and natural resources…

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EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part One

Posted on March 25, 2022June 22, 2022 by Bill Hudson

The Town Planning Commissions justification for recommending a steep STR fee increase was based partly on the property tax loophole enjoyed by STRs in Archuleta County…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Two

Posted on March 25, 2022March 28, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“The Walton Family Foundation, in collaboration with Morning Consult, released a poll today revealing that 74% of Coloradans are worried about climate change and water scarcity…”

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HMPRESENTLY: When Tendrils Spiral Around Good Intentions

Posted on March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 by Harvey Radin

I’ll be wondering, now, whether the Foundation is influencing some of the news coverage and commentary I’ve been reading…

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EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part One

Posted on March 24, 2022March 26, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“55% of Coloradans fear state won’t have enough water in 100 years, poll shows…”

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EDITORIAL: Eating Cake with Don Volger and Nicole Pitcher, Part Four

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“We are down to one train operating in each of the pump stations, Station One and Two, and we are definitely close to an emergency situation…”

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OPINION: Coalition Presses Washington to Reveal America’s ‘Dirty Dam Secret’

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by Gary Wockner

A diverse coalition of 136 groups has petitioned the EPA to add America’s dams and reservoirs as a source category under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program…

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