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Category: Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Common Sense and Criminal Justice

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 by Gary Beatty

The op-ed by Quentin Young that appeared in the Daily Post on December 20 is an example of political rhetoric posing as scholarship…

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EDITORIAL: Misleading COVID Information Regarding Colorado Hospitals?

Posted on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“We have a very big disconnect between the accuracy of what’s reported and the decisions that are being made…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Conniving… or Coldly Scheming?

Posted on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 by Harvey Radin

A little conniving in politics, out in Washington DC, and in state and municipal governments… we’ve come to know that occurs, and maybe we’ve gotten accustomed to some conniving…

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Seven

EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Seven

Posted on December 17, 2021April 3, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Preliminary data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment indicated that an average of 4.2 Coloradans fatally overdosed each day during the first eight months of 2020…

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LETTER: Infrastructure Bill a ‘Bipartisan Achievement’

Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 by Post Contributor

Although $47 billion for adaptation has been called transformational, it’s a fraction of the sum needed…

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Six

Posted on December 16, 2021April 3, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Based on the tax revenue being generated by this industry, one might suggest the voters made a fine decision back in 2012…

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OPINION: Shrug? Sue? Lie? Maybe Listen? What Will the Urban Renewal Commission Do Tonight?

Posted on December 16, 2021February 12, 2022 by Glenn Walsh

Nothing is more effective at preventing gross giveaways to developers like a requirement of voter approval…

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LETTER: The Drug Landscape is Changing

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Post Contributor

The drug landscape is changing and everyone should acknowledge why…

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Five

Posted on December 15, 2021April 3, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“It’s nothing personal; nothing against the County Coroner’s office, it’s just that we’re constantly full, and there’s just nowhere else to put them….”

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Hook, Line and Sinker

Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by Gary Beatty

That experience taught me the way the “drug war” was, and still is, being “fought” is futile — if the objective is reduction of the availability of illicit drugs…

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HMPRESENTLY: Getting My Tooth Drilled While Pondering Democracies, Republics, and the Weather

HMPRESENTLY: Getting My Tooth Drilled While Pondering Democracies, Republics, and the Weather

Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by Harvey Radin

There was, long ago, Vlad the Impaler, for example, and with a name like that, he probably wasn’t an understanding kind of guy…

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LETTER: Open Letter to the Westminster City Council

Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by Gary Wockner

The Equity Washers punch down, not up. Nature, which has no voice other than what you give it, is their favorite punching bag…

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Four

Posted on December 14, 2021April 3, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“Colorado’s drug overdose rate spiked 50% from May 2019 to May 2021, trending directly with a nationwide increase….”

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Three

Posted on December 13, 2021April 3, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“And that’s my main concern now. If I were going to put all my eggs in a basket, that’s where they would have to go, because that is a very dangerous drug…”

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EDITORIAL: Work Hard

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Bill Hudson

At the bleakest moment in the pandemic, when you felt your most stressed, most scared, least centered, you probably heard some variation of the phrase: “This is really hard…”

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LETTER: Zoom Water Conference ‘Dam the Status Quo’ Today, Monday Dec. 13

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Post Contributor

The online event includes Save the Colorado board member, Daniel P. Beard, a former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation appointed by President Clinton…

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OPINION: Open Letter to Governor Polis Concerning Behavioral Health

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Post Contributor

Our hope is that the BHA can help streamline our behavioral health system to make it more efficient, transparent, and accountable…

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EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Two

Posted on December 10, 2021February 22, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“I don’t know if you’ve had much of a chance to read through the [report] at this point; it’s a long read, so I’ll just summarize why we wanted to get it in front of you guys…”

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LETTER: Are We Embarrassed by Lauren Boebert Yet?

Posted on December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 by Post Contributor

According to Colorado Newsline (September 29, 2021), she has failed Coloradans in a number of ways: Her role in the January 6 Capitol attack; has not passed a single bill; voted against cancer patients and military families…

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