Among the interested members of the public were the associates of the local Audubon Society, who had been — for many years — enjoying the abundant wildlife making use of the warm-water wetlands…
Category: Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge?
Will new natural gas plants end up being like many coal plants, assets stranded long before the debt is paid?
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Four
Sitting in the room directly behind Mr. Dronet and his team, were several members of the Pagosa Wetland Partners, an organization that formed about three years ago…
OPINION: Comments on the Draft Upper Basin Drought Response Operations Plan
First, in the Plan and the appendices, nowhere does the Bureau mention the cause of the “drought”…
HMPRESENTLY: Pulling Nails Out of Walls
To be fair to downtown LA, there’s also some interesting architecture out there nowadays, but this was years ago when the comedian was poking fun at LA’s downtown area…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Three
The water issues facing our community in connection with the Springs Resort’s proposed expansion are even more dramatic, because they relate directly to one of the only warm-water wetlands left in the State of Colorado….
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Two
The Town government decided 15 years ago that “interesting” architecture would make Pagosa Springs more attractive and more economically sustainable…
HMPRESENTLY: All Jargoned Out?
How many times, do you suppose, would you have to click down on a tally counter, to count the number of times someone is saying the word ‘disgraceful?’
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part One
The Town of Pagosa Springs has received an application for “Sketch Major Design Review” for the construction of a new 84,000 square foot building containing roughly 80 hotel rooms, a spa, a restaurant and a series of new hot springs pools…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs… Santa Fe… Pagosa Springs
During our weekend, the kids and I made two trips to the Railyard Park, an “award-winning” children’s playground at the west end of Santa Fe’s extensive commercial-cultural Railyard development.
OPINION: Fragrant Corruption
We will no longer take orders from the State. The State is a corporation and we will no longer support it. We will establish our own bank and put our tax dollars back into our county…
HMPRESENTLY: About That CDC Survey…
In a Pagosa Springs SUN article, a local businessman is quoted, saying that “the ballot language is somewhat vague and abstract…”
EDITORIAL: A Rather Unusual Courthouse Proposal, Part Two
“And I think the building can be fixed; it could be used. It’s going to take a lot of money to do it, but I think it would be a tremendous value to the county…”
EDITORIAL: All That Unnecessary Misinformation
“I am filling out my survey and I am going to share it with the downtown business group as well. I know many of the players in this and I know it’s well-intended and I think there’s some legs to it here…”
EDITORIAL: A Rather Unusual Courthouse Proposal, Part One
“I’ve been spending a lot of time in the county over the past few months. My wife and I have bought several pieces of property, and when we heard about the Courthouse, we got kind of excited about the opportunity to do something with it…”
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Four
Parents on both sides of these issues were taking fresh stock of our public schools, and in some cases, finding them lacking…
HMPRESENTLY: ‘The Way Is In The Heart’
“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world,” said Gautama Buddha – the Buddha – a teacher, an ascetic, and a religious leader in ancient India…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Three
In the education industry, nationally, three types of employees have become particularly scarce since the arrival of the COVID pandemic. Bus drivers. School nurses. And substitute teachers…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Two
When PPOS bought the Parelli building, the ‘building use’ changed from ‘office building’ to ‘public school’, and this change generated a very expensive set of required upgrades…