We don’t want to neglect that particular remark, because “environmental health” and “performing inspections” might actually be at the center of this controversy…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: American History, in a Ziploc Bag
“I am a garbage collector,” he explains. “Racist garbage. For three decades I have collected items that defame and belittle Africans and their American descendants…”
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part Two
Archuleta County has a significant number of residents living without centralized drinking water, and without community wastewater services. La Plata County, not so much…
HMPRESENTLY: Fleeing to a Better Place
Fleeing from an authoritarian regime, so many decades ago, that dear gentleman and his siblings knew all too well about that, perhaps…
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part One
Over the past summer, the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners established a ‘Health District Investigative Committee’ to research the County’s relationship with San Juan Basin Public Health…
HMPRESENTLY: Bandying About… or Brass Tacks?
If you stormed the nation’s Capitol building last January 6th, you’re being described as a “patriot,” by a number of people in politics…
EDITORIAL: A Lengthy Tax Discussion That Left Us Hanging, Part Four
Pagosa Housing Partners, in line with recommendations approved unanimously by the Town Planning Commission, has recommended an annual tax (or fee) of $2,000 per bedroom…
EDITORIAL: A Lengthy Tax Discussion That Left Us Hanging, Part Three
If you are a Millennial, and you are reading this in China, there’s a very good chance that you already own your home…
EDITORIAL: A Lengthy Tax Discussion That Left Us Hanging, Part Two
“Well, as I stated before, even in the Tourism Board meeting, you know… housing, workforce housing, isn’t your government’s problem…”
LETTER: Our Children, as a Lab Rat Pool
“But we’re never going to learn about how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it. That’s just the way it goes…”
OPINION: A World That Worships Mammon
What’s needed is more than just divestment. What’s needed is a cultural — a spiritual — breakthrough in our sense of who we are, in our relationship to the planet…
EDITORIAL: A Lengthy Tax Discussion That Left Us Hanging, Part One
So I’m not complaining, and I’m not blaming the Council either. They are trying to do the best they can, with limited information, and with a sense of loyalty to their own bureaucracy…
LETTER: The Necessities of Life
The Climate Vulnerable Forum is a partnership of countries from places like Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that are highly threatened by climate impacts…
EDITORIAL: The Agony of Owning a Vacation Rental, Part Three
He chuckled. “And it’s difficult to create a ‘balance’ by creating a lot of pain for people doing certain things one way, in order to encourage people to do long-term rentals…
EDITORIAL: The Agony of Owning a Vacation Rental, Part Two
In other words, participation on AirBNB and VRBO and the rest of the popular booking platforms is a double-edged sword, if a rental owner is trying game the system…
HMPRESENTLY: Are They Bold… or Impudently Disrespectful?
a Kansas City Star Editorial Board opinion piece noted that “Josh Hawley says trying to protect Americans from COVID-19 is ‘woke propaganda’…”
EDITORIAL: The Agony of Owning a Vacation Rental, Part One
“Pagosa’s beautiful. We love it. But what made Pagosa special to us were the people. Every store you walk into, every place you go, everybody greets you with a smile…”
HMPRESENTLY: Coloradans Love Their Hershey Kisses
Texans like Starburst candy. Oklahomans are chewing on Skittles, the most, this year. It’s Swedish Fish for folks out in Georgia…
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About Community Development, Part Four
In my experience, eating a single-scoop ice cream cone can be quite satisfying…