“It’s a sobering moment, and it’s not something that I ever thought we would do, but I believe we’re almost delaying the inevitable…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
HMPRESENTLY: Owies… and the Fog and Folly of War
But soldiers are supposed to be tough, you know…
LETTER: Party of ‘We the People’ Discriminates Against Us, the People
Earlier this summer, before I decided to run for Sheriff, Marilyn Harris invited me to attend a meeting, one of many happening throughout the state…
OPINION: The Court of Ecological Awareness
The suit, which seeks not money but a court ruling declaring the state’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry to be unconstitutional, points out: “Children are uniquely vulnerable to the consequences of the climate crisis…”
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Four
When I spoke with members of the ‘Stop the Rocks’ citizen group last week, some of them were not aware that the pending gravel pit decision by the Planning Commission, on February 23, is merely advisory…
EDITORIAL: Public Notices on Valentine’s Day
It’s been challenging for our 600 hotel and motel rooms to compete with the 3,000 ‘vacation rental’ bedrooms in Archuleta County…
HMPRESENTLY: Love in a Sometimes Opprobrious World
One thing that isn’t getting stigmatized, right around Valentine’s Day, is candy…
OPINION: USDA Now Requires Some Bioengineered Foods to be Labeled
More than 90% of U.S.-grown corn, soybeans and sugar beets are genetically modified…
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Three
In his short story from 1843, Edgar Allan Poe’s hero was strapped to a table in a rat-infested dungeon… beneath a massive, razor-sharp blade that swung back and forth like a pendulum…
BIG PIVOTS: Electricity Today is Like Colorado’s Road Network a Century Ago
Building new transmission will be expensive and siting difficult. “But if you like clean energy, you have to love transmission,” said Hannegan…
LETTER: Some Financial Help for the Housing Crisis
The Town voters will have a chance, on the April 5 ballot, to create a long-term funding stream dedicated solely to workforce housing…
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Two
“Uses by Zoning District in the County Regulations does not allow asphalt or concrete batch plants in Agricultural Ranching (AR) zoning district….”
HMPRESENTLY: So Stimulating!
Those old downtown buildings… I’d just stand there, gazing at them, totally transfixed. They were so svelte…
LETTER: Workforce Housing is Pagosa’s Most Serious Problem
Since the Town and County governments began seriously looking at our housing crisis, in 2016, we have added fewer than 50 affordable workforce housing units…
LETTER: Support for ‘Stop the Rocks’
Those who claim they have lived here with the ‘old mine’ in harmony for three or four decades are right, because the old mine was not a destructive mining operation…
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part One
As we stood beside the pond, I asked Ms. Weber if she knew how many tons of gravel her family had excavated from that pit. She said she didn’t know…
EDITORIAL: Another Unusual Courthouse Proposal
Pagosa Springs businessman and developer Bob Hart explained his Courthouse proposal to the Board of County Commissioners on February 1, 2022…
LETTER: A Properly Sized Government
A common criticism of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda has been from the perspective of limiting the size of government. The best response I’ve seen to this position is from Brink Lindsey…
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Management Evicting 16 Families on Eaton Drive, Part Four
How many of those 16 families, who are not employed by the Springs Resort, will be forced to leave behind their current jobs and move to a more family-friendly community?