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…
Category: Opinion/Letters
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…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part One
The conditions stipulated by the ASD School Board included a requirement that the Pagosa Peak Open School board of directors raise an additional $175,000 in grants and donations during their first year in operation…
HMPRESENTLY: Getting Pelted and Belted by… Beliefs?
When religions imbue people with goodness, hope and love, that’s something to be thankful for…
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Six
Read Part One First and foremost, community is not a place, a building, or an organization… Community is both a feeling and a set of READ MORE
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Five
In the photo above, we see people walking through Main Street USA… basically a completely fake version of a quintessential American small town, circa 1910. In the distance we see the iconic Castle…
HMPRESENTLY: Rebranding Places… and Other Unusual Goings-On
Now, before you start thinking what’s so bad about snuggling up with a pet, here’s the thing… The energy crisis is pretty serious and difficult for the company’s customers…
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Four
Of the fourteen ideas listed, more than half — eight of them, to be exact — referenced “walking” or “recreation….”
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Three
“Which makes me wonder, why even have the ordinance? If we can spend zero percent. It seems like an unnecessary ordinance if we have the option to spend zero percent…”
HMPRESENTLY: Psyops, of Sorts?
It might have been psyops, but, all those years ago, who could have known, for sure? ‘Psyops’ wasn’t, exactly, a household word. But, in the READ MORE
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Two
Instead of biting the tourism bullet, and aggressively addressing our housing crisis, the Council set the stage for continuing division and discord…
EDITORIAL: Some Encouraging Signs on the COVID Front
A few days ago, NPR ran a story about two Texas-based virus researchers who have developed a very low-cost vaccine that’s now being administered in India…