“So I’m wondering… could the Library help with this problem? I understand that it’s not part of your current plans, to even think about housing…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Three
Here’s a view of the library, taken from the ‘Town to Lakes Trail’ adjacent to Highway 160, standing near the Pagosa Springs Elementary School…
HMPRESENTLY: In…ter…est…ing
What I was reading was about our deeply polarized country, as described in a book by Jonathan Rauch, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Two
“The Town and County have expressed a consistent interest in housing options in our community, especially those that can serve our workforce. So we will be bringing forward a strategic plan…”
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part One
Given the massive influx of tourists last summer, and this summer, I might have expected at least some of the business owners to be in a good mood…
EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part Two
“So it’s challenging to deal with that. Healthcare as a system — in terms of reimbursement — is sort of a broken system, for our country…”
EDITORIAL: This is Your Brain, Feeling Thirsty
The drought emergency is declared for the following counties experiencing severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought conditions…
OPINION: Why Did You Kill My Brother?
The more I ponder this question — “why?” — the larger it grows. Whatever justice is, I believe it begins here…
EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part One
“We are happy to report that despite the pandemic, PSMC is financially stable and beginning to change its focus from a public health crisis response to a renewed focus on continued growth…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists… Or Was I Imagining Things?
Pagosa’s hospitality sector employs about 349 people… out of a total employed workforce of about 6,862…
EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Three
“So, are we trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist?…”
HMPRESENTLY: Communists… Really?
Going by the scowling index — if there’s such a thing — who’s who, and what’s what?
EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Two
How about those parking solutions? Do we want more parking? And even more importantly, do we want to pay for it?…
EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part One
How many of the respondents were developers, who would end up paying this fee? In fact, who were the respondents?…
LETTER: The Unexpected Benefits of Working from Home
Was a virus created in the lab and deliberately leaked into the local wet markets for experimentation on the people of Wuhan?
EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part Two
According to reporter MacFarquhar, a survey of almost 200 police departments indicated that retirements were up 45 percent, and resignations rose by 18 percent between April 2020 and April 2021…
EDITORIAL: The Elusive ‘Facts’ Around Vacation Rentals
Increased computational powers have made it easier to generate “data”… but the main “data” that we have for Pagosa is median home prices, and median rental prices…
OPINION: Nationalism on the Decline
As the nationalist tide has receded, governments have turned to reviving the international institutions and agreements battered during the previous years…
EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part One
Currently, we don’t have a Taco Bell in Pagosa Springs, so we shouldn’t expect to see anyone here jumping into a kitchen sink, on their last day on the job…