“Well, as I stated before, even in the Tourism Board meeting, you know… housing, workforce housing, isn’t your government’s problem…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
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…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Thank You For That Question!’
“Thank you for the opportunity to answer that very important question. Our office recognizes the seriousness of this case, and will devote all our resources to assuring the proper decision is reached…”
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About Community Development, Part Three
“We’ve made a statement, that we are onboard with helping with housing. We’ve put an exorbitant amount of money into our infrastructure budget — something that we’ve never done before…”
OPINION: Approval of COVID Vaccine for Young Children Will Put Millions at Serious Risk
“Conversely, according to Pfizer’s own study trial data, the chance of death in children from the Pfizer vaccine is 107 times higher than death due to COVID…”
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About Community Development, Part Two
We, the taxpayers, are now asked to continually subsidize an industry that provides mainly videos, social media, and pornography. Except no one actually asked us…
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About Community Development, Part One
“And… I’m just very… concerned… about the type of people who are coming here… because I saw it all over the Western Slope…”
HMPRESENTLY: Acronyms in the Spotlight
TMTG, recently announcing former President Trump’s new SPAC-funded social media site, that may give Facebook, Twitter and other established social media sites a run for their money…
EDITORIAL: Freeing Ourselves from the Tourism Trap, Part Eight
At the conclusion of the discussion, Council member Mat deGraaf volunteered to meet with the citizens who’ve proposed two ballot questions…
EDITORIAL: Freeing Ourselves from the Tourism Trap, Part Seven
“Massive” is right. The County tax collection from the first quarter alone was more than the entire year in 2015. And it’s all being spent to subsidize the tourism industry…