The place I was most excited to visit, as an eight-year-old, was Tomorrowland…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: The Shadow War
Both Russia and China are aggressively jointly practicing a “high-low” strategy of hostility…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Nine
Of the fourteen ideas listed, more than half — eight of them, to be exact — reference “walking” or “recreation.” Our current Council seems wonderfully interested in increased pedestrian activity…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Eight
Mr. Simpson made a preliminary presentation to the Town Planning Commission on November 26, showing rough sketches of the proposed low-income town homes. The plan was praised by the Town Planning department…
OPINION: A 21st Century Solution for American Morality
The United States can restore the trust that allows civil society to flourish by emphasizing the values that have long bound us together, and by adopting the newer values of shared power and racial equity…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Seven
“I realized that if the economic conversations taking place in parliaments, in boardrooms and in the media worldwide are going to change, then the fundamental economic ideas taught in schools and universities have to be transformed, too….”
OPINION: Health Care in 2019, the Year in Review
While the ACA remains the law of the land, the current administration continues to take executive actions that erode coverage and other gains…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Six
I suppose the Christmas season can seem like a treadmill to some people… trying to find and afford appropriate gifts for family and friends… often going into debt in the effort to show how much we care…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Five
A key word here is “resilient.” Able to weather a storm. Durable. Stronger and longer-laster than some of the roads and buildings and infrastructure built here in Archuleta County over the past 40 years…
OPINION: Americans Support a Non-Nuclear Future
In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Four
“I’m open to having greater special district participation on the commission, but I also think the Council needs to be the driving force of that board, to maintain the majority…”
LETTER: Blight in Pagosa Springs
Too bad it already has water, sewer, paved streets, etc. Otherwise, the Town could grant itself TIF to rebuild…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Three
“What they really want, is to have a meeting with the town, with the districts and have the districts and the town together to put together the format of the board, likely leading to more taxing entities on that board…”
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Two
Ten years ago, the Town of Pagosa Springs was struggling with declining tax revenue, thanks to the Great Recession… after almost two decades of steady revenue growth…
WHAT’S UP DOC? Comedy and Cooking at Natural Grocers
The class is called Cooking with Comedians and we look forward to sharing our love for healthy cooking and comedy — two topics we are very passionate about…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part One
“Bolstered by state and federal funding, municipal bond debt financing as well as tax incentives and deferrals, cities and towns that want to induce new development have many means of doing so…”
EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part Three
“Our goal is reducing recidivism, which leads to reductions in the incarceration rate, (and) phasing out private prisons,” Polis said…
EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part Two
We do know, however, that it cost the Sheriff’s Office about $400,000 last year to house all of our inmates at the La Plata County Jail, an hour’s drive away….