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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Two

Posted on April 2, 2021March 4, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Here is a slight close-up of Ms. Purcell’s map, showing the area surrounding downtown Pagosa Springs, with some identifying words added. Hatcher Lake. Walmart. Downtown. Wolf Creek Pass…

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EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part One

EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part One

Posted on April 1, 2021March 4, 2026 by Bill Hudson

But it takes basically the same number of employees, working the same number of hours, to treat and deliver 1,000 acre-feet of water as it takes to treat and deliver 2,000 acre-feet of water…

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LETTER: Considering Pagosa Wages

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

Last year I was working for a local businessman and when my check was handed to me, he said that the governing body that we work under stated that a certain wage was required…

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Eight

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 by Bill Hudson

In James Cameron’s film version of the Titanic disaster, the steersman spun the ship’s wheel “hard to starboard”, as far as the wheel would turn. It almost worked. But not quite…

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OPINION: Environmental Groups Address Colorado’s Air Pollution Control

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 by Post Contributor

The joint comment applauds the APCD for its work in creating the 2021 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, while highlighting several critical opportunities…

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Seven

Posted on March 30, 2021March 31, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“My biggest comment is, I would love to simplify the LUDC. I feel like maybe it’s made some unintended consequences…”

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OPINION: The Plastics Crisis

Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

In the age of information, many people know that plastic is bad for our water sources, air, soil, wildlife, and overall human health…

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LETTER: LPEA Election Coming Up

Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

We need to diversify — and we need experienced leadership to ensure we diversify in smart, secure, and affordable ways…

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LETTER: Natural Law vs Positive Law

Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

There is a simple example of natural law that every child learns: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”…

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Six

EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Six

Posted on March 29, 2021March 30, 2021 by Bill Hudson

I know very little about real estate, and even less about multi-family housing developments. But I do have a pocket calculator…

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OPINION: Loving the Second Amendment to Death

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Post Contributor

Addressing gun violence is no doubt a multifaceted issue, but to suggest gun access isn’t part of the problem is to stick one’s head in the sand…

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Five

Posted on March 26, 2021March 29, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Here’s a photo of the proposed site, viewed from the rear of the Walmart store. The development would apparently try to preserve some of the mature pine trees…

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OPINION: Ranchers Are Not the Enemy

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 by Post Contributor

As America’s oldest agriculture advocacy organization, Grange members across the state and nation are heartbroken to see themselves and people they’ve never met in the industry, vilified…

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LETTER: Time to Move Beyond ‘Natural Law’

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 by Post Contributor

And now with issues so pressing, so urgent, so grave and divisive the world can barely discuss them, let alone address and resolve them…

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Four

Posted on March 25, 2021March 17, 2025 by Bill Hudson

This was not going to be a mobile home park. Not exactly.  Although it would indeed be a ‘park’… and all the homes would be ‘mobile’…

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OPINION: A Tragedy in Boulder

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

The tragic shooting that occurred yesterday afternoon inside the King Soopers grocery store at Table Mesa Shopping Center in Boulder took the lives of 10 Coloradans…

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OPINION: War Comes to Your Local Supermarket

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Robert Koehler

“This cannot be our new normal. We should be able to feel safe in our grocery stores. We should be able to feel safe in our schools, in our movie theaters and in our communities…”

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EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Three

Posted on March 24, 2021March 25, 2021 by Bill Hudson

As stated in the Planning Commission packet, “Riverwalk Townhomes will have a positive effect on the economy as it provides more housing opportunities to the Town…”

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Natural Law

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Gary Beatty

Under natural law, we each have the right to life, and to defend ourselves accordingly…

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