Can we dig ourselves out of this hole? Or are we looking at a ‘black hole’ that’s going to suck in everything within its gravitational field?…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Attempts to Heal Our Neighborhoods, Part Three
According to national vacation rental management company Vacasa, the people most likely to convert single-family homes into vacation rentals are between the ages of 20 and 50…
HMPRESENTLY: Your Neighbor, the LLC
If you’re thinking this smacks of the short-term rental business model, or the timeshares business model, the startup’s founders would disagree…
EDITORIAL: Attempts to Heal Our Neighborhoods, Part Two
As we see, the financial stress was not evenly distributed among the various income levels…
OPINION: Celebrating Labor Day
In 1894, it was common for employees to work twelve or more hours per day, seven days a week…
EDITORIAL: Attempts to Heal Our Neighborhoods, Part One
“WHEREAS, Town Council hereby finds that the use of residential property as a short-term vacation rental impacts the Town and its residents in various ways…”
LETTER: Curtains Up Pagosa, Cinderella & COVID
In this case, “…the show must go on…” was a reckless and dangerous choice that caused COVID spread within the CUP cast…
LETTER: From the Curtains Up Board, to Our Wonderful Community
We are trying to be as transparent as possible as we continue to grow this organization to be a more present part of this community…
EDITORIAL: Re-Imagining the Constitution
“We have found our way back to those precious founding documents. And in those documents we find all that we need to operate as a Constitutional county…”
EDITORIAL: Turning Off Arizona’s Water Tap?
Beginning next year, certain Arizona farmers will be cut off from much of the water they’ve been extracting from the Colorado River for decades…
HMPRESENTLY: There’s Fish to Fry
So, just like that, things can change, and you discover how fragile a community’s character can be…
EDITORIAL: Strange Tales from Pitkin County, Colorado
“In fact, 66% of all positive COVID-19 cases among residents in Pitkin County… have been so-called ‘breakthrough’ cases, or those involving fully vaccinated residents…”
EDITORIAL: School Board Hears About Mask Policy… and Housing… Part Five
Not too far behind — in fact, at number 19 in the Vacasa list — is Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where the median home price (Vacasa claims) is $361,000…
EDITORIAL: School Board Hears About Mask Policy… and Housing… Part Four
Pagosa Springs High School students are now starting their fourth year of learning the construction business, and, last May, built the chicken coops shown above for their annual fundraising auction…
OPINION: ‘There is No Military Solution’
That was the conclusion reached by the Biden administration earlier this year, which set into motion the plans for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan…
EDITORIAL: School Board Hears About Mask Policy… and Housing… Part Three
As I see it, the arguments coming from the opponents of mask-wearing fell into three general categories…
Pagosa Springs ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ to Host Listening Sessions This Week
Consultants from Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), a Durango-based planning and design firm, will help guide the listening sessions…
EDITORIAL: School Board Hears About Mask Policy… and Housing… Part Two
The audience members who came to testify apparently arrived with the assumption… that the School District would be requiring masks?
EDITORIAL: School Board Hears About Mask Policy… and Housing… Part One
The next question asked about masking intentions, for the start of the 2021-22 school year. Are parents planning to send their kids to school with masks? 62% said ‘No’…