“We learn from our experiences. Frankly, 20, 30 years ago, we all thought environmentalists were a bunch of nutters, you know. Clearly it’s moved front and center…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Mr. Dronet Offers Up Two New Proposals, Part Five
The Archuleta County government has been taking some baby steps recently. They arranged Certificates of Participation (COPs) to build, first, a $15 million jail, and then a new $6 million courthouse next door…
EDITORIAL: Mr. Dronet Offers Up Two New Proposals, Part Four
At the end of the 19th century, most American companies left the housing of their workers in the hands of real-estate speculators, but a few directly intervened to provide housing…
EDITORIAL: County Ready to Address Vacation Rental Problems? Part Two
The vacation rental industry is helping to cause various types of social problems all over the country, and the world, but the impacts seem to be more severe in “tourism-driven” communities like Pagosa Springs…
OPINION: No, the Pandemic Isn’t Over Yet
Despite surging cases, Republican leaders go rogue after Governor Polis lifts statewide mandates…
OPINION: Armed Racism Keeps No One Safe
We do not need policing disconnected from the community it allegedly protects: policing with a “siege mentality”…
EDITORIAL: Mr. Dronet Offers Up Two New Proposals, Part Three
Here is how the apartment building looked on April 12, 2021, in the midst of a thorough remodeling process…
EDITORIAL: County Ready to Address Vacation Rental Problems? Part One
“Rick Haley, Casey Ct., related additional incidents with Short-Term Renters on subdivision roads. Not appropriate in their neighborhood…”
EDITORIAL: Mr. Dronet Offers Up Two New Proposals, Part Two
“We are going to run the property at ‘zero profit’ — basically meaning, every dollar we save in fees and taxes are going to go directly into reducing rents for the residents…”
OPINION: One Small Statement from CDC, One Giant Hope for Humankind
Thousands signed my organization’s MoveOn petition to fight institutional racism as a threat to public health…
EDITORIAL: Mr. Dronet Offers Up Two New Proposals, Part One
“Prior to undertaking any serious planning efforts, the resort ownership will hold an open meeting and invites Pagosa residents to join them and discuss the past, current and future feelings…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: US Supreme Court Rejects California’s Limits on Religious Practice
The Supreme Court noted that, “This is the fifth time the Court has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s COVID restrictions on religious exercise…”
LETTER: Cultured Meat Can Help Save the Planet
“Industrial livestock agriculture — raising cows, pigs and chickens — generates as much greenhouse gas emissions as all cars, trucks and automobiles combined…”
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Seven
Over the past several decades, new concerns about the Colorado River and its tributaries have developed — concerns that didn’t exist when the Hoover Dam was built…
OPINION: Response to State Board of Education Member Joyce Rankin
My heart aches; an educational effort to promote inclusivity for all students has been twisted and manipulated for political purposes…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Six
Would it be possible to modify the behavior of the San Juan River, artificially, so that a two-month recreational ‘rafting season’ could be extended by a couple more weeks?
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Five
Water-related recreation is playing an ever-larger role in Colorado water planning, it seems….
OPINION: No, Colorado Voting Laws Aren’t More Restrictive Than Georgia’s
Misinformation about election laws spreads following relocation of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to Denver…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Four
If 4,664 acres of agricultural land using ‘ditch irrigation’ (40% efficient) could be upgraded to ‘gated pipe irrigation’ (55% efficient)… hmmm…