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Category: Opinion/Letters

OPINION: America’s Eviction Mess, Part Two

Posted on August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 by Daniel Herriges

“The vast majority of nonpayment cases are resolved through late payment, forgiveness, or negotiation,” Furth observed on Twitter…

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EDITORIAL:  A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part Four

EDITORIAL: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part Four

Posted on August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“But other than that, I want to move on to the other items about short-term rentals, so we can give staff some more guidance…”

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OPINION: America’s Eviction Mess, Part One

Posted on August 11, 2021August 12, 2021 by Daniel Herriges

A colossal number of Americans owe back rent due to the pandemic. We are not in a normal situation…

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EDITORIAL: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part Three

Posted on August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“Are we ready to get rid of the Lodgers Tax and funding for external marketing? And do we want to put an excise tax on short-term rentals?…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Leashing Out, At Typos

HMPRESENTLY: Leashing Out, At Typos

Posted on August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 by Harvey Radin

Speaking of typos, there’s actually one humdinger of an amusing typo in pictures of Trump Cards, the cards that Mr. Trump wants his supporters to carry…

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EDITORIAL:  A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part Two

EDITORIAL: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part Two

Posted on August 9, 2021August 10, 2021 by Bill Hudson

The six Town Council members had lots of options to discuss on Tuesday, August 3, for dealing with vacation rentals…

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LETTER: Certain Town Council Members Should Recuse from STR Discussions

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 by Post Contributor

I am writing to express my disagreement with the Town Attorney’s opinion that, if there is a conflict of interest, it is up to the Council member to recuse himself/herself…

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OPINION: Thank You, to Our Health Care Industry

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 by Post Contributor

Medical centers moved mountains to provide care for every patient coming in their doors…

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OPINION: I Don’t Like to Call Myself Homeless

Posted on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 by Post Contributor

I have not had running water, bathroom, a place to cook or even a place to get a comfortable night’s sleep…

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EDITORIAL: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part One

Posted on August 6, 2021August 9, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Although it didn’t make the national news, the Pagosa Springs Town Council also flubbed their hand-off on Tuesday evening, August 3…

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HMPRESENTLY: Playing the Trump Card

Posted on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 by Harvey Radin

‘Humdinger,’ is a word you’re probably not hearing much these days…

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OPINION: What If… a United World is Possible?

Posted on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 by Robert Koehler

How does Planet Earth connect with itself? How do we create a human community that isn’t separated from itself by its own borders? Is it possible?

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EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Three

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Next, we have the problem that inclusionary zoning sometimes functions to reduce the number of affordable housing units, while driving up the cost of housing for middle income families…

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EDITORIAL: Mirror, Mirror, on the Health Care Wall

Posted on August 5, 2021August 17, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“No two nations are alike when it comes to health care. Over time, each country has settled on a unique mix of policies, service delivery systems, and financing models…”

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EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Two

Posted on August 4, 2021August 5, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Housing incentives are a type of Carrot. Perhaps not the same kind of carrot as implied by artist Boardman Robinson in 1916…

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HMPRESENTLY: A Little Self-Praise Goes a Long Ways

Posted on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 by Harvey Radin

Well, anyway, a few days ago, I happened to read in Business Insider that “Republicans have been hammering Democrats with ‘socialism’ smears for years…”

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OPINION: Federal Infrastructure Proposal is a Fraud

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by Charles Marohn

What we’re watching is an unraveling, the last gasps of a social and economic order that came of age in the post-war boom…

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EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part One

EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part One

Posted on August 3, 2021September 15, 2021 by Bill Hudson

So there we were, with the Town Council in one corner, the Town Planning Commission in another corner, and the Pagosa Area Tourism Board in yet another corner…

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EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Three

Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“Families who fell behind on rent don’t have time to wait…”

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