But when folks with different opinions about that, got the ear of politicians, all hell broke loose, over some ten years of time…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: The Uphill Battle with the Pharmaceutical Industry
Americans got the vaccine for free initially because the government not only paid for development, but paid for the vaccine…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Two
But what about this whole “Lowest Point in Recorded History” question, at the Great Salt Lake? That sounds pretty serious…
OPINION: Democracy, the Enemy of the Powerful
Are we a democracy? I’d have to say both yes and no. That’s because democracy is a paradox…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part One
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension — a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind….”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Eight
“I don’t want to hear ‘The Blame Game’. I want to hear some solutions. What can we do to get this resolved? …”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Seven
We celebrate this cabin, and the family that had the grit and the fortitude to live this way during the early days of Pagosa’s history…
OPINION: One Billion Bollards
Construction workers doing maintenance on a roadway rightly demand concrete barriers between them and the traffic flowing next to them…
OPINION: Mental Health Colorado’s Legislative Report
In 2020, millions of us were forced into isolation, and anxiety was at an all-time high due to the economic and health impacts of COVID-19…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Six
“If it were up to me, all of Wyndham [Resorts] would be Section 8 housing. That’s my solution…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Five
Pagosa has a huge supply of potential volunteers, for those who can find a way to motivate them…
EDITORIAL: The Calculus of STRs, and the Third Law of Motion
The Baby Boomers are now retiring, or have retired, and have bought up most of the property in Pagosa Springs, apparently…
OPINION: Civilizing the Savage
Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian Territory…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Four
And maybe one other thing: that we don’t currently have a central agency addressing the housing issue, that can coordinate contributions…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Three
Of course, these numbers will be dramatically different in 2021. Everything is different in 2021. The housing market. Rental rates. Summer traffic. Wait times at local restaurants…
OPINION: Tear Out Your Turf
Colorado residents have conserved water well. They have to do better…
OPINION: A Plan for Parking, That You Can Use
We have a bizarre amount of parking: the data we’ve now gotten a look at affirms that we rarely use even 70% of the public parking…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Two
“One of the questions we’re asking now is, what percentage of of local taxation is on the shoulders of the locals, versus the tourists…”
EDITORIAL: COVID, the Delta Variant, and What We Don’t Know
This chart came from the San Juan Basin Public Health website, on July 18, 2021…