The growing number of homes that are becoming short-term rentals (STRs) – vacation rental properties — seems to be exacerbating the housing crisis…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part One
“Crested Butte has pulled its summer ads as businesses struggle to accommodate crowds. A Telluride councilwoman wants to redirect tourism funding toward housing….”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Solution to the Housing Crisis?
We’ve xeriscaped our yard, using native foliage requiring no irrigation or chemicals… which doesn’t necessarily make for HGTV dream home “curb appeal”…
OPINION: Colorado Not a Winner in the Vaccine Lottery
Now that Colorado’s vaccine lottery has concluded, we can confidently say it went worse than expected…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Seven
Merely in terms of vacant land, we could completely solve Archuleta County’s housing crisis within the historic downtown limits…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Six
If you look closely at the photo, you can see that two small metal culverts passing under the walking path…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Five
This sizable vacant parcel was donated to the Archuleta School District back in the early 1970s…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Four
“So I’m wondering… could the Library help with this problem? I understand that it’s not part of your current plans, to even think about housing…”
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Three
Here’s a view of the library, taken from the ‘Town to Lakes Trail’ adjacent to Highway 160, standing near the Pagosa Springs Elementary School…
HMPRESENTLY: In…ter…est…ing
What I was reading was about our deeply polarized country, as described in a book by Jonathan Rauch, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth…
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Two
“The Town and County have expressed a consistent interest in housing options in our community, especially those that can serve our workforce. So we will be bringing forward a strategic plan…”
EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part One
Given the massive influx of tourists last summer, and this summer, I might have expected at least some of the business owners to be in a good mood…
EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part Two
“So it’s challenging to deal with that. Healthcare as a system — in terms of reimbursement — is sort of a broken system, for our country…”
EDITORIAL: This is Your Brain, Feeling Thirsty
The drought emergency is declared for the following counties experiencing severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought conditions…
OPINION: Why Did You Kill My Brother?
The more I ponder this question — “why?” — the larger it grows. Whatever justice is, I believe it begins here…
EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part One
“We are happy to report that despite the pandemic, PSMC is financially stable and beginning to change its focus from a public health crisis response to a renewed focus on continued growth…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists… Or Was I Imagining Things?
Pagosa’s hospitality sector employs about 349 people… out of a total employed workforce of about 6,862…
EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Three
“So, are we trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist?…”
HMPRESENTLY: Communists… Really?
Going by the scowling index — if there’s such a thing — who’s who, and what’s what?