How about those parking solutions? Do we want more parking? And even more importantly, do we want to pay for it?…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part One
How many of the respondents were developers, who would end up paying this fee? In fact, who were the respondents?…
LETTER: The Unexpected Benefits of Working from Home
Was a virus created in the lab and deliberately leaked into the local wet markets for experimentation on the people of Wuhan?
EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part Two
According to reporter MacFarquhar, a survey of almost 200 police departments indicated that retirements were up 45 percent, and resignations rose by 18 percent between April 2020 and April 2021…
EDITORIAL: The Elusive ‘Facts’ Around Vacation Rentals
Increased computational powers have made it easier to generate “data”… but the main “data” that we have for Pagosa is median home prices, and median rental prices…
OPINION: Nationalism on the Decline
As the nationalist tide has receded, governments have turned to reviving the international institutions and agreements battered during the previous years…
EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part One
Currently, we don’t have a Taco Bell in Pagosa Springs, so we shouldn’t expect to see anyone here jumping into a kitchen sink, on their last day on the job…
EDITORIAL: Rising Price of Water as Reservoirs Run Dry? Part Two
Water wasn’t always a concern in Colorado. Or so the geologists tell us…
HMPRESENTLY: A Certain Rhythm To It
And if you miss a beat, you’ll be all too aware, when the media report what you’ve had to say, in response to reporters’ questions…
EDITORIAL: Rising Price of Water as Reservoirs Run Dry? Part One
A drought plan drafted in 2019 calls for water releases from Navajo Lake, Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Blue Mesa Reservoir into Lake Powell…
OPINION: Helping Pagosa Families Find Housing
So here is the important part that I need our community leaders to think about. “Who are your constituents?”
OPINION: Godzilla and the Colorado River
“With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound, He pulls the spitting high tension wires down…..”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists?
“I think we can all agree that traffic is increasing in Pagosa, to unsafe levels…”
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part Five
Nevertheless, my sense is that the Mountain Express Transit system is not only holding its own, but in fact, is set to expand its services. Possibly to Durango?
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part Four
We met for our chat in Ms. Vanoni’s modest office space, upstairs in the ‘Nick’s Hanger’ building on Piedra Road…
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part Three
In particular, the bus might be an electric bus, which would play into the State of Colorado’s stated plans to promote electric vehicles with taxpayer subsidies…
OPINION: Electric Utilities and Regulators Do the ‘What-If’ Dance
“It’s about economic development and jobs — and, in the retirement of coal plants, the community impacts of just transition. Economics and low cost still matter. But there are many other considerations…”
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part Two
“Because we’re not going to charge riders to… you know, we’re not going to charge them very much. I think the amount was going to be, like, $10 one way…”
EDITORIAL: Taking the Bus to Durango, Part One
“We’ve been working on this inter-city fixed route feasibility study connecting Pagosa Springs with Durango, connecting the communities along the Highway 160 corridor…”