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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Four

Posted on June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 by Bill Hudson

At the May 27 work session, businessman and activist Mark Weiler reminded the Council that the housing crisis has indeed been under discussion for more than a decade…

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OPINION: Reconsidering National Dairy Month

Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

This week, NPR reported that New York dairy farmers, who are blaming slumping sales on the pandemic, are expecting more subsidies…

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EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Three

Posted on May 31, 2021June 1, 2021 by Bill Hudson

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ms. Holt earlier this month, to discuss this ambitious plan, which she had priced out at the BOCC work session at $565,000…

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HMPRESENTLY: Learning Dr. Evil’s Laugh

Posted on May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Harvey Radin

I’m not nearly as good at evil, maniacal laughing as Mike Myers was, playing Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers film series…

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EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part Two

Posted on May 28, 2021February 19, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“The person who initiated the project was Father Bernard. He was the one who said, we needed housing for people…”

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EDITORIAL: The Long Road to Affordable Housing, Part One

Posted on May 27, 2021March 26, 2022 by Bill Hudson

“The buildings are in disrepair, in some ways. But really, not in terrible condition, considering… But we’re in the process of putting together a capital needs campaign…”

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OPINION: Consumer Health Protection in Pagosa During COVID, Part Two

Posted on May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 by Ana Sancho Sama

In terms of vaccination requirements within health care settings, we can look at the issue from different angles…

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EDITORIAL: Living and Working in a Remote World, Part Three

Posted on May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by Bill Hudson

We don’t often consider, I suppose, that “remote work” has exploded in many other places around the globe. And that other people, in other lands, are also trying to figure out how to make this whole thing blend…

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OPINION: Consumer Health Protection in Pagosa During COVID, Part One

Posted on May 26, 2021May 27, 2021 by Ana Sancho Sama

In spite of the threat this virus posed to human life, I also found joy and solace in music, reading, renovating my home, taking short day trips on weekends to breathe in the beauty around Pagosa…

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EDITORIAL: Living and Working in a Remote World, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Living and Working in a Remote World, Part Two

Posted on May 25, 2021May 26, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“People come to Pagosa from these bigger cities, and they assume they can work from anywhere. Then they realize that the internet here is very ‘subpar’ across the area…”

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EDITORIAL: ‘News Matters’ Documentary; Watch It Free Through May 28

Posted on May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“When a business is dying, those that really understand it, don’t want to be there to conduct the funeral. Somebody is going to have to turn out the lights on all of these newspapers…”

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OPINION: ‘Black Swan’ Drought Proving Glen Canyon Dam Critics Right

Posted on May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by Gary Wockner

In fact, today’s predicted inflow is so low that the figure used by the federal government’s Record of Decision for Glen Canyon Dam doesn’t even include numbers that low on their chart…

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OPINION: ‘Strong Towns’ Files a Lawsuit Against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure

Posted on May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

Following the hearing, the Board of Licensure issued what would be a final order on March 17, 2021. The order’s findings omit key facts in a way that is prejudicial to Marohn…

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EDITORIAL: Living and Working in a Remote World, Part One

EDITORIAL: Living and Working in a Remote World, Part One

Posted on May 24, 2021May 25, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“There was a migration coming into rural areas; a lot of people hoping to hide out in rural areas. Decentralization was going on in some of the cities and tech hubs…”

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EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Four

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Spanning 3,000 square feet, this shipping container home in Denver, Colorado, has an industrial aesthetic with rustic elements…

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HMPRESENTLY: Old Buddies

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by Harvey Radin

Maybe they’re like old friends meeting up at a tavern — Messaging and Propaganda — at times, distanced from one another, but back in the fold again, at the end of the day…

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EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Three

Posted on May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“The construction should go pretty quickly. Footings, piers, and then drop the can. It’s getting spray foam insulation, so I will need to shoot the bottoms before I stack them…”

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EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Log Cabins vs Cargo Containers, Part Two

Posted on May 19, 2021May 20, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Can we wrap our heads around this idea? 1.8 million acres of large-diameter Engelmann spruce, standing in our Colorado forests, slowly decaying?

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OPINION: Medicare For All Act of 2021, Liberal Benefits with Conservative Spending

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 by Post Contributor

As with our existing Medicare and Medicaid systems, patients would receive health care from their choice of physicians, clinics, hospitals and allied health care professionals…

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