But the BOCC did weigh in, last month, on the subject of access to federal lands, by sending a letter to “For Whom It May Concern”…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: The Return of Jim Crow
This puts voter suppression into the deep context of American racism. The wound is still wide open…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Four
She discusses the curious situation where company or organization is heading for a massive failure, and everyone can see it coming, but management continues to act as if everything is hunky dory…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Three
Should we have “debt” included in our conceptual map? Easier said than done. We can’t easily create a map of consumer debt, or even business debt, in Archuleta County in 2021…
OPINION: A Frame of Reference for Health Care Reform
When evaluating these and other proposals for healthcare reform, it is important to remember that there are not likely to be any “perfect” solutions…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Two
Apparently, during the summer of 2016, US real estate agents were listing close to 1.5 million homes available for purchase…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part One
Although COVID data is fairly easy to find in March 2021, several things related to public health have not been tracked. Maybe we’re too busy tracking COVID?
EDITORIAL: Toward a More Responsible, Meat-Free Future
The Colorado meat industry’s alarm over the global observance of ‘Meatout’ on March 20, offers a splendid opportunity to discuss the merits of eating animals…
EDITORIAL: County Government Increases Vacation Rental Fees
“I think that we’re trying several different avenues to try and remedy a situation that may be impossible to remedy, as far as housing availability and affordability…”
OPINION: Oil Industry Warning of Underfunding is Unfounded
LWCF, for those who may not know, is the most successful conservation program in the United States, enacted by Congress in 1965…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Five
Some of us are expecting a total of about 14,000 full-time residents in Archuleta County when the 2020 Census numbers are released…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Four
I agree that the Town government ought to be helping us decide what “the right things” are — in terms of health and safety. We don’t want our buildings to be dangerous…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Three
This Power Point slide doesn’t mention the additional $1 million the Town and County plan to spend, in 2021, exclusively on tourism marketing and tourism-related events…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Two
Due to a fairly steep slope, the winding half-mile-long trail will cover less than a quarter mile as the crow flies. The estimated cost is about $1.5 million…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part One
The idea of “sustainability” dates back to at least the 1600s, when Europeans looked around and noticed that their forests were quickly disappearing…
EDITORIAL: The Joys of Owning a Vacation Rental in Pagosa Springs, Part Six
“There’s certainly a need for balance when it comes to tax laws…”
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Eight
The taxpaying public — the folks who ultimately paid for the Wilson Water Group report — deserves to hear all sides of a public policy issue…
OPINION: What We Can Learn from the Skinniest Home in London
Building places with many hands from the bottom-up is messy and fraught with challenges, but it also gives us the capacity to evolve and adapt…
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Seven
Does that mean we will agree with unanimity on solutions? Probably not, but I believe we can come to consensus…