I rode my bike the other day, exercising my body — and exercising caution, because of COVID…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Six
“I hope there will be enough water supply for the future!”
LETTER: I Fear for My Husband’s Life
With five deaths to date and positive cases increasing by the day inside Sterling Correctional Facility, I fear my kids and I won’t ever see Joshua alive again…
OPINION: Support for Biden’s Interior Secretary
“Representative Haaland’s background and experience make her a supremely qualified nominee for Interior Secretary. The Senate should waste no time in confirming Haaland…”
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Five
Nine ranching families, including Paul Bruchez’ family, are involved in the agricultural research project, aimed at growing hay without irrigation….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Four
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive… it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it……”
LETTER: Thanks for Sara Cole’s Op-ed
In one short essay, this writer perfectly described the grievous harm that is being done to our children, the elderly and even small business, the economic bedrock of this country…
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Four
A majority of the “excess” diversions took place in California, it would appear… especially, in California’s Imperial Valley…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Three
You will be repeatedly told you “must follow the law”, which is true. You just won’t be told the law includes your inherent power to say “Screw the law…”
A ‘Freedom of Information’ Holiday Wish List
For several years now, CFOIC president Steve Zansberg and past president Tom Kelley have urged Colorado’s judicial branch to establish a uniform standard…
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Three
But the word acequia refers not only to the ditch itself; it also refers to the organized community that shares and maintains the ditch….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Two
First, the basics. A limited form of government is one that only has the power which is given to it by those governed…
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part Two
“The Board opposes any new transfers of water from the Upper San Juan River and its tributaries upstream of Navajo Reservoir to basins outside of the Upper San Juan River Basin….”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part One
“When the jurors continued to refuse to convict Penn, the Judge had them locked in the jury room without food, water, or heat…”
OPINION: Wild Horses in America…Hard Truths & Sensible Solutions
The result is that today, 50-years since the passage of the 1971 Act, we find that wild horses have been limited-down to about 7% of the grazing on lands that the 1971 Act had set-aside…
EDITORIAL: Strange Diversions in a Strange Land, Part One
The family had one good year before the ditches went dry…
LETTER: COVID is No Hoax
Here in Pagosa Springs, we have enjoyed many months of low transmission rates compared to crowded cities, allowing many people to become complacent, thinking the risk is fictitious…
EDITORIAL: Why Can’t Johnny Read? Part Ten
As the children move from Kindergarten into the elementary school grades, the declared goal is to “imbue children with a sense that the world is beautiful…”
OPINION: Wild Horses Aren’t the Problem; The BLM Is.
Since the passage of the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971, wild horses have lost 41 percent of their habitat…