Category: Opinion/Letters

“They’re hoping that they can slide this under the radar and really cast it as a compromise between anti-abortion and pro-choice voters…”

During a September 2020 campaign rally in Michigan, Trump crowed: “I got you so many damn car plants.” But, in fact, no new car plants had appeared in the state….

“Truth is neither liberal nor conservative. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent…”

What does it take to be a ballot writer? Deceptive communication skills? A postgraduate degree in obfuscation?

A Colorado land owner who allows cattle to graze annually on his or her ranch property qualifies as an agricultural business, and probably pays next to nothing in terms of property taxes on the land itself…

Those opposed to Proposition 115 argue that pregnancy is more complex than just making a law. We agree…

“Mitch McConnell’s proposal is woefully inadequate. It fails to provide long-term support to our hardest-hit businesses that have been completely or mostly shuttered during the pandemic…”

No doubt some readers, sensing a steadily declining level of service from our local governments, would support most any tax increase — as they did in 2018, when Archuleta County voted to increase the school district’s mill levy…

If Amendment B does not pass, the next round of Gallagher adjustments will likely reduce the rate on residential property to around 6%. Maybe even less…

The California Street building is different now. Not the overall look of the building; that hasn’t changed. But like many commercial buildings, the interior design changes as different business firms move in and out…

Every day, I wake up and thank the fine people of Colorado for the beauty and fullness of my life…

Can’t remember the last time I had the barbecue going, out back at our place in California. There’s been so much smoke from wildfires…