The first day of peaceful protest had attracted a wide demographic mix of Pagosa Springs residents — perhaps 120 people, from young children to senior citizens — while the second day saw a somewhat smaller turnout…
Category: Opinion/Letters
VIDEO: Silence is Violence, Part One
I didn’t expect to see any such protest take place in small-town Pagosa Springs, nor would I have expected more than 100 citizens of all ages, from this generally politically-conservative community, to show up and participate…
EDITORIAL: The Dream of a Tourism Revival, Part Three
I wish our governments here would make more of an effort to fill the various baskets that make for a healthy, diverse community…
OPINION: Police Must Reflect Community’s Values
Cities need to assert their own leadership and reorient themselves horizontally to focus on the urgent needs of their residents. That’s how we build strong cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
EDITORIAL: The Dream of a Tourism Revival, Part Two
“We’re certainly seeing an increased number of visitors coming into town. Those are the folks that we don’t have to invite back….”
EDITORIAL: The Dream of a Tourism Revival, Part One
“Through our Arrivalist data and targeted advertising capabilities, we can slowly reintroduce advertising, targeting very specific markets…”
HMPRESENTLY: Who’s Cool? Who’s Not?
And more recently, there’s Putin. When he’s not wearing suits, rather bureaucratic-looking, like Kruschchev’s, he’s seen, shirtless, on a horse…
EDITORIAL: Personality Conflicts at Town Hall, Part Three
“I wouldn’t vote in favor of [this Resolution] under any scenario,” Mr. Ford explained, “but I think it does step over the line and makes it look like you’re politicking…”
HMPRESENTLY: jux·ta·pose
And with the Camden, New Jersey police chief recounting how a citizen in his community called up to ask: Hey chief, do you want to hold a banner with me?
EDITORIAL: Personality Conflicts at Town Hall, Part Two
One could easily form the impression that Mr. Schulte dislikes the very idea of taxpayer approvals — one of the cornerstones of taxation policy in Colorado…
LETTER: To My Fellow Coloradans
In recent days, many have observed that the current pandemic has exposed profound inequality in our society…
EDITORIAL: Personality Conflicts at Town Hall, Part One
Which brings me around to the Town’s new Urban Renewal Authority — the URA — and the ongoing political controversy surrounding it. You might even classify it as a ‘personality conflict’…
EDITORIAL: Dying Alone in a Nursing Home, Part Two
In an article on the FREOPP.org website, reporter Gregg Girvan referred to the nursing home crisis as the “most underappreciated aspect of the novel coronavirus pandemic…”
OPINION: Concerning the Colorado River
However, during this time the Imperial Valley was no sacred cow as Mr. Hudson’s editorial suggested. We were the sacrificial lamb…
OPINION: The Endgame for Small Towns
My hometown of Brainerd is a ward of the state. So is nearly every small town in America….
OPINION: The Pandemic Underlines America’s Ingrained Racism
We are now reaping the harvest of the seeds of racism and discrimination; the devaluation of black life in job opportunities, in buying and lending, in wages, positions, and treatment…
EDITORIAL: A Season of Educational Confusion, Part Three
“In some of your schools, it might be that almost everybody needs to be back, because they’re working parents, they’re single parents; they need the schools…”
HMPRESENTLY: Some Things Powerful and Hopeful, Over These Past Troubling Days
I’m making notes about some powerful, hopeful news, even as there’s almost unrelenting unrest in American cities…
EDITORIAL: Dying Alone in a Nursing Home, Part One
CMS — the federal bureaucracy that certifies nursing homes and writes the checks — has forbidden family members from visiting… certainly a cause for depression and feelings of abandonment…