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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Ten

Posted on December 31, 2019January 2, 2020 by Bill Hudson

The place I was most excited to visit, as an eight-year-old, was Tomorrowland…

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LETTER: The Shadow War

Posted on December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by Post Contributor

Both Russia and China are aggressively jointly practicing a “high-low” strategy of hostility…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Nine

Posted on December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 by Bill Hudson

Of the fourteen ideas listed, more than half — eight of them, to be exact — reference “walking” or “recreation.” Our current Council seems wonderfully interested in increased pedestrian activity…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Eight

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Eight

Posted on December 27, 2019December 30, 2019 by Bill Hudson

Mr. Simpson made a preliminary presentation to the Town Planning Commission on November 26, showing rough sketches of the proposed low-income town homes. The plan was praised by the Town Planning department…

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OPINION: A 21st Century Solution for American Morality

Posted on December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 by Post Contributor

The United States can restore the trust that allows civil society to flourish by emphasizing the values that have long bound us together, and by adopting the newer values of shared power and racial equity…

Posted in Education/Health, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Seven

Posted on December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 by Bill Hudson

“I realized that if the economic conversations taking place in parliaments, in boardrooms and in the media worldwide are going to change, then the fundamental economic ideas taught in schools and universities have to be transformed, too….”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Health Care in 2019, the Year in Review

Posted on December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 by Post Contributor

While the ACA remains the law of the land, the current administration continues to take executive actions that erode coverage and other gains…

Posted in Education/Health, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Six

Posted on December 24, 2019December 26, 2019 by Bill Hudson

I suppose the Christmas season can seem like a treadmill to some people… trying to find and afford appropriate gifts for family and friends… often going into debt in the effort to show how much we care…

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EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Five

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Five

Posted on December 23, 2019December 24, 2019 by Bill Hudson

A key word here is “resilient.” Able to weather a storm. Durable. Stronger and longer-laster than some of the roads and buildings and infrastructure built here in Archuleta County over the past 40 years…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Americans Support a Non-Nuclear Future

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 by Lawrence Wittner

In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Four

Posted on December 20, 2019February 25, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“I’m open to having greater special district participation on the commission, but I also think the Council needs to be the driving force of that board, to maintain the majority…”

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LETTER: Blight in Pagosa Springs

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 by Post Contributor

Too bad it already has water, sewer, paved streets, etc. Otherwise, the Town could grant itself TIF to rebuild…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Growth 'Ponzi Scheme', Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Three

Posted on December 19, 2019January 26, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“What they really want, is to have a meeting with the town, with the districts and have the districts and the town together to put together the format of the board, likely leading to more taxing entities on that board…”

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EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Two

Posted on December 18, 2019January 12, 2022 by Bill Hudson

Ten years ago, the Town of Pagosa Springs was struggling with declining tax revenue, thanks to the Great Recession… after almost two decades of steady revenue growth…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

WHAT’S UP DOC? Comedy and Cooking at Natural Grocers

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 by Post Contributor

The class is called Cooking with Comedians and we look forward to sharing our love for healthy cooking and comedy — two topics we are very passionate about…

Posted in Education/Health, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Growth 'Ponzi Scheme', Part One

EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part One

Posted on December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 by Bill Hudson

“Bolstered by state and federal funding, municipal bond debt financing as well as tax incentives and deferrals, cities and towns that want to induce new development have many means of doing so…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part Three

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by Bill Hudson

“Our goal is reducing recidivism, which leads to reductions in the incarceration rate, (and) phasing out private prisons,” Polis said…

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EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part Two

Posted on December 13, 2019December 16, 2019 by Bill Hudson

We do know, however, that it cost the Sheriff’s Office about $400,000 last year to house all of our inmates at the La Plata County Jail, an hour’s drive away….

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EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Hidden Cost of Jails, Part One

Posted on December 12, 2019December 13, 2019 by Bill Hudson

“You want to know what this was really all about?” he asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect…

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