At this point in Mr. Searle’s explanation, he was interrupted by Mr. Dronet… jumping in before Mr. Searle could dig the hole any deeper?
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Six
For those who wanted to hear that millions of dollars in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) incentives would create a virtual economic revolution in Pagosa Springs… there was plenty to get excited about…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Five
This sounds like exactly the same type of mixed-use development being proposed by Mr. Dronet — except with highway frontage, and centrally located in the scenic uptown area…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Four
When a developer is planning to create a new subdivision, there seem to be two basic approaches. One approach is to do a competent market study to make sure there’s an unfilled demand…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Three
Mr. Searle sat quietly for most of the evening and allowed Mr. Dronet to handle the presentation of the proposed 27-acre project…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Two
If you look at the map of Enterprise Zones, it appears that most of Archuleta County qualifies as a “distressed area”…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part One
“I think there may be litigation regardless of which direction we decide to go,” Moreno said….
EDITORIAL: Some Good News
As the Rolling Stones once promised us, you can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders on Lewis Street
“It’s gonna bring a lot of money to this place…” said Commissioner Wadley…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
Before the wife and I left for vacation last Wednesday morning we checked the weather…
OPINION: What Wage Gains?
Senator Patty Murray, alluding to the 10-year gap since the last minimum wage increase, asked: “If workers do not deserve [a raise] at this time, then when do they?”
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Four
I wonder how “resignation” fits into the well-documented shortage of new teachers…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Three
The Archuleta School District has nevertheless decided to place police officers in school hallways, to prevent a crime that will almost certainly never happen…
BOCC Votes to Purchase Harman Art Museum Building
Last year, the BOCC was offered 5 acres of vacant property adjacent to the museum, as the site for their proposed County detention center…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Two
Will putting armed police in our school buildings actually help to keep violence out of the schools — or will it, in fact, insert a culture of violence into the environment?
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part One
“For ELA, we were at the 54th percentile, so right smack dab in the center, for the average ‘growth’ in the state. So our ELA program is delivering what a typical student in Colorado is getting…”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Six
“I think we’ve mentioned, many a time, that we’re willing to settle, when it comes to the attorneys fees, if the plaintiffs would like to approach us and discuss them reasonably….”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Five
The 14 petitioners did not hire an attorney to represent them, but rather filed their request for an official ruling as pro se plaintiffs…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Four
We might note here the authority given to the County Clerk and Recorder, to resolve “any questions about the applicability of the procedures…”