Category: Opinion/Letters

We will never know who was pushing this “Emergency Ordinance” because all of the Council debate took place behind closed doors, in executive sessions…

Decibel meters measure sound pressure levels. A decibel meter doesn’t care of the sound pressure is coming from a lawnmower, or an electric guitar, or a coffee grinder, or a crying baby…

Pagosa rock bands have entertained people in Town Park, at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, on Lewis Street under a tent, at the County Fair, on the putting green at the Pagosa Golf Club, and on the football field at Pagosa Springs High School…

We can certainly understand the good intentions behind the Noise Control Act of 1972. Recent advancements in transportation technology had come with a high price, when measured in ‘decibels…’

The fact that other cities and towns may have abused the Urban Renewal Law doesn’t mean that the Town of Pagosa Springs ought to do the same thing…

“With all this going on, I haven’t heard anything about the commitment that the Town would make, or the County, to improve the downtown. I look up and down the [main commercial block] and what do I see?…”

The Town entered into an ‘economic incentive’ package with Colorado-based Hometown Markets, with a promise of tax subsidies and fee waivers valued at about $500,000…

Based on what I remember seeing that evening, I walked out onto the vacant 27-acre parcel that attorney Benedetti was promoting as the site for a possible ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ treatment, and snapped a photo…

“The general assembly finds and declares that there exist in municipalities of this state slum and blighted areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare…”

During the late 1950s, the spiraling nuclear arms race, poverty in economically underdeveloped nations, and underfunded public services in the United States inspired considerable thought among socially-conscious Americans…

Will the Town really miss impact fees of $50,000 per year, considering its overall budget has increased by $5.7 million since 2005?

The birthrate for women in their 20s has tended to drop year after year… According to the report, the birthrate among women in their early 20s has dropped an average of 4 percent each year since 2007…

The way I understood home ownership, the way I was taught — by my parents’ actions and conversations — was that a house was meant to be a home, and you maintained it and cared for it…

“Successful breeding depends largely upon the doe’s health during the rut. The ovulation rate is strongly affected by the doe’s level of nutrition…”