Local property taxes are also the source for repaying the school district’s General Obligation Bond debt for capital projects…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Walking in Quick-Drying Cement, Part Four
“What I do hope makes our entire community excited is a new school for our students to attend — safer, healthier, has better learning environments, that helps us retain teachers…”
LETTER: Love for Our Public Lands
For far too long, extractive industries were prioritized for most of the 245 million acres of public lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management…
EDITORIAL: Walking in Quick-Drying Cement, Part Three
At the conclusion of last night’s meeting, ASD Superintendent Rick Holt noted that the School Board will be charged with making the final decision…
EDITORIAL: Walking in Quick-Drying Cement, Part Two
The discussion concerned future decisions by the two Boards — and ultimately, by Archuleta County voters — about the best way to provide safe, functional school buildings…
EDITORIAL: Walking in Quick-Drying Cement, Part One
This morning, I’m thinking of some different analogies for “walking in wet cement…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: We Are All Socialists Now
Since his inauguration, President Trump has engaged in a massive pro-socialism agenda…
OPINION: The Colorado River Cannot Wait While We Debate (or Litigate) Its Future
Ultimately, the challenges confronting the Colorado River must be met with solutions on the ground…
OPINION: How Liberalism Lost the World
A society that refuses to name the good cannot defend it…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Five
Gilpin County voters approved a Lodgers Tax increase to 6%, to be used for child care, housing, and public infrastructure…
OPINION: As States Argue Over Who Gets to Drain the Colorado River… Tribes Grant It ‘Personhood’
The future of the Colorado River is immensely contested…
OPINION: Rethinking Nonprofit Culture — Especially During the Holidays
This holiday season, I’m not asking people to give more — I’m asking us all to care better…
LETTER: A Better Use for Lodgers Tax
I have posed these questions before: How much tourism is enough? How much is too much?
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Four
“Then I guess my second question is, if funding were available, and you received it, would this be a yearly ask…?”
OPINION: The Man Who Bought a Forest, to Save It
Johan Eliasch could have followed the well-worn path of industry, extracting resources, converting nature into numbers on a spreadsheet…
OPINION: Fighting for Veterans, to Protect Jobs, Health Care, Freedoms
Today and every day, the labor movement is proud to be home to more than 1 million veterans…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Three
Apparently, there is a “pie” that Mr. Hensle and the Association would like a “piece” of…
OPINION: The Danger to America
One of the great tragedies in American politics is the success of MAGA supporters such as House Speaker Mike Johnson…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Two
Last year, the County collected about $450,000 in Lodgers Tax revenues, and handed it over the the Tourism Board and VisitPagosaSprings.com…