Andy Davis was expecting a contractor to arrive at his gate on Monday morning at 8:30am, presumably accompanied by one or more Sheriff’s deputies…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Five
Why does this rural and fairly isolated Census Block have very-high-speed Internet available? More than ten times faster than our Town Hall and our premier mineral springs resort?
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Four
The FCC has apparently broken down the entire US into neighborhoods — Census Blocks — and catalogued each Block in terms of which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are available…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Three
In 2019, costs of projects for towers, the carrier neutral building space, broadband manager and grant writer and other items total $307,500…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Two
The map at the beginning of this editorial shows the average speed of Internet services in various countries around the globe…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part One
Apparently, the CDC believes it can help the community get access to “25/3” for a small investment of $200,000. Quite an ambitious goal, I’d say…
EDITORIAL: Can’t We Just Agree on Something?
As we note, the Democratic Party also recommends a ‘Yes’ vote on Amendments Y and Z, just like the Republican Party….
EDITORIAL: Thinking about that $44 Million Tax Increase
The County budget for 2019 projects $2.63 million for next year — a 2.3 percent increase in the General Fund’s sales tax collection…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part Three
His general idea was to accommodate the Streets Department, the Parks Department and the Geothermal Heating Department in one single facility…
OPINION: Believe the Survivor? Why?
Covering up an indiscretion is one reason a woman would lie about sexual assault. There are a others…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part Two
Looking through the proposed budget, we see nearly $600,000 in new and upgraded features for our local parks and trails…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part One
But the engines that once seemed to be driving economic prosperity — tourism and recreation — turned out to have a major defect, once the Great Recession hit…
EDITORIAL: Another Exciting Community Project, Part Two
Their proposed LIHTC apartment project for Hot Springs Boulevard would provide perhaps 40 units of affordable rental housing — mainly for residents near or below the poverty line…
EDITORIAL: Another Exciting Community Project, Part One
All the County Commissioners need to do, to help make this happen, is provide the housing authority with a 99-year lease on 2.5 acres…
EDITORIAL: A County Budget Based on Failure, Part Three
“I appreciate everything, especially the conservativism that you’ve shown in the preparation of this budget, and anticipating the failure of the ballot measure….”
EDITORIAL: A County Budget Based on Failure, Part Two
Commissioner Michael Whiting asked: “Larry, what’s the assumed cost of a facility?”
EDITORIAL: A County Budget Based on Failure, Part One
The first assumption, at the October 9 budget presentation, was that the voters are going to vote ‘NO’ on Ballot Measure 1A…
EDITORIAL: Can’t Afford to Live in Pagosa? Part Four
Why did nearly a third of the Employee respondents report that they were considering leaving Archuleta County?
EDITORIAL: Can’t Afford to Live in Pagosa? Part Three
Quite a few of the PHP survey respondents said they were thinking about leaving…