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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part Two

Posted on July 3, 2025July 4, 2025 by Bill Hudson

When discussing water reservoirs, a ‘dead pool’ generally refers to a reservoir where the water level has fallen so low, it can no longer deliver water to its customers…

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OPINION: The Disastrous Impact of Trump’s Immigration Policy

Posted on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 by Alon Ben-Meir

Our predecessors have sacrificed so much to make a more perfect union with immigrants of every race, religion, creed, and national origin…

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EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part One

EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part One

Posted on July 2, 2025July 3, 2025 by Bill Hudson

On the one hand, we humans like things to remain comfortably and predictably the same, day after day, and year after year…

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EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Three

Posted on July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Home builders have six months to get their homes built before the new (and more expensive?) rules go into effect…

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LETTER: Pagosa West is a Proposed Eye Sore the Community Doesn't Need

LETTER: Pagosa West is a Proposed Eye Sore the Community Doesn’t Need

Posted on July 1, 2025August 28, 2025 by Post Contributor

The only positive element of this proposed development is construction of workforce housing.

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Problems With The Big Beautiful Bill

Posted on July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 by John Tures

The more Americans learn about the bill, the less they seem to like it….

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EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Two

Posted on June 30, 2025July 1, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“It sounds like Option A, at this point, has changed. Option A, from the elected officials, would be Wyndham…”

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OPINION: Support Colorado River Environmental Flow Rights at State Board Meeting

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Gary Wockner

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is considering a request by large Front Range water providers…

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OPINION: Gov. Polis Joins Team MAGA

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Colorado Newsline

Jared Polis has made his office an extension of Trump’s lawless immigration enforcement program…

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OPINION: The Only Path to Peace in the Middle East

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Terry Hansen

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has provocatively stated, “My life’s mission is to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state…”

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EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part One

Posted on June 27, 2025June 30, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“We have gone through and outlined how this would work for all of our departments that were affected by the fire…”

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EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Six

EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Six

Posted on June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“If the sales tax is approved, monthly sewer fees would decrease by at least $15.00 per month or more, beginning in January 2026….”

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OPINION: Israeli Leaders Promoting Genocide

Posted on June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 by Alon Ben-Meir

The war is still grinding on, the death and destruction continue, and Netanyahu and his criminal gang are still reveling in the illusion of securing “total victory…”

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EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Five

EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Five

Posted on June 25, 2025June 26, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“About $80–$100 million is needed to fix the aging pipes, build a new wastewater treatment facility, maintain the existing forced main for redundancy, and make other facility repairs and upgrades…”

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EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Four

EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Four

Posted on June 24, 2025June 25, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Recently, the Town of Pagosa Springs has been dealing with a subdivision proposal from a company called ArenaLabs LLC…

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LETTER: Freedom… But Not For All

Posted on June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 by Post Contributor

As we celebrate the Fourth of July with friends, let’s pause to consider those denied even the most basic freedoms…

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LETTER: County Funding That Benefits Only the Few

Posted on June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 by Post Contributor

As citizens of Archuleta County, our request is that we better allocate our taxes to the infrastructure that the vast majority of us rely on…

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EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Three

EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Three

Posted on June 23, 2025July 17, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government — or information to the people…”

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OPINION: When Public Funds Meet Private Roads...the $3M Ghost Maintenance Problem

OPINION: When Public Funds Meet Private Roads…the $3M Ghost Maintenance Problem

Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Rachel Suh

“Maez went on to mention that the County could have 100 miles of roads that it has been maintaining, that may not actually be County roads…”

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