“This probably sounds absolutely crazy to you, but to me it has felt like a sort of salvation. Because Seya and I have been fighting for nearly 20 years…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Fighting Fires, and Just Plain Fighting, Part One
When I wrote my letter in 1993, Clarissa and the two girls had already arrived in Pagosa Springs and were settling into a tiny, rented cabin on San Juan Street…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part Three
But somewhere between Mother Nature’s gifts from the sky, and your water tap, the cost of less water has become higher and higher…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part Two
If we reach that stage due to declining reservoir levels or reduced stream flows, PAWSD will start prohibiting daytime landscape watering…
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part One
According to my pocket calculator, PAWSD has theoretical diversion rights equal to about 10 times the amount of water they need, per year. In a good year…
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part Two
“Is it the job of the Town Council to forever provide taxpayer subsidies to this one private corporation?…”
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part One
But what, exactly, is the relationship between the private corporation known as the “Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership” and the taxpayers of Pagosa Springs?
OPINION: Old School Politics
Whenever I hear we need to spend tax dollars “for the kids” I think of Johnson’s words…
ELECTION RESULTS: November 7, 2017
As we see in the unofficial results, Ballot Issue 1A was rejected by a small margin…
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Three
What has changed since 2010? If Dry Gulch was a boondoggle then, what has changed to make it a good idea in 2017?
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Two
“No, it’s not good news. There’s still a window of opportunity, to get them to turn this thing around, but it would be a long shot…”
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part One
“I consider myself an informed person. I’m a County commissioner. I was intimately involved in the first Dry Gulch deal….”
EDITORIAL: The Rezoning of Aspen Village, Part Three
The solution he proposed closely resembled the solutions that have been promoted by the Archuleta County Affordable Housing Workgroup over the past nine months: a mix of small single-family homes, townhomes and apartments…
EDITORIAL: The Rezoning of Aspen Village, Part Two
Limiting the Enclave development to townhomes and single-family only — as recommended by the Town Planning Commission — simply makes the development less likely to address the most pressing housing needs in the community…
EDITORIAL: The Rezoning of Aspen Village, Part One
With that curious little U.S. Post Office policy in mind, we might look at the 45 property owners who received notices of the meeting…
EDITORIAL: Valentine’s Day for the Charter School? Part Three
This decision by the Archuleta School Board, to make no decision, pretty much guarantees that the Pagosa Peak Open School will be unable to open its doors as planned…
EDITORIAL: Valentine’s Day for the Charter School? Part One
Relationships are complicated. We understand that. The two parties will always have conflicting desires, along with their shared goals…
EDITORIAL: ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Goes Nowhere
“I mean, our goal in doing the development thing to begin with is, we want downtown to work. It will take a lot for us to do either Sketch Plan A or Sketch Plan B…”
EDITORIAL: Attorney Fees, Explained
“So, for what it’s worth, litigation — if you involve yourself in litigation, and if you are conscientious — you devote a lot of hours to it. You really do…”