Will the Pagosa Springs Area Tourism Board find it reasonable to spend some of that windfall to address the housing crisis they helped to create…?
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Strange Bed Partners During an Affordable Housing Crisis, Part Three
“As you all know, we have a terrible housing crisis. I talk to people all the time, and it’s not just retail workers, it’s not just restaurant employees…”
EDITORIAL: Porco’s Complaint
“The San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board would like to issue an apology to Mr. Bill Hudson, Pagosa residents, and the Pagosa SUN…”
EDITORIAL: Strange Bed Partners During an Affordable Housing Crisis, Part Two
Like the ACHA proposal, the PHP proposal contains some funding for consultants, but unlike the ACHA budget, the PHP budget also pays for permanent local employees…
EDITORIAL: Strange Bed Partners During an Affordable Housing Crisis, Part One
Three years later, they have found themselves unable to fully cooperate in spending a meager $100,000 on this massive problem…
EDITORIAL: The ‘Blood Quantum’ Question, Part Three
Americans have always embraced division and separation, right alongside our fascination with equality and unity…
EDITORIAL: The ‘Blood Quantum’ Question, Part Two
Divisions established by law or by policy cut both ways, but they are always divisions…
EDITORIAL: The ‘Blood Quantum’ Question, Part One
“Native Americans in the U.S. are the only minority group that has to prove their Native-ness on an Indian Card…”
EDITORIAL: Unsatisfied Minds, Part Three
We all know that our schools could — in theory — provide a better education than what is currently being provided…
EDITORIAL: Unsatisfied Minds, Part Two
So about $4.7 million per year in new taxes, between the two government proposals. That comes to about $390 per year for every man, woman and child…
EDITORIAL: Unsatisfied Minds, Part One
Pagosa Springs has a much improved downtown, compared to 75 years ago, in terms of business activity and amenities that serve both locals and visitors…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Heading Back to the Ballot with Same Jail Proposal?
“I know that we had our differences last year, but we would really appreciate your support going forward on this…”
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part Four
On June 25, the Joint Strategic Priorities Funding Advisory Group voted unanimously to award ‘up to $50,000’ to the Archuleta County Housing Authority…
EDITORIAL: The School District’s Secret $50 Million Meeting?
I will readily admit that I did not have permission to take this photograph… but I figured maybe a photo taken from a public sidewalk was permissible…
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part Three
Politics. As slow as molasses and just as frustrating. But a single politician can make the process even more frustrating…
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part Two
““This article explores whether common negative stereotypes of public employees are consistent with the descriptive and empirical literature comparing public and private employees….”
EDITORIAL: Quitting the County, Part One
But maybe, nowadays, Americans don’t feel the same loyalty to their jobs, and to the community they live in?
OPINION: Supreme Court Weighs In on Internet Purchases
A majority of the Supreme Court decided they had to fix what they call a “serious inequity in the law”…
EDITORIAL: Stage Three Restrictions? No Thanks…
“So about an hour ago, I received a phone call from the Forest Service, indicating that they had spent the day reviewing the current indices based on the recent weather event…”