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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part One

Posted on November 7, 2025November 10, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Expectations can be a wonderful thing, so long as you don’t take them too seriously…

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OPINION: Tell Congress to End the Shutdown

OPINION: Tell Congress to End the Shutdown

Posted on November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 by Post Contributor

In the backdrop of this shutdown, 44 million people are shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans and discovering exponentially higher premiums…

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OPINION: What It Means to Stay

Posted on November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 by Rosa Chavez

Staying in a rural place is not passive.  It is work — emotional, financial, cultural, communal. Work to find housing. Work to afford groceries and heat…

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EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part Two

Posted on November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“I would really like to have some sort of meaning from working towards a goal or cause that betters humanity as a whole…”

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Democrats Won with More Than Just an Anti-Trump Message

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Democrats Won with More Than Just an Anti-Trump Message

Posted on November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 by John Tures

Sherill focused on affordability, health care costs and housing, as well as education and early childhood care…

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BIG PIVOTS: An Afternoon in Denver's Industrial Armpit

BIG PIVOTS: An Afternoon in Denver’s Industrial Armpit

Posted on November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 by Allen Best

The refinery is located amid what might be called a municipality’s urban necessities, at least as defined in the mid-20th century…

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EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part One

EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part One

Posted on November 5, 2025November 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Has government really gotten so bad, that three out of four adults believe government generally does the wrong thing?

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OPINION: One Month Into Shutdown, White House Has Approved More Than 600 Drilling Permits

Posted on November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 by Aaron Weiss

Burgum’s email did not acknowledge his attempt to fire thousands of Interior department employees during the shutdown, which was temporarily blocked by a federal judge…

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EDITORIAL: The 2025 Election, Tuesday, November 4

EDITORIAL: The 2025 Election, Tuesday, November 4

Posted on November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 by Bill Hudson

You can also submit your mail ballot, or mark a ballot, today at the Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association (PLPOA) Clubhouse, 230 Port Ave…

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EDITORIAL: Controversial 'Pagosa West' Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Six

EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Six

Posted on November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Sometimes the Planning Commission simply looks the other way when regulations are “interpreted” by the Town staff to allow such transgressions to take place…

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OPINION: When Hunger Rises, So Can We

OPINION: When Hunger Rises, So Can We

Posted on November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 by Colorado Newsline

Will we remain quiet while millions worry about their next paycheck, their next meal, their next medical bill…?

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EDITORIAL: Controversial 'Pagosa West' Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Five

Posted on October 31, 2025November 3, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So… maybe we should entertain some more discussion.”   (Uncomfortable laughter…)

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OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part Two

OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part Two

Posted on October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 by David Korten

According to the World Bank, over the past four decades, China has lifted more than 800 million people out of extreme poverty…

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LETTER: What is the Town Planning Commission Thinking?

Posted on October 31, 2025November 5, 2025 by Post Contributor

Am I surprised at the decision to approve the conceptual plan based upon a seemingly laughable “Sketch Plan”?  Sadly, I am not…

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EDITORIAL: Controversial 'Pagosa West' Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Four

Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“This correspondence documents multiple procedural and constitutional defects in that hearing, including the abuse of public participation through the weaponization of citizens’ comments…”

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OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part One

OPINION: China Has Defined Our Human Choices, Part One

Posted on October 30, 2025October 31, 2025 by David Korten

In 2005, while serving as provincial party secretary of Zhejiang, Xi Jinping introduced what he called the Two Mountains Theory…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Not Putting Money on the Democrats

Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 by John Tures

“Democrats fall in love, while Republicans fall in line,” quipped sportscaster Colin Cowherd…

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EDITORIAL: Controversial 'Pagosa West' Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing, Part Three

Posted on October 29, 2025October 30, 2025 by Bill Hudson

A couple of days ago, a friend has asked me if I thought the Planning Commission would approve the Pagosa West Sketch Plan…

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OPINION: Amid SNAP Cuts, We Take Care of Each Other

OPINION: Amid SNAP Cuts, We Take Care of Each Other

Posted on October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 by Post Contributor

For five years it’s been nonstop: fires, floods, COVID, housing crises, and now this. Many of us are tired, but we know that resilience is a shared muscle…

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