“The proposed federal cuts to Medicaid aren’t simply a budget line item in the beltway political game; they would have devastating consequences for our health and our economy back here in Colorado…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Six
“Many housing advocates have begun eyeing mobile homes as a solution to the country’s housing shortage — after some key protections are enacted, that is…”
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Five
A House is Not Always a Home. The reverse may also be true: A Home is Not Always a House…
OPINION: Aurora ICE Detention Center is the Bastille of Colorado
The facility symbolizes all that is inhumane, repressive and rotten about the Trump administration…
OPINION: A Nation Bleeds While The World Watches
The Sudanese people have endured indescribably torturous death, destruction, displacement, and disease…
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Four
In particular, the Town and County governments made a concerted effort to discourage new mobile home parks…
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Three
The housing crisis is not hitting everyone in the same way….
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Two
The classification being sought takes some explaining. I hope you can bear with me…
LETTER: Not Comforted or Assured About Fire Hydrants
The argument that no fire hydrants have ever failed to operate during 30 years of fires in Pagosa Springs is very weak….
LETTER: Our President Has Made Worse Mistakes Than Mr. Duncan
I want to acknowledge Mr. Duncan’s valid concerns regarding the current political climate…
OPINION: Children in Gaza Expect to Die
“In 2005, there was a study that appeared in the Journal of World Psychiatry looking at traumatized populations under war conditions…”
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part One
We knew about this problem 20 years ago, when the Town and County hired a different consulting firm — Economic and Planning Systems — to produce a Housing Needs Study…
STRONG TOWNS: Real Change Happens Locally
Systems that have failed us for decades are cracking. And while that’s unsettling, it also means we have an opportunity — an opening — to build something better…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Identifying the Uneducated
The problem with the obvious theme of both is the presumption that you can only get educated in schools…
LETTER: Misinformation from Mr. Duncan
When a writer begins with false statements, one has a clue there is a great likelihood that more false statements will follow…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayers and the Government Entities They Support, Part Eleven
Also previously noted, the Archuleta School District will hold a meeting of the Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) next Monday, April 21…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayers and the Government Entities They Support, Part Ten
From what I hear around town, the citizenry of Pagosa Springs have become unusually interested in the pending changes to our community…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: For What It’s Worth
The present administration is a strange brew of billionaires and sycophants… and not a historian in the bunch…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayers and the Government Entities They Support, Part Nine
“But really, what the community is looking for is numbers. How big is the building? Who’s going in there? How much is the potential cost of it?…”