It’s essential to preserve the integrity of our way of life, maintaining its sacredness without compromising it for new initiatives…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Taxpayers and the Government Entities They Support, Part One
Let’s begin with the Monday evening presentation by the PSMC officers, Rhonda Webb and Chelle Keplinger…
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part Two
The bill, if it became law, risked “driving energy costs higher at a time when our state is already nearing an affordability crisis,” said the letter…
EDITORIAL: Conflicts of Interest at Town Hall? Part Three
Without intelligent, thoughtful government assistance, I can’t see how we will ever put a dent in our local housing crisis…
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part One
The bill, if it became law, risked “driving energy costs higher at a time when our state is already nearing an affordability crisis,” said the letter…
EDITORIAL: Conflicts of Interest at Town Hall? Part Two
But there was yet another “conflict of interest” evident at the March 25 meeting, which I felt compelled to bring up to the Planning Commission that evening…
LETTER: Healthy Aging with a Plant-Based Diet
Following a primarily plant-based healthy diet can raise the chances of “healthy aging” at age 70, according to a 30-year study..,.
OPINION: America May Need Another Revolution
With each passing day of President Donald Trump’s second term, the less I believe he and his fascist cronies ever intend on leaving…
EDITORIAL: Conflicts of Interest at Town Hall? Part One
The Pagosa Springs Planning Commission tabled an application for “Sketch Plan” approval last week…
EDITORIAL: A Big Fuss About Fire Hydrants, Part Four
The neighborhoods that burned in LA were not in the midst of a forest. They were normal American suburbs…
OPINION: Congressman Jeff Hurd, Out of Touch
Perhaps you were one of the 332 million people who visited one of the 433 units of the National Park System in 2024?
EDITORIAL: A Big Fuss About Fire Hydrants, Part Three
“I mean, we’re opening hydrants all the time, to clear out of a water line, stuff like that. We haven’t had any problems with any hydrants up to this point…”
OPINION: Colorado Attorneys’ Statement on Upholding Rule of Law
At a time of heightened public discourse around the courts and the legal profession, we find it essential to return to the values that unite us…
LETTER: Social Security is Not a Handout
Social Security isn’t a handout — it’s a promise that millions of us Older Americans have paid into, with every paycheck…
EDITORIAL: A Big Fuss About Fire Hydrants, Part Two
“Justin, can I ask you… Is it your understanding that this is PAWSD’s responsibility?”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Speaking of Pigs, and Democracy, Part Three
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed individuals…”
LETTER: To The Congress of the United States
My heart aches as I witness the deep division that tears at the very fabric of our society…
EDITORIAL: A Big Fuss About Fire Hydrants, Part One
Sheriff Le Roux reminded his fellow elected officials that the suppression of wildland fires, outside the Fire District, does not typically rely on fire hydrants…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Speaking of Pigs, and Democracy, Part Two
Following the war of independence of the American colonies from England, each colony became an independent state, a sovereignty unto itself…