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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Downtown Pagosa Springs Becomes a Construction Zone

EDITORIAL: Downtown Pagosa Springs Becomes a Construction Zone

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Feeling curious, I hung a right on 2nd Street to drive through the construction zone, and found the traffic moving smoothly through town past the traffic cones and workers…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Speaking of Pigs, and Democracy, Part One

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Speaking of Pigs, and Democracy, Part One

Posted on March 25, 2025March 26, 2025 by Gary Beatty

“Franklin’s ‘a republic, if you can keep it’ line is as memorable as it is catchy. It is a story that appeals across partisan lines…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Trump Administration Considers Sale of Public Lands for Housing Developments

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by Aaron Weiss

Jon Raby, the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, said the administration is looking at all national public lands…

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EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Eight

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Eight

Posted on March 24, 2025October 9, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“There’s a person in Tennessee who builds incredible tiny homes. We called him. Very cool. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps…”

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: An Interview with a White House Correspondent

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: An Interview with a White House Correspondent

Posted on March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 by John Tures

“No president likes our coverage. Obama had some of the most investigations of leaks ever. Biden had few press conferences or interviews…”

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OPINION: Archuleta County Attorney Resigns Amid Investigations

Posted on March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 by Rachel Suh

According to confirmed reports, Weaver did not cite the current investigation in his resignation…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

LETTER: LPEA EV Charger Rebates Aren’t Fair

Posted on March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 by Post Contributor

Open and transparent conversations within our community are needed to ensure decisions about rebates and spending are fair and helpful to every Member family…

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EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Seven

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Seven

Posted on March 21, 2025March 24, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The homes were priced at between $320,000 and $390,000. According to Zillow.com, a Pagosa family cannot comfortably afford a $320,000 home…

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OPINION: Rocky Mountain Wolf Project Condemns Killing of Colorado Gray Wolf in Wyoming

OPINION: Rocky Mountain Wolf Project Condemns Killing of Colorado Gray Wolf in Wyoming

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by Post Contributor

“Wyoming ranchers and federal agencies have the tools and knowledge to prevent livestock losses without resorting to lethal measures in most cases…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Elon Musk is Stealing from You

LETTER: Elon Musk is Stealing from You

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by Post Contributor

Trump brought in Musk, not to eliminate waste and fraud, but to transfer the nation’s wealth from the poor and middle class to the billionaires…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Six

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Six

Posted on March 20, 2025March 21, 2025 by Bill Hudson

We don’t have a large homeless population in Pagosa Springs, but do we have a large population that are “severely cost burdened” by housing costs…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
Colorado Lawmakers Spotlight State-Driven Solutions to Affordability Issues

Colorado Lawmakers Spotlight State-Driven Solutions to Affordability Issues

Posted on March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 by Post Contributor

“We are living in a time where corporate profits go unchecked while hardworking people struggle to live paycheck to paycheck…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Five

Posted on March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The Professor mentions two topics that we’ve tried to address here in the Daily Post on a regular basis…

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EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Four

Posted on March 18, 2025March 19, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“We’d like to pitch this as ‘Bring Your Own Tiny Home’. That’s what Escalante Village did in Durango…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Colorado is Ready to Protect Voting Rights

OPINION: Colorado is Ready to Protect Voting Rights

Posted on March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by Post Contributor

Let’s keep Colorado a leader in accessible and fair elections. Let’s protect our democracy and ensure that every vote counts…

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EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Three

Posted on March 17, 2025March 18, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Almost exactly four years ago —  in March 2021 — the Daily Post ran an op-ed about a “tiny home village” proposed by Dallas-based developers Legacy Alliance…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Measles

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Measles

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Nearly all us boomer kids also got mumps, and chicken pox. At some point one of us would get a childhood illness, and within a week all the neighborhood kids were infected…

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OPINION: Climate Feedback

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Terry Hansen

Furthermore, about half of the CO2 humans emit stays in the atmosphere for a century or more…

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OPINION: The Value of National Monuments

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Aaron Weiss

National monuments are good for economic development and help drive the West’s rapidly growing recreation economy…

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