“Our purpose is to pretty much advocate for the effective use of Lodgers Tax for visitor marketing and advertising for Archuleta County and Pagosa Springs…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: For God’s Sake, Don’t Shut Down the Weather Satellites
As I write this, there’s a desperate search for dozens of girls, missing from a flood where the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in 45 minutes. …
OPINION: I’m a Vocal Proponent of Cultivated Meat
A number of states, most recently Texas, have preemptively banned the sale of cultivated meat…
EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part Three
It’s not too late. To cut back on water use, I mean…
OPINION: Amid Threats to Liberty, July 4th Inspires Coloradans
“The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth,” Thomas Paine wrote in 1776…
EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part Two
When discussing water reservoirs, a ‘dead pool’ generally refers to a reservoir where the water level has fallen so low, it can no longer deliver water to its customers…
OPINION: The Disastrous Impact of Trump’s Immigration Policy
Our predecessors have sacrificed so much to make a more perfect union with immigrants of every race, religion, creed, and national origin…
EDITORIAL: Dead Pool, Part One
On the one hand, we humans like things to remain comfortably and predictably the same, day after day, and year after year…
EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Three
Home builders have six months to get their homes built before the new (and more expensive?) rules go into effect…
LETTER: Pagosa West is a Proposed Eye Sore the Community Doesn’t Need
The only positive element of this proposed development is construction of workforce housing.
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Problems With The Big Beautiful Bill
The more Americans learn about the bill, the less they seem to like it….
EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part Two
“It sounds like Option A, at this point, has changed. Option A, from the elected officials, would be Wyndham…”
OPINION: Support Colorado River Environmental Flow Rights at State Board Meeting
The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is considering a request by large Front Range water providers…
OPINION: Gov. Polis Joins Team MAGA
Jared Polis has made his office an extension of Trump’s lawless immigration enforcement program…
OPINION: The Only Path to Peace in the Middle East
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has provocatively stated, “My life’s mission is to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state…”
EDITORIAL: The Fires of Summer, Part One
“We have gone through and outlined how this would work for all of our departments that were affected by the fire…”
EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Six
“If the sales tax is approved, monthly sewer fees would decrease by at least $15.00 per month or more, beginning in January 2026….”
OPINION: Israeli Leaders Promoting Genocide
The war is still grinding on, the death and destruction continue, and Netanyahu and his criminal gang are still reveling in the illusion of securing “total victory…”
EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Five
“About $80–$100 million is needed to fix the aging pipes, build a new wastewater treatment facility, maintain the existing forced main for redundancy, and make other facility repairs and upgrades…”