“Those kids are too important. I actually care about them receiving all of their pieces, and they will not even know that there has been a change made…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Fear-based Rhetoric in the Debate Over Therapeutic Psychedelics
Now is the time to listen to the science, trust the professionals doing this work with integrity, and stay open to the promise this medicine holds…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Willful Blindness, Part Two
The finger-pointing is now in full force. Those in the media, who have been exposed for their gaslighting, are blaming officials in the Biden administration for misleading them…
LETTER: Urging Pagosans to Become Fully Informed About Metro Districts
Allowing Metro Districts to operate within the Township for the purpose of facilitating development must be approached with great caution…
LETTER: Kip Strohecker Called to Serve as Bishop of LDS Pagosa Springs Ward
Kip Strohecker will replace Dr. Jason Wallace whose family will be relocating to Anchorage, Alaska…
EDITORIAL: An Evening with the Archuleta School Board, Part Four
A group of retired school teachers attended the May 13 School Board meeting and sat in the back row, quietly holding signs…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Willful Blindness, Part One
Hur incurred criticism from both sides of the political spectrum for his conclusion…
LETTER: A Beautiful Gateway to Pagosa, Worth Preserving
The 100 acres across from City Market is one of the last areas in town with 150-year-old trees, a large concentration of elk and deer and a beautiful gateway into Pagosa…
EDITORIAL: An Evening with the Archuleta School Board, Part Three
“…I think to myself, that’s $120 million over 30 years, and at the end of the 30 years, you’re going to do it again. And I would just like the Board to consider alternatives…”
EDITORIAL: An Evening with the Archuleta School Board, Part Two
Does the School Board think 2025 is the best year for a school bond election?
OPINION: Landmark Oil and Gas Reform in Colorado is Failing
Six years ago state law was updated to protect public health and the environment. Industry regulators are failing to do that…
EDITORIAL: An Evening with the Archuleta School Board, Part One
The MPAC discussions were facilitated by RTA Architects, a firm that specializes in schools, healthcare facilities, and government and community buildings…
EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part Five
Our state and local bureaucracies have tried their level best, with their rules and regulations, to create the community we want to live in…
OPINION: Public Media Provides Invaluable Service to All Coloradans
In 1969, CPB established PBS, which delivers beloved educational, news, cultural and family programming with member stations around the country…
LETTER: Metro Districts Can Be a Financial Disaster for Taxpayers
To make matters worse, a developer who forms a Metro District can use his Board to vote to be released from TABOR restrictions…
EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part Four
“So, if the five homes don’t get sold in the near future, who’s liable for the debt on that?”
BIG PIVOTS: Climate Change Lawsuit Gets the Green Light
Colorado Supreme Court says Boulder/Boulder County lawsuit can be heard by a state court and is not pre-empted by federal laws. But, there was dissent…
EDITORIAL: I Didn’t Get to Vote for the Pope
According to his initial public addresses, Pope Leo XIV is opposed to wars and genocide, and embraces the quest for universal dignity and justice, especially for immigrants and the poor…
OPINION: Israel at the Crossroads
The country that rose from the ashes of millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust, will not survive on the ashes of the Palestinians…