The General Assembly has the legal authority to reduce the property tax rate without a vote of the electorate, so Prop HH is not really about property tax relief…
Category: Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Run-in with the High School Principal
As the writer of the ‘Independent Children’ column pointed out, school administrators too often take on the role of petite dictators…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Four
Sadly, the statistics to which our schools get reduced, and on which they are ranked, are based on just two basic academic skills…
OPINION: Rep. Boebert Seeking to Leave Taxpayers with Oil & Gas Cleanup
The House Natural Resources Committee held a subcommittee hearing yesterday on a draft bill sponsored by Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert…
EDITORIAL: Serious Questions About Colorado Housing Programs
Here are the most important things this chart is trying to tell us, based on responses from 447 working households in Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Three
“It’s a great time in education, when almost everyone… sees the need for kids to apply their knowledge to a field that they might pursue, that doesn’t necessarily involve going to college…”
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Two
At some point, we have to wake up from our dream…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: You Can’t Get Paid for Being Offended
So how did some in the media spin the Supreme Court’s ruling? Here are a few examples…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Choosing the Right Speaker of the House
Republicans may find that putting the grownups back in charge is the best strategy for retaining the House…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part One
I’m curious how many of our Daily Post readers — in particular, perhaps, those with college degrees — could confidently answer this question?…
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Four
I stopped by, to get a photo of a small construction crew working on a Habitat for Humanity home on Ranger Park Drive, in the Trails subdivision…
OPINION: Denver Water Required to Do New NEPA Analysis for Gross Dam Expansion Scheme
If Denver Water could not properly estimate how much rock material they needed to build a massive new dam, what else have they estimated incorrectly?
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Three
The Colorado Demographer’s Office has consistently overestimated population growth in Archuleta County… by a sizable margin of error…
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Two
Will workers want a low-paying tourist industry job in Pagosa Springs, if they are required to commute from New Mexico?
ESSAY: Issues Hover Around a Proposed Terry Robinson Road Helipad, Part Two
“The Planning Commission has ample information to absolutely put a full stop on this application. …”
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part One
I attended a meeting of the Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation last week and heard about some ambitious plans…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: How’s Your Lifestyle?
I felt like asking, “What about those of us who have a life — not a lifestyle?”
ESSAY: Issues Hover Around Proposed Terry Robinson Road Helipad, Part One
I’m a sucker for a good cause and a great story. This issue seemed to have both. I was beginning to recognize why I might care…