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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Water Speculation, Part One

EDITORIAL: Water Speculation, Part One

Posted on January 7, 2025January 8, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Speculation” has a particularly important meaning in Colorado water law. We’re going to explore that meaning…

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BIG PIVOTS: An Eddy in the Colorado River

BIG PIVOTS: An Eddy in the Colorado River

Posted on January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by Allen Best

Division had deepened by December when the water buffaloes of the Colorado River Basin assembled in Las Vegas…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Trump Must Not Abandon the Battle Against ISIS

Posted on January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by John Tures

As long as ISIS is still around, it is our fight….

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Seven

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Seven

Posted on January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Starting in about 1980, a small set of vibrant industries were kicking the economy into second gear… and then, into third gear…

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BIG PIVOTS: Jimmy Carter and the Colorado Solar Industry

BIG PIVOTS: Jimmy Carter and the Colorado Solar Industry

Posted on January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 by Allen Best

Carter had advanced schooling in nuclear energy, but by 1975 he was thinking about renewables…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Ranking Jimmy Carter Among U.S. Presidents

Posted on January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 by John Tures

My students also found he had the administration with the fewest political scandals in recent history…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Six

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Six

Posted on January 3, 2025January 6, 2025 by Bill Hudson

In other words, in order to authentically ask “growth to pay for growth” you actually have to have a plan…

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OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part Two

OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part Two

Posted on January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by Rachel Suh

Ms. Medina is not an Independent Broker and is specifically employed by and given authority to speak on behalf of the company that employs her…

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OPINION: Will Trump Seize The Opportunity For An Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough?

Posted on January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by Post Contributor

After 57 years of occupation, it has become abundantly clear: the occupation is not sustainable…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Five

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Five

Posted on January 2, 2025January 3, 2025 by Bill Hudson

It seemed to me, judging by the commissioner comments that morning, that the BOCC accepted his comments as statements of fact…

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OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part One

OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part One

Posted on January 2, 2025January 3, 2025 by Rachel Suh

The newest complaint was filed in June against current Commissioner Chair Veronica Medina…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW:  The Terrorist Attack That Wasn't One?

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t One?

Posted on January 2, 2025January 4, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Justice was swiftly meted out in New Orleans when those officers shot the pick-up driver dead in the street…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Four

Posted on December 31, 2024January 2, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Here we have one of the issues facing a small town fire department. The challenge of finding and training volunteers…

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BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part Two

BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part Two

Posted on December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 by Allen Best

“Look, we don’t like this bill. We’re going to fight. What we ask is that you don’t silence us, and you give us some grace, and sometimes that means you give us time to make our case…”

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LETTER: Concerns Regarding the Pending PLPOA Gymnasium Vote

Posted on December 31, 2024January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

This vote is, in fact, our right, not a ‘privilege’.  It is set out in black-and-white in the bylaws…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Three

Posted on December 30, 2024December 31, 2024 by Bill Hudson

But it seems like, no sooner are the fiscal conservatives sworn into office, then they begin to propose higher taxes and fees…

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BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part One

BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part One

Posted on December 30, 2024December 31, 2024 by Allen Best

Term-limited after eight years, the key legislator talks about his role in helping guide Colorado’s big pivot in energy

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LETTER: Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness

Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Post Contributor

She emphasizes that Jewish safety and Palestinian freedom are intertwined, and that any system that oppresses another people is “inherently unsafe…”

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Two

Posted on December 27, 2024January 2, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Right now, [Fire District funding] is predominantly property-tax based…”

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