Six years ago state law was updated to protect public health and the environment. Industry regulators are failing to do that…
Category: Opinion/Letters
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…
OPINION: Hickenlooper, Colleagues Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels
Right now, Republicans are writing the most consequential legislation contemplated in decades entirely behind closed doors…
EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part Three
“We’re hoping the interest rates will shake out and come down a little bit. That would help us a lot, to move these houses that we currently have…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Price of Gold
Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve System is inherently unstable, and must lurch from one self-generated crisis to another…
OPINION: Dreams of Empire
According to President Donald Trump, America, the world’s wealthiest country, has long been financially abused by virtually all other nations…
EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part Two
“We will be doing a campaign in the newspaper to move these houses, and we’ll be sending out a letter to all major employers…”
EDITORIAL: Status Quo at Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District?
Last night, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District — PAWSD — released the unofficial results of the district Board election, which was held via mail ballot…
OPINION: Colorado’s Republican Legislators Fought for Your Rights at the Capitol
“We pushed back against unsustainable spending, fought for transparency in federal fund allocations, and opposed efforts to sneak around TABOR…”
EDITORIAL: A Trip Through Bureaucratic Hell, Part One
“So, I think some of you may have heard me say this in the last month, but I’m tired of being the test dummy for DOLA…”
OPINION: U.S. House Committee Sells Out, Votes to Sell Off Public Lands
The American people love their public lands and want to see them protected, not sold off to the highest bidder…
EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part Seven
“Collins and a client developer from Aspen created the Special District Association in 1975. By 1981, they got the legislature to completely re-write Title 32 and the modern metro district for developers was born….”