“One of the main levers the board has for ensuring improvement in student achievement is to make sure we do everything we can to attract and retain great teachers…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Considering the Definition of ‘Excellent Schools’, Part One
“The latest Nation’s Report Card will surely cause hand-wringing and probably finger-pointing, but none of that will help our kids…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Claiming My Share of USAID Grants
Because USAID was created by and Executive Order, it can be abolished with one…
EDITORIAL: Judicial Review, Pagosa Style, Part Three
Both PAWSD and SJWCD have submitted their initial briefs in that court case…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: AG Pam Bondi has a Great Idea. Make It Better.
President Donald Trump’s newly confirmed Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has decided to go after Hamas…
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Legislature Looking at Nuclear Energy
The legislative bill this year has more than one sponsor, including two Democrats. It might actually survive its first committee hearing…
EDITORIAL: Judicial Review, Pagosa Style, Part Two
At the end of the judicial review, we might be able to point to a “winner” and a “loser”. But we might just as well conclude that everyone loses…
OPINION: Article 49 of the Geneva Convention vs. Donald Trump
At his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, refused to say whether the U.S. should abide by the Geneva Convention…
EDITORIAL: Judicial Review, Pagosa Style, Part One
Reasonable people can disagree, as we all know. Even unreasonable people can disagree…
EDITORIAL: First They Came for the Communists
Maybe we don’t have to wait for the church leaders to be arrested. Maybe we can all speak out… before it’s too late?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Could ‘Realpolitik’ Be Applied to Certificates of Participation?
For instance, what happens if we, the taxpayers, simply say we ain’t makin’ no more payments on the COP?
EDITORIAL: Taxpayer Participation vs. Certificates of Participation, Part Six
It’s not clear, yet, if any independent research done by the MPAC community group itself will be posted…
OPINION: Tell the Dam Truth
Dams contribute to greenhouse gas emissions in many ways, including through the reservoirs and artificial lakes they hold back…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayer Participation vs. Certificates of Participation, Part Four
We’re discussing the reasons why a local government might seek voter approval for a general obligation bond…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayer Participation vs. Certificates of Participation, Part Three
It would appear that nearly all of the “New Schools” were funded at least partly by Lease-Purchase arrangements…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Attacks On FEMA Following Hurricane Helene
Now we’re hearing that folks in Washington want to replace FEMA with state-level agencies. That would be a bigger disaster…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Senatorial Circus
It’s easy to laugh at them. Unfortunately it’s also a sad reflection of our hyper-partisan politics…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayer Participation vs. Certificates of Participation, Part Two
Judging by election results going back to 2010, our community is supportive of tax increases… if the money will be used to upgrade existing buildings…
LETTER: Where are the Democrats?
President Donald Trump is rapidly degrading the United States of America into a fascist hellscape. The nominal opposition leaders are nowhere to be found. As READ MORE