According to reporting in the April 23 edition of Florida Today newspaper, an email in support of the teacher was sent by a high school student to members of the School Board…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: An Unsettling Story About Colorado Metro Districts, Part One
The discussion is also related to a common American business practice: using other people’s money to make oneself richer…
STRONG TOWNS: The Opposite of ‘Strong’ Isn’t ‘Weak’… It’s ‘Dependent’.
You don’t have to look far to see that things feel unstable right now…
OPINION: Thanking Rep. Jeff Hurd for Defending Medicaid
“The proposed federal cuts to Medicaid aren’t simply a budget line item in the beltway political game; they would have devastating consequences for our health and our economy back here in Colorado…”
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Six
“Many housing advocates have begun eyeing mobile homes as a solution to the country’s housing shortage — after some key protections are enacted, that is…”
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Five
A House is Not Always a Home. The reverse may also be true: A Home is Not Always a House…
OPINION: Aurora ICE Detention Center is the Bastille of Colorado
The facility symbolizes all that is inhumane, repressive and rotten about the Trump administration…
OPINION: A Nation Bleeds While The World Watches
The Sudanese people have endured indescribably torturous death, destruction, displacement, and disease…
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Four
In particular, the Town and County governments made a concerted effort to discourage new mobile home parks…
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Three
The housing crisis is not hitting everyone in the same way….
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part Two
The classification being sought takes some explaining. I hope you can bear with me…
LETTER: Not Comforted or Assured About Fire Hydrants
The argument that no fire hydrants have ever failed to operate during 30 years of fires in Pagosa Springs is very weak….
LETTER: Our President Has Made Worse Mistakes Than Mr. Duncan
I want to acknowledge Mr. Duncan’s valid concerns regarding the current political climate…
OPINION: Children in Gaza Expect to Die
“In 2005, there was a study that appeared in the Journal of World Psychiatry looking at traumatized populations under war conditions…”
EDITORIAL: A House is Not Always a Home, Part One
We knew about this problem 20 years ago, when the Town and County hired a different consulting firm — Economic and Planning Systems — to produce a Housing Needs Study…
STRONG TOWNS: Real Change Happens Locally
Systems that have failed us for decades are cracking. And while that’s unsettling, it also means we have an opportunity — an opening — to build something better…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Identifying the Uneducated
The problem with the obvious theme of both is the presumption that you can only get educated in schools…
LETTER: Misinformation from Mr. Duncan
When a writer begins with false statements, one has a clue there is a great likelihood that more false statements will follow…
EDITORIAL: Taxpayers and the Government Entities They Support, Part Eleven
Also previously noted, the Archuleta School District will hold a meeting of the Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) next Monday, April 21…