“It’s unfortunate that we’re having to spend money — good money, good public money — on that situation…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project Celebrates Completion of 2025 Wolf Translocation Efforts
“Colorado’s arms are open to these pioneering and resilient wolves. We are beside them, rooting for their success and wellbeing….”
LETTER: American Livestock and Future Wildland Fires
In the aftermath of the California wildfires, we need to get more serious about addressing global warming, which increases the risk of such disasters…
EDITORIAL: An Emotional BOCC Meeting, Part Four
“…what I told John was, we need to get beyond where we are, as a Board. Because we have a lot of things to do…”
EDITORIAL: Our 47th President, and Other Concerns
A Daily Post reader (who is also a personal friend) wrote me on Sunday, asking if I was going to write about Donald Trump’s inauguration…
EDITORIAL: An Emotional BOCC Meeting, Part Three
“Nobody else except Finance locks their door, and Finance has to lock their door, right? So those are signs of trust and confidence…”
OPINION: Legislators Consider Ways to Protect Colorado from Washington DC
As McCluskie’s speech indicated, they’re preparing to shield the state from institutionalized cruelty emanating from Washington…
EDITORIAL: Opposition to the PLPOA Gymnasium Proposal
“The Board is well-meaning, and I am not calling for anyone to resign or be ousted. I just have a disagreement with the rec campus proposal…”
FEMA Scams in Your Email
Sadly, it appears that FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell did not learn how to write standard English grammar when sending emails…
LETTER: When War Criminals Go Free
According to McNamara, in a “single night, we burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo: men, women, and children…”
EDITORIAL: An Emotional BOCC Meeting, Part Two
“So it’s not about the ‘title’ for me. It’s about the confidence and trust that I have, or don’t have, in my fellow commissioners….”
Open Letter from President Biden
I ran for president because I believed that the soul of America was at stake…
OPINION: National Monuments… A Hunting and Fishing Perspective
“Hunters, anglers, and the American public would be better served if Congress worked to advance meaningful protections for our public lands and waters…”
EDITORIAL: An Emotional BOCC Meeting, Part One
“So the [BOCC] Chair position as been a voted position, I think historically? But I know that it is, at times, very political…”
EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Four
Obviously, this issue has even caught the attention of people living outside the Pagosa Lakes subdivisions…
OPINION: Why We Need More Housing Everywhere, Part Two
This brings us to the first critical insight of incremental development that I want to share in this column…
EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Three
The PLPOA leadership has had a focus, for many years now, on community health, and that focus has resulted in miles of new walking/biking paths…
OPINION: Why We Need More Housing Everywhere, Part One
I want to draw two insights relating human development — or the growth of any organic system — to the way cities evolve…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My Questions About the PLPOA Special Assessment
Is this financing proposal relying on some of the fees currently supporting the rec center, to also support the gym?