Bees are being decimated in Colorado, but a new law will help…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Opportunities to Work Together, on Problems… Part Three
In the spring of 2011, it appeared that the Town had the financing in hand to build a new treatment facility…. because Jim Isgar had pulled some political strings…
LETTER: I Will Not Concede the Fraudulent Sheriff’s Election
This scenario occurred all across our nation, as the globalists successfully accomplished a coup d’état of our constitutional republic…
EDITORIAL: Opportunities to Work Together, on Problems… Part Two
Pagosa wastewater customers will pay for those upgrades, unless the federal government or state government decides to help out…
EDITORIAL: To Protest or Not to Protest…That is the Question
How does a duplex get valued at half the price of a single-family home? Could this have something to do with a flood of wealthy vacation rental investors snapping up single-family homes?…
HMPRESENTLY: What’s the Differences?
When I was in school, I recall kids with differences being the victims of abuse, because of how they looked, or acted…
EDITORIAL: Opportunities to Work Together, on Problems… Part One
Cost of the pipeline would be maybe $4.5 million. Or so we were told…
EDITORIAL: A Few More Thoughts About Protesting Property Valuations, Part One
For example, I learned that the Assessor offers a helpful link in the left-hand column of her web page, called “2023 Reappraisal Comparable Sales”…
EDITORIAL: Schools of Choice, and the Cost Thereof, Part Five
It would be interesting to know how ASD is evaluating the possible benefits — and possible harms — from having police in the school buildings…
OPINION: Your Taxes, Funding Lobbyists in Denver
Leading the opposition to SB 213 was neither a gutsy grassroots crusade, nor a billionaire political player…
HMPRESENTLY: Ellipsis Journalism
“We try to go with someone who is familiar,” noted the official…
OPINION: Considering the ‘Commons’ in an Ecological Civilization
David made clear that he applies the terms “commons” and “communing” only to human systems. Non-human systems are far more complex…
EDITORIAL: Health Advisory Committee Gets Smaller
“One would think that having the word Advisory in our title would mean that there was an expectation that we would be able to Advise…”
EDITORIAL: Schools of Choice, and the Cost Thereof, Part Four
“Hansen began the session by introducing herself and explaining that she “has never lost” an election before asking the attendees to introduce themselves…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Memorial Day, 2023
Because some of the lies are about those who died in our war in Southeast Asia… this being a Memorial Day column… I’ll comment on those…
EDITORIAL: Schools of Choice, and the Cost Thereof, Part Three
When the Pagosa Charter School Initiative began writing its charter application in 2016, we understood some of the major challenges we were facing…
HMPRESENTLY: I’ll Get Back to You On That…
I’m watching TV, because thinking about all the serious things, I can’t get to sleep… and, on the telly, as the British also say, there’s an old Seinfeld show…
LETTER: Open Letter to the Archuleta County Assessor
I have submitted our personal property valuation protest with your office….