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Category: Opinion/Letters

OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part One

OPINION: County Legal Woes Continue into 2025, Part One

Posted on January 2, 2025January 3, 2025 by Rachel Suh

The newest complaint was filed in June against current Commissioner Chair Veronica Medina…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW:  The Terrorist Attack That Wasn't One?

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t One?

Posted on January 2, 2025January 4, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Justice was swiftly meted out in New Orleans when those officers shot the pick-up driver dead in the street…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Four

Posted on December 31, 2024January 2, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Here we have one of the issues facing a small town fire department. The challenge of finding and training volunteers…

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BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part Two

BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part Two

Posted on December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 by Allen Best

“Look, we don’t like this bill. We’re going to fight. What we ask is that you don’t silence us, and you give us some grace, and sometimes that means you give us time to make our case…”

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LETTER: Concerns Regarding the Pending PLPOA Gymnasium Vote

Posted on December 31, 2024January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

This vote is, in fact, our right, not a ‘privilege’.  It is set out in black-and-white in the bylaws…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Three

Posted on December 30, 2024December 31, 2024 by Bill Hudson

But it seems like, no sooner are the fiscal conservatives sworn into office, then they begin to propose higher taxes and fees…

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BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part One

BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part One

Posted on December 30, 2024December 31, 2024 by Allen Best

Term-limited after eight years, the key legislator talks about his role in helping guide Colorado’s big pivot in energy

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LETTER: Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness

Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Post Contributor

She emphasizes that Jewish safety and Palestinian freedom are intertwined, and that any system that oppresses another people is “inherently unsafe…”

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part Two

Posted on December 27, 2024January 2, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Right now, [Fire District funding] is predominantly property-tax based…”

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Is Ramaswamy Right About How To Get More Nerds?

Posted on December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 by John Tures

As my mum always says, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Vivek could mend fences with the MAGA folks as well as liberals…

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EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Impact of Fire District Impact Fees, Part One

Posted on December 26, 2024December 27, 2024 by Bill Hudson

“Previously, we had to rely on the Town and County for impact fees.  The County would have to approve it and collect it for us…”

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EDITORIAL: The Christmas Box, 2024

EDITORIAL: The Christmas Box, 2024

Posted on December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 by Bill Hudson

I set myself some rules.  No gift could cost more than $5.  I would avoid gifts suitable for a traditional Christmas stocking.  ‘Stupid’ and ‘silly’ was preferable, but ‘useful’ was permissible…

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EDITORIAL: The Future of Daylight Savings Time

EDITORIAL: The Future of Daylight Savings Time

Posted on December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 by Bill Hudson

One issue that stirs the imagination of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump concerns changes to the nation’s clocks…

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EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Six

EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Six

Posted on December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 by Bill Hudson

I take those facts as an indication of the public’s interest in the Running Iron Ranch issue…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Finding a Biblical Message in Christmas Movies

Posted on December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 by John Tures

It’s the time of year for Christmas… and holiday-themed movies…

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EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Five

EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Five

Posted on December 19, 2024December 20, 2024 by Bill Hudson

The WSCWG volunteers concluded, after a year of research, that the Dry Gulch Reservoir was not a good idea, and was not necessary…

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EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Four

EDITORIAL: Asking the Community for Advice? Part Four

Posted on December 18, 2024December 19, 2024 by Bill Hudson

Several people had signed up to address the commissioners on the subject of vacant land purchases — or, alternately, on the subject of collaborating with the Archuleta School District…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Two-Headed Hydra of Distrust, Part Two

Posted on December 18, 2024December 19, 2024 by Gary Beatty

The anti-Trump bias existed back in his first term as President, as illustrated here…

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LETTER: Time to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted on December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 by Post Contributor

The pipeline is currently operating illegally, even as the ongoing legal battles surrounding it are reaching a critical point…

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