The Phase I recommendations arrived, instead, on March 14… about three months behind schedule…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: An Emerging Child Care Landscape in Archuleta County, Part Four
If children are going to be served according to their needs, by state and local subsidies, what educational philosophy ought to guide the new programs?
HMPRESENTLY: Lots Happening
Call me crusty and cynical, but all these deals… one after another…
OPINION: ‘Parental Rights’ Advocates Don’t Really Trust Parents
One member of Moms for Liberty, an outspoken advocacy group for “parents’ rights,” told lawmakers last month that she wants to remove certain books…
EDITORIAL: An Emerging Child Care Landscape in Archuleta County, Part Three
Children and teachers can spend anywhere from 50-70 percent of their day learning outside either in their playgrounds, the nearby lake or on nature walks…
EDITORIAL: An Emerging Child Care Landscape in Archuleta County, Part Two
One of the largest rooms would be an great space for an innovative preschool class…
Archuleta Commissioners to Consider Vacation Rental Moratorium Tomorrow, March 14
Most Colorado resort towns have put Short Term Rental (STR) density caps and fees in place during the past few years…
LETTER: Has the Short-Term Rental Goldmine Run Dry?
Forty-nine percent (49%) of home owners (under the age of 35) have owned their home(s) for three years or less….
HMPRESENTLY: White Noise
Can you imagine, in some prison, one inmate asking another… “What are you in for?”
EDITORIAL: An Emerging Child Care Landscape in Archuleta County, Part One
In order to apply for the state’s Emerging and Expanding grant, Pagosa Peak Open School would need to have a “Pre-license” from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood…
HMPRESENTLY: Tap Water Making Us Gay?
And not only that, the female hormones in chickens were being blamed for male baldness…
EDITORIAL: Questions About Archuleta County’s STR Moratorium, Part Four
“How do we make it fair to our commercial lodgers — our hotels — that pay property taxes at commercial rates for their property…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: What’s a ‘Legal Expert’, Exactly?
Several years ago I was asked by a broadcast news organization to provide on-air “expertise” about a high-profile trial…
EDITORIAL: Questions About Archuleta County’s STR Moratorium, Part Three
Is it possible that the market is ‘self-correcting’? This is an argument we often hear from the real estate industry…
OPINION: Florida Welcomes You… or Maybe Not
We don’t value readers so much. Or gayness, transness, wokeism, Marxism, feminism, or multiculturalism…
EDITORIAL: Questions About Archuleta County’s STR Moratorium, Part Two
This recommendation would help address the need for “Breathing Room” as proposed by the County Planning Department last summer…
EDITORIAL: Questions About Archuleta County’s STR Moratorium, Part One
Mountain resort communities across Colorado had been putting STR density caps in place… and levying additional fees and taxes, in some cases…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Rep. Barbara McLachlan
All 100 General Assembly members can submit five bills, so we have quite a few starting through the process…