Presumably, a community that cannot provide important needs and desires, will eventually be abandoned, like the ghost towns that dot the Colorado landscape…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: The Future of Land Use and Incremental Development, Part Two
When we combine these land use reforms with the transportation evolution, I expect we will see a major shift in how our cities grow…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Are We Getting More Hurricanes?
Hurricane Helene made the top ten in terms of most intense tropical hurricanes to hit Florida…
EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Four
The ten PSCDC homes currently under construction this year have similar “Mountain Resort Modern” styling…
LETTER: Elect a Team to the BOCC This November
Over the last four years, our Board of County Commissioners has struggled to do what is best for our County…
EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Three
Back in 1943, American psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper entitled “A Theory of Human Motivation”…
EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Two
The 200-page plan proposed a significant expansion of recreational amenities in Archuleta County…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Do the Presidential Debates Matter?
I found that the winner of the second debate has historically done much better at winning the presidency…
OPINION: Critical Thinking & No Thanks
This election is nothing more than the most basic test of the remaining level of American’s critical thinking abilities…
EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part One
I’m thinking about these bumper stickers as I listen to my audio recording of a joint meeting, held on September 17…
OPINION: Terrorists in the Holy Land
Violent militants are conducting a campaign of murder, arson and intimidation against Palestinians in the West Bank in order to expel them from their land…
EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Four
“But it sounds like there are people at this table who want to get back there… want to get back to 2021, and even higher levels…”
OPINION: Former Top U.S. Wildlife Management Official Endorses Prop 127
Former director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service joins 22 wildlife professionals urging voters to stop trophy hunting of wild cats…
EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Three
“So I asked the Tourism Board the other day, ‘What would we do if we had $300,000 more?’ And nobody had a quick and ready answer…”
LETTER: Not-So-Theoretical Questions About the Election
If I go to a theater and yell fire when none exists, and people are injured while evacuating the building, am I liable for the injuries?
EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Two
Here’s a photo of the Dry Gulch valley that would be completely flooded, if the reservoir were built to the size proposed by SJWCD…
EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part One
A local government’s budget defines, in a very real sense, which problems will be addressed in 2025, and which will not…
LETTER: A Party That Respects and Honors Women
If Trump is elected, we can expect a national abortion ban — possibly followed by a contraception ban…
EDITORIAL: Classical Education… or is it Political Education? Part Four
Here in Archuleta County, about 43% of the property taxes collected each year goes into our local public schools…