Comments to the Bureau of Reclamation for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include Decommissioning Glen Canyon Dam…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Seven
Archuleta County Community Development Director Pamela Flowers conducted four well-attended public meetings, outlining possible STR regulations that the BOCC might consider…
HMPRESENTLY: Intoxicating
I’ve been writing about politics and politicians, quite a bit, for a number of reasons…
LETTER: Simple Solutions Won’t Solve the STR Problem
Imposing a 9% Lodgers Tax in Archuleta County — as Steamboat Springs is now doing — does not address the “crowding-out effect” that STRs have on homes traditionally owned by single-family residents…
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Five
“I think it’s also watered down a little bit, when you look at some of the affordable housing and the swanky-looking condos on Hot Springs Boulevard…”
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Four
“I might quibble with some numbers. One number I would quibble with, is the ’16 units per hundred’…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Jury Duty
I’m going to tell you why some lawyers don’t want lawyers on either criminal or civil (lawsuit) juries… because we know when they are trying to obfuscate the facts with tricks…
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Three
Additionally, are there additional revenues sources in the local community that remain ‘untapped’?
LETTER: Accountability is a Must When Designing County’s New Public Health Department
Authority and responsibility go hand-in-hand. A person given the authority to make decisions must be held accountable and responsible for the decisions they make…
HMPRESENTLY: No Guts, No Glory
Ramping up the supply of guts — unclogging the supply chain — shouldn’t be such a big deal…
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Two
If we want to cut to the chase, and skip quickly over the first 24 pages of the report…
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part One
The 31-page report from Root Policy Research begins with a discussion about population changes in Pagosa Springs…
HMPRESENTLY: Uplifting, Encouraging, and Pretty Cool
This vote wasn’t just close. This tally was dead even, with both candidates receiving exactly the same number of votes…
OPINION: Imperialist Wars
Ultimately, it took World War II to shatter the old colonial system. In its aftermath, the imperial powers gradually abandoned their colonial rule…
EDITORIAL: 22 Ways to Care About Water, Part Five
Not only would these “event centers” impact the (already substandard) rural roads in the affected neighborhoods, they would likely generate noise and human activity…
EDITORIAL: 22 Ways to Care About Water, Part Four
Last July, the prediction for Lake Mead’s water level for July 2024 was 1,014 feet above sea level…
EDITORIAL: 22 Ways to Care About Water, Part Three
We’ve noted that “Public supply” — municipal water systems — accounts for about 1% [“one percent”] of water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin…
OPINION: CDOT Leads the Way in Not Building Highways
Departments of transportation have notoriously turned toward expanding highways to solve traffic congestion…