Four years ago, the Democrats located their convention in my birth city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was a smart move, as they were able to retake that state that they lost in 2016…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Thoughts About the Upcoming Artist Studio Tour, Aug. 23-25
Artists participating in the tour work in virtually every medium of art — ceramics, painting, photography, leather work, sculpture, mosaics, fabric art, glass, resin cast, metal fabrication…
LETTER: Pagosa Kindness, and Honesty
A couple of weeks ago I stopped at Sonic for a milkshake. That evening, I received a text asking if I had lost my wallet and I.D. …
EDITORIAL: The Cost of Small Town Government, Part Two
How to best use the money we have? That’s something we’ll never agree on, even among the town residents who serve on the Pagosa Springs Town Council…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Quick Refresher on Freedom of Speech in America
As I’ve written before, the United States Supreme Court long ago held “that speakers are protected against all government agencies and officials”…
OPINION: The Collision of Medicaid World Views
The idea that Medicaid is welfare is not the majority view…
EDITORIAL: The Cost of Small Town Government, Part One
The Town of Pagosa Springs has a curiously privileged financial position in our community…
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part Five
Eighteen years ago, the County knew about fire flow problems at the airport…
OPINION: Wildlife Experts Endorse ‘Cats Aren’t Trophies’ Ballot Measure
“As an Indigenous person concerned with and raised in a framework of right relationship with the natural world, I find trophy hunting and egocentric activity upends nature’s natural balance…”
GROWING PAINS: Thoughts About the Drinking Water Challenges at Elk Park
PAWSD Board Member Gene Tautges, at the public meeting, characterized the PAWSD process as “damn the details, just growth, growth, growth”…
OPINION: Secret to a Better Town? More Places to Sit…
Recently, our city led a public input survey to understand what the public would like to see in a planned downtown redevelopment project…
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part Four
“So what we have to do now… we’ve got to the point that we’ve built so many hangers, that currently we have only two fire hydrants…”
OPINION: Why Initiative 50 and 108 are Heading for Disaster
Proponents of property tax ballot Initiatives 50 and 108 claim they will help ease home ownership costs for Colorado families. This couldn’t be more untrue…
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part Three
Anyone who has plans to build in the core residential or business districts of Pagosa Springs understands that they will have to install water lines and sewer lines…
LETTER: U.S. Violated the International Convention Against Torture
When Rep. Barbara Lee cast the lone vote in opposition to a resolution authorizing the war in Afghanistan, she declared, “As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.”
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part Two
Another controversy involves airplane hanger owners connecting to the Knolls’ privately-owned sewer system without permission…
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part One
The Fire District refused to approve granting certificates of occupancy (COs) for the hangars until the water supply issues were properly addressed…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Contemporary American Economics 101… Part Four
My conclusions, and concerns, are based on what I’ve learned over the past few months of intensive study of classic economic theory…
EDITORIAL: Making Them Pay for Their Water?
“We’re going to spend several million dollars out there, in a subdivision that we’re already losing money in…”