“Damn, that future-reservoir land purchase we made sure seems to have turned out to be a boondoggle…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Eight
“What if you turned on the tap, and no water came out?”
INTEL FOR THE IVORY TOWER: Are Elections Impacted By Assassination Attempts?
“John F. Kennedy won the presidency in 1960 with 49.7 percent of the vote,” Goldberg wrote…
OPINION: Using Public Lands for Housing, Appropriately
The affordable housing development planned under this week’s announcement would require 80 percent of the units be sold to first-time homebuyers…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Seven
PAWSD and SJWCD expected water demand to grow as fast as the Archuleta County population. Which seemed like common sense…
OPINION: Consumer Sentiment Can Help Predict the 2024 Election Winner
It seems that rather than focusing on economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, employment data, and inflation rates, typical Americans focus more on everyday expenses…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Six
Pressure is growing in the American West to view water as a commodity… something to sell… rather than as the glue that holds together a traditional agriculture-based society…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A 21st Century Bus Stop for Aspen Springs
Not just an ordinary bus stop. This will be a “Park & Ride” facility, where you can park your pickup truck and catch a bus ride into the bustling metropolis of Pagosa Springs, ten miles away.
LETTER: Mr. Hudson Misunderstood My ‘On Land’ Magazine Editorial
Unfortunately, in the battles over scarce water, both native and agricultural plants are increasingly seen as competitors because of the fact that they consume water…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The ‘Hoi Aristoi’
A reader strongly disagreed with my characterization of “highly educated people” being “naive”…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Five
All of these crops are grown in the Lower Basin states by the corporations that are currently demanding $1.2 billion in federal funding as a ransom payment…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Four
“By this wonderful provision, which is only man’s mastery over nature, the clouds are dispensing copious rains… [the plow] is the instrument which separates civilization from savagery…”
LETTER: Claiming Fraud, Crying Wolf
Let’s heed the words of democracy watchdog organization Freedom House, from its report ‘Democracy in Retreat’…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Three
“There’s only 20,000 tons [of rock waiting to be crushed]. It’s not that much…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part Two
It seems the majority of the current Court Justices believe it’s time Orwellian big-government bureaucracy is brought to heel…
LETTER: The Remarkable Mr. Gustafson
Ron gave us his business card and said if we were ever in Colorado to look him up and visit Pagosa Springs…
LETTER: A Misguided Attempt to Recall Commissioner Veronica Medina
Commissioner Medina’s professional background in real estate and human resources makes her leadership a valuable asset…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Two
At its peak, the XIT Ranch was home to around 150,000 head of cattle, with 1,500 miles of fencing…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part One
If that is what Congress intended, then that Act is (in effect) corporate welfare on a massive scale…