“Based on the highest figures we’re looking at, and that’s in cooperation with the Forest Service… it puts it at about a $750,000 project…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: After the Servers Go Dark
Across the United States, communities are evaluating whether to host a new generation of infrastructure: hyperscale data centers…
EDITORIAL: The Cost of Wildfire Preparations, Part One
“We did have an assessment done, and there’s about $720 million worth of property in that area. And that’s only about 1/3 of the PLPOA area…”
EDITORIAL: PAWSD Looks Ahead… to a Potential Budget Crunch, Part Two
“The PAWSD 2026 budget was already thin, leaving little room for any budget shortfalls. The impact of the CIF revenue miss directly erodes our DSCR…”
OPINION: Governor Polis Helping to Hand Out ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Cards
After Tina Peters’ conviction, President Trump regularly used the presidential bully pulpit to pressure Governor Polis to pardon Peters…
EDITORIAL: PAWSD Looks Ahead… to a Potential Budget Crunch, Part One
Mr. Dossett suggests that this “revenue miss” is not merely a seasonal fluctuation. Perhaps, it reflects a structural change in the Pagosa Springs economy…
EDITORIAL: A Safe Place for Young Men with Developmental Disabilities, Part Four
The organization has raised about 75% of the funding needed to build the house, but another $644,000 remains to be raised…
OPINION: Open Letter to My Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association Neighbors
We should, at a minimum, add an appeal process to our ECC Board decisions to state our case in front of the Board of Directors…
EDITORIAL: A Safe Place for Young Men with Developmental Disabilities, Part Three
“Part of the problem in rural communities — families aren’t as well educated about the benefits of these programs, at an early age…”
BIG PIVOTS: Why Did the Data Center Bill Have to Die?
Key sponsor of guardrail bill blames opposition of labor. Others familiar with the debate point to more complicated causes…
OPINION: We Need a Department of Peace
Developing policies that promote peaceful resolution of conflict? Can we imagine this at the core of the American government?…
EDITORIAL: A Safe Place for Young Men with Developmental Disabilities, Part Two
Once the facility is completed and the young men with disabilities move in, A Safe Place in Pagosa will need a consistent funding stream…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: 25% of Americans Now Reporting Zero Income?
“Businesses still aren’t hiring, and, as a result, there is no job growth. Job growth, at best, is flat, and, I suspect, is even down after revision…”
OPINION: The Global Epidemic of Violence in an Age of Impunity
Political violence emerges not merely from divergent interests but from the deliberate choice to pursue objectives through coercion…
EDITORIAL: A Safe Place for Young Men with Developmental Disabilities, Part One
“Five years ago… state leaders tackled a problem that for years had troubled those who care for the most vulnerable among us…”
OPINION: Why the Communist Idea Still Matters
The real problem is not that we have rejected communism, but that we have accepted a world in which no alternative to capitalism seems conceivable…
EDITORIAL: A Report on Recent Wildfire Discussions, Part Four
Following the presentation by Sheriff Le Roux, Jerry Sutherlin, LPEA’s vice president of distribution operations, took the stage, so to speak…
EDITORIAL: A Report on Recent Wildfire Discussions, Part Three
According to County Sheriff Mike Le Roux, the CWRC is a step in the right direction…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Mothers Day, and America’s Increasing Maternal Death Rate
Reportedly, a majority of those in their 50s report the death of Bambi’s mother as one of their most memorable cinematic scenes…