So… where did the additional $700,000 per year from 1A … that was supposed to be spent on roads… actually go?
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Whoops… Rights Violations… Again
It’s interesting to see that Halloween signage has less regulation than a political sign under County Land Use Regulations…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Nine
We can probably understand why four of the seven council members, serving on the Pagosa Springs Town Council, voted to support a $6.5 million sales tax increase ballot measure…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Eight
One of the selling points for the proposed $6.5 million County sales tax increase that will appear on the November ballot, is that ‘tourists’ will pay a large portion of the sales tax…
HMPRESENTLY: A Reporter, in a Way
I keep wondering if your town and county officials have been reaching out enough, to fully understand peoples’ concerns and desires…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Seven
The film’s subtitle is “Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” Lesson #1 was to empathize with your enemy…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Six
If they actually end up conducting a tax increase campaign, will the government-funded PSCDC make an effort to share both sides of the issue?
LETTER: Too Little, Too Late
Now, Commissioner Brown has had an epiphany? Now, he realizes that Archuleta County does not have the financial or professional capacity to run a health district?
LETTER: We Can Do Better
We could remain constitutionally compliant meanwhile declaring mandates and rules as suggestions rather than freedom-destroying law directives…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Five
During yesterday’s BOCC discussion of Resolution 2022-98, Commissioner Ronnie Maez made some interesting comments about “principles”…
EDITORIAL: ‘Pagosa Views’ Jumps Through Another Hoop
This is the second hoop that the developers have successfully jumped through at Town Hall, the first being a preliminary sketch plan approval, by Town Council, last month…
LETTER: Shelli Shaw Predicting Civil War?
Davis reported, “Shaw published a since-deleted post about the Capitol insurrection, in which she expressed her belief that ‘Antifa, BLM activists, and anarchists’ were behind the deadly riot…”
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Four
Back in 2011, Archuleta County spent $6.8 million on roads. In 2012, they again spent $6.8 million on road. Even these amounts were not enough to keep our road system in good condition…
LETTER: Health District Issues Must Be Addressed
Disregarding problems, and refusing to acknowledge solutions, is how issues become overwhelming…
LETTER: The Rich Want Our Freedoms
Unsatisfied and now hungry for autocracy, they’re shredding our Constitutional voting rights…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Three
“The County had two ballot issues that failed, not too long ago. I would ask, what have they done differently, in the interim, to suggest that this one is going to pass?…”
LETTER: Our Elected Leaders Must Prevent Health District Dissolution
While there have been alleged problems with the present joint-venture SJBPH, we have never been convinced that said problems justify dissolution…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Great Raid
This column isn’t about the reprehensible political motive for the raid. There has been enough bloviating on that topic. I’m writing here about the legality of it…