The dam builders build on, and plan for even more depletions across the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Report on Recent Wildfire Discussions, Part Two
“So that’s an option. Doesn’t sound like a very good one to me…”
EDITORIAL: A Report on Recent Wildfire Discussions, Part One
During a work session on Tuesday, April 21, a representative for Wildfire Adapted Partnership, local resident Bill Trimarco, spoke to the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners…
OPINION: Early Childhood Education an Essential Service in Pagosa Springs
Wings serves about 90% of all the children in Archuleta County receiving CCCAP funding (federal childcare funding)… a reimbursement rate far below the cost of care…
OPINION: Colorado Municipal League Calls to Dialogue Regarding Transportation Funding
The Coalition has succeeded in forcing an admission by Gov. Polis and the legislature that transportation taxes are being redirected toward other purposes…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Ten
At that same 2014 election where the rec center was overwhelmingly defeated, former police chief Don Volger was elected mayor…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Nine
Does it really matter who owns the flammable forests that surround us here in southwest Colorado? Maybe they’re destined to burn eventually, no matter who owns them…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Eight
For the past five years, the McDonald’s drive-in has been using its outdoor reader board, not to promote its menu, but to advertise for employees…
OPINION: Congress Advancing $70 Million ‘Slush Fund’ for ICE, While Cutting Support to Familes
“You can’t say you want to make America healthy again while reducing access to the very foods that help children grow and thrive…”
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Seven
“I would argue that this opportunity is so valuable that it justifies a trade-off of foregoing other identified and unidentified initiatives, to secure the funding to ensure we acquire Reservoir Hill…”
OPINION: Protecting the Right to Vote in Colorado
This ruling underscores why the League of Women Voters of Colorado fought in coalition for passage of the Colorado Voting Rights Act…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Six
I mentioned the temptation by government staff to provide misinformation to their governing board and to the community, because what I heard on April 7 appears to be misinformation…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Five
It was obvious to me that Mr. Levine was proud of what his family has done to the enhance the value of the property, at a cost of millions of dollars beyond the initial purchase price…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Those Held Accountable for Murder
Americans are getting smarter about realizing that Iran’s and North Korean ally Putin, is not our friend…
LETTER: LPEA Board President Nicole Pitcher, Focused on the Future
There is so much misinformation being spread that it would be impossible to correct it all in one letter. So here are a few to consider…
OPINION: The Southern Poverty Law Center Prosecution is Absurd. That May Be the Point.
Let’s take a brief spin through history. The Southern Poverty Law Center rose to fame in 1987, when it secured a $7 million judgment against the United Klans of America…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Four
So I was delighted to receive a phone call on Friday from Ken Levine, one of the four siblings who own the Fairway Land Trust property…
EDITORIAL: A Government Obsessed with Recreation? Part Three
Mr. Lewis had suggested that the 300 acres under consideration might cost between $7 million and $8 million, once negotiations are completed…
OPINION: How Modeling-Based Failures Unlock Billions of Highway Dollars
The initial Interstate Highway System was completed long ago, and the Highway Trust Fund that financed it has been insolvent for years…