“My understanding is another $2 million is at stake with the application to be submitted this Friday…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: End Tax Cuts for the Wealthy? Part Two
One of the Trump administration’s signature achievements took place in 2017, when the tax on corporate profits was reduced from 35% to 21%…
EDITORIAL: End Tax Cuts for the Wealthy? Part One
I can personally understand the attraction of posting daily thoughts and experiences on the internet…
EDITORIAL: PAWSD Takes a Hard Look at Housing
Past recipients of the waivers were Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County and Archuleta County Housing Authority; total waivers have amounted to about $128,000…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Biden Delivers ‘The King’s Speech’
Since I have been following politics, smart politicians have made lowering expectations an art form…
TROOPER TIPS: When Crashes Close Mountain Passes
When crashes occur, we utilize variable message boards, Facebook, X, Twitter, and the CDOT app to inform the public of the latest information…
EDITORIAL: Additional Bus Routes During Highway Reconstruction? Don’t Bet on It… Part Three
“I think you have questions to answer. What are peak periods? When are the most people on the road? When are we going to be effective?…”
EDITORIAL: Additional Bus Routes During Highway Reconstruction? Don’t Bet on It… Part Two
“But what I kept hearing, repeated, was ‘Maybe the MET can do this… maybe Met can do that… maybe MET can put in a new bus stop’…
EDITORIAL: Super Tuesday Results
818,560 voters weighed in on the Republican primary election… voting in the Democratic primary was much lighter, with only 534,271 votes cast…
EDITORIAL: Additional Bus Routes During Highway Reconstruction? Don’t Bet on It… Part One
Shown at the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1959, the single-seat concept car didn’t need wheels, and touted a top speed of 500 m.p.h…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Lesson Israel Needs to Learn
Prime Minister Singh did not do what the Pakistan Taliban hoped he would do…
EDITORIAL: Water Districts That Just Can’t Get Along, Part Two
If we don’t need a reservoir at Dry Gulch within the next 40 years, could we use the 660-acre property in some other fashion to benefit the community?
GROWING PAINS: Looking Forward to Revised STR Policies in Archuleta County
I look forward to the Archuleta County Short-Term Rental Task Force (TF) publishing an updated annual ‘STR Policy & Procedure Report’…
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part Four
When I moved to Pagosa Springs in 1993, our County government did not have zoning districts…
EDITORIAL: Water Districts That Just Can’t Get Along, Part One
The current agreement, signed in 1922 and ‘amended’ in minor ways over the past decade, has failed to keep the nation’s two largest water reservoirs anywhere near full….
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part Three
“We’re in a better situation, housing-wise, than Chaffee County. We have 13,726 residential units, and 13,790 people, so we basically have a house for every person…”
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part Two
“So today, we’re not proposing any motion; we’re just bringing some attention [to the issue] because the attendee asked us to look into it…”
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part One
“To date, we have lost, conservatively, $100,000 in rental income, and have spent between $15,000 and $20,000 on attorneys fees…”
BIG PIVOTS: Where Colorado Oil & Gas Legislation Goes to Die
It was, he explained a “messaging bill,” which he did not define except to say that bill sponsors never expected it to pass…