I am writing in response to Louis Cannon’s two-part column, which quotes extensively from a piece of mine…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: ‘Restorative Practices’ are Key to a Healthy Community
One of the key benefits of restorative practices is that they empower students to take responsibility for their actions…
EDITORIAL: The PAWSD Fee Increases You May Have Heard About, Part One
The proposal tentatively supported by the PAWSD Board shows the wastewater CIF increasing from $1,179 in 2023… to $16,509 in 2024….
OPINION: Transparency Rules are Great. Following Them is Even Better.
Government transparency rules are only as good as government officials’ commitment to follow them…
EDITORIAL: A Continuing Fight Over Rooftop Screening, Part Three
“So we’re looking at a potential loss of $14 million in grants, over something that is purely aesthetic. The screening has no structural function in either building…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Colorado Concern’, ‘Advance Colorado’ Join Forces on Property Tax Relief Measure
“The measure would help both homeowners and local businesses alike. 75% of the property tax relief in the ballot measure would go to residential and homeowner taxes…”
OPINION: What’s Missing from the Immigration Debate
That brings me back to the failed bipartisan immigration deal. Whoever benefits politically from that fruitless exercise, its demise is no great loss….
EDITORIAL: A Continuing Fight Over Rooftop Screening, Part Two
“One thing I will say, without question. We’re not going through the roof membrane to affix anything to that roof…”
GROWING PAINS: A ‘Silver Tsunami’ Coming to Pagosa?
Further, based on his recently downloaded and analyzed data, 18% of second home owners in Pagosa Springs are Texans…
OPINION: Will Men Organize to End Gun Violence?
Mass shootings have killed 3,000 people since 2006, according to an ongoing survey conducted by USA Today and the Associated Press in collaboration with Northeastern University…
OPINION: Our Fight Against Glen Canyon Dam Gets Its Day in Court
“Glen Canyon Dam is the dinosaur of the water world. We need to prepare for unprecedented low flow conditions on the Colorado River…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Media’s Real Job
Walter Cronkite is hardly the only broadcaster or journalist who defied the “just read the news and shut up” model…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Six
Planning Director Cindy Schultz felt confident, she said, that households in this income range should be able to qualify for mortgages for the types of homes being proposed…
OPINION: Will the Supreme Court Decide the 2024 Election? Part Two
Settled Law, also known as Stare Decisis, is a doctrine of the courts that states that case precedent must be followed and should not be overturned by future courts…
OPINION: Supreme Court Word-Count Limits, Explained in 1,026 Words
Lawyers write too much. That’s why the Supreme Court and other U.S. courts impose word limits on them…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Four
On May 13, 2014, about 40 Amish farmers gathered at a building site in Ohio to raise a massive barn…
OPINION: A Slow and Steady… but Bittersweet… Victory Against Parking Mandates
When Germán Sierra bought a one-story home in 2020, he anticipated the types of headaches and hiccups that accompany every renovation…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Congress, Big Tech, and Section 230, Part Two
If ‘big tech’ sees the handwriting on the wall that Section 230 will be repealed, don’t be surprised if they pivot to welcome a federal digital platform regulatory agency…
OPINION: Will the Supreme Court Decide the 2024 Election? Part One
Humorist Cal Tinney quipped it was, “The Switch In Time That Saved Nine”, as the court packing threats died down with the passage of the New Deals legislation…