The framers of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment gave us the tools to deal with insurrectionists, but some authorities seem unwilling to use them…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Yes, Virginia, There is a Town Planning Commission
“Planning Commission meeting 12/26/23 is cancelled. The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 16, 2024…”
BIG PIVOTS: A New Name for Kit Carson Peak?
It’s called Kit Carson, but a state advisory board in January will review alternatives more acceptable to the Diné and others…
OPINION: Dear Colorado Legislators… Turn Down the Noise in 2024
My tenure as a legislative aide in the Colorado Senate got rolling in the chaotic days and months after the election in 2020…
OPINION: ‘American Values’ Super PAC Aims to Put RFK Jr. on Ballot in 7 States
“A clear Trump polling lead became a jumbled mess with no clear favorite to win in the Electoral College thanks to Kennedy…”
EDITORIAL: The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part Two
“The thing that has bothered me about that [geothermal] asset, is that we’ve just been going along, and not thinking about it very strategically…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Anti-Semitism Pushed by Politicians
Let us not forget how some of these smug political figures behaved before the Gaza attacks, either with their words or deeds…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Scientific Delirium Madness
If you lived in the United States through the pandemic, you were apparently twice as likely to die from getting the COVID-19 vaccine than you were from COVID itself…
EDITORIAL: The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part One
“So, I think we have a valuable commodity here, and we’re not serving our utility well if we don’t increase the rates like we did for everyone else….”
EDITORIAL: Higher PAWSD Fees Coming Down the Pike?
The proposed fee increases on the wastewater side are much more severe…
EDITORIAL: First Unofficial Meeting of the Archuleta County Board of Health, Part Two
In another part of the budget, it appeared that ACPHD would be spending $684,000 more than they had coming in, in revenue…
Colorado Supreme Court Blocks Trump from 2024 Ballot
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment…”
EDITORIAL: First Unofficial Meeting of the Archuleta County Board of Health, Part One
“Local public health agencies are required by the state of Colorado to complete a Community Health Assessment every five years…”
OPINION: In What Moral Universe?
My mother often cited the cliché, “two wrongs don’t make a right.” She was right, as usual…
EDITORIAL: The Ninja Warrior Housing Challenge, Part Three
The Town government already knew, in 2007, that housing was becoming a serious problem…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Retirement??
Being a Florida native, I’ve been around retirees my whole life…
EDITORIAL: The Ninja Warrior Housing Challenge, Part Two
“To ensure designs are unique, correctly priced, and can be replicated in locations throughout the region, PSCDC will award an initial $5,000 design stipend…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Who Won the GOP Debate? The Women of NewsNation
NewsNation doesn’t exactly have the name recognition and power of the big networks…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Social Media Land of Make Believe
I challenge anyone to read my collective writings (or talk to me) and then try to pidgeon-hole my “politics”…