Would everyone benefit if the two separate sanitation districts were consolidated into a single district? Another question under consideration…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Vicious Dogs, Vicious Politics
Even organizations for the ethical treatment of animals euthanize in the thousands every single year. PETA, for example, euthanizes 78% of all animals in its care…
EDITORIAL: Working Together, If Possible, Part One
I am thinking about some instances where local governments, businesses, and non-profits are showing signs of cooperative effort, perhaps around issues that were previously divisive…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Kristi Noem’s Disturbing Book, and Arguments for Presidential Immunity
We can debate all day about euthanizing older, sick animals and the proper way to do it. But here’s something I wish we were talking about instead…
LETTER: Village at Wolf Creek v. the Greater Good
It’s no longer the Wolf Creek Pass like we know it. It becomes Wolf Creek Village…
EDITORIAL: A Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Three
What type of foot traffic can we expect at First Street, if a bridge is constructed there?
EDITORIAL: A Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part Two
When I visited the site of the proposed pedestrian bridge last week, I found an area on the river bank where the earth had been disturbed…
EDITORIAL: A Bridge Over Troubled Water, Part One
The future of downtown Pagosa Springs is surprisingly bright and flourishing, to judge from the April 18 meeting of the Pagosa Springs Town Council…
EDITORIAL: Fixing the Potholes on North Pagosa Boulevard
Maybe a temporary fix is all we can expect…
OPINION: A New Era for Conservation in Colorado?
The Public Lands Rule is a step in the right direction. But it could be an empty gesture if the Bureau of Land Management fails to fulfill its spirit…
Animal Welfare, Conservation Groups Announce Intent to Sue in Wake of Wolf’s Killing
The coalition is now awaiting the expiration of the 60-day notice period before filing their lawsuit in federal court…
LETTER: A Bargain is Not Necessarily a Bargain
Buying something you aren’t sure you need, or how you might use… simply because it’s “a bargain”… doesn’t sound to me like smart stewardship of public resources…
OPINION: Sen. Bennet Comments on Passage of National Security Aid Package
“We have had a long, tough battle to stand-up for democracy around the world and support the courageous people of Ukraine…”
OPINION: Bold Solutions Needed, to Roll Back Taxes
Colorado taxpayers will quickly understand that this last-minute measure will not come close to providing the relief from soaring property taxes…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers $850,000 Property Purchase, Part Four
About half an hour into the meeting, the Council began discussing the ‘second reading’ of Ordinance 1004…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Clothes They Wore When They Were Assaulted
There’s an Auburn sweatshirt, a Pokemon t-shirt, a Captain America t-shirt, a local high school t-shirt. One shirt said “Dream On…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers $850,000 Property Purchase, Part Three
“Do you have a list of which building you want to retain up there, or do we have an option on that?”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Reasonable Person
There is an entire body of law explaining which searches and seizures are, and are not, “reasonable”…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers $850,000 Property Purchase, Part Two
The Town Council was told, at their previous meetings, that Bob Goodman wished to have his property purchased by our municipal government and put to some type of public use…