Since the release of that final report, SJBPH has been making a concerted effort to provide the BOCC with presentations about the district’s services…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: To Fully Observe, We Need to Walk
As Chris suggests, walking “is being forced to watch the whole movie.” In contrast, being driven or even riding a bike is more like teleporting in…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Sheriff’s ‘Bounty’
Keating’s “driving pattern” in the video does not appear to the average citizen to be that of a driver “under the influence”…
HMPRESENTLY: Civility
If you’re reaching out to officials in your town, or county, I sure hope they’re responding to your phone calls, or emails…
OPINION: Colorado Makes Historic Investments in Resolving Homelessness
There’s excitement for advocates like me who are focused on resolving and preventing homelessness for the far-too-many Coloradans forced to experience it…
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part One
As things turn out, both the brick house and the piano come into play when a big, bad wolf shows up at the straw house, and then at the stick house, and huffs and puffs both houses into oblivion…
OPINION: Can Elon Musk Save the Colorado River, and the American Southwest?
There are at least 4 ways to get water from one side of Glen Canyon Dam to the other as the water level drops below the turbines…
HMPRESENTLY: Imagine, Knowing Where Your Tax Dollars are Going
Are your hard-earned tax dollars paying for something on a Navy ship? Bits of a bridge? A highway? Are they paying for pothole repairs on roads?
EDITORIAL: County Commissioners Agree to Enter Negotiations on Courthouse Sale
“Now, supposedly, Mr. Urbanczyk will build and finance the new building for the County. At what cost and at what finance rate to the taxpayers of Archuleta County?”
HMPRESENTLY: Be Thankful You’re Not Florida
Life in Florida was so much simpler, decades ago, roasting in sunshine on warm, sandy beaches. Avoiding a painful sting from a Portuguese man o’ war…
EDITORIAL: County Sheriff Suspected of Offering a ‘Bounty’ for Arrest of Political Rival, Part Four
“You know, it’s kind of an ethical or moral thing. Like, is that what you do to your political rivals? And, was it because of that? Who knows…”
EDITORIAL: County Sheriff Suspected of Offering a ‘Bounty’ for Arrest of Political Rival, Part Three
“Honestly, it originated out of the sheriff,” he said…
OPINION: Biden Administration Restores Some, But Not All, NEPA Protections
Many important provisions of the original 1978 regulations that were eliminated in 2020 are not included in today’s rulemaking…
EDITORIAL: County Sheriff Suspected of Offering a ‘Bounty’ for Arrest of Political Rival, Part Two
“But to be referred to in a news article as one of the ‘town drunks’?” he asked…
OPINION: Reflecting on Land Stewardship and Cultural Heritage
Visitors to Colorado’s state parks and other properties will have more and more opportunities to come away with a broader historical understanding…
EDITORIAL: County Sheriff Suspected of Offering a ‘Bounty’ for Arrest of Political Rival, Part One
Some Daily Post readers may remember Mr. Keating from his campaign for Archuleta County Sheriff in 2018, when he ran — unsuccessfully — against incumbent Sheriff Richie Valdez…
OPINION: A High Risk to Our Community
I have some legal questions here, because we have a right as taxpayers to have transparency from our government officials…
EDITORIAL: Town Planning Commission Reviews Servitas Housing Projects… Part Four
A perfect storm, you might say. A perfect payoff for wealthy and upper-middle-class investors, and a perfect disaster for working families…