I stopped by, to get a photo of a small construction crew working on a Habitat for Humanity home on Ranger Park Drive, in the Trails subdivision…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Denver Water Required to Do New NEPA Analysis for Gross Dam Expansion Scheme
If Denver Water could not properly estimate how much rock material they needed to build a massive new dam, what else have they estimated incorrectly?
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Three
The Colorado Demographer’s Office has consistently overestimated population growth in Archuleta County… by a sizable margin of error…
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Two
Will workers want a low-paying tourist industry job in Pagosa Springs, if they are required to commute from New Mexico?
ESSAY: Issues Hover Around a Proposed Terry Robinson Road Helipad, Part Two
“The Planning Commission has ample information to absolutely put a full stop on this application. …”
EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part One
I attended a meeting of the Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation last week and heard about some ambitious plans…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: How’s Your Lifestyle?
I felt like asking, “What about those of us who have a life — not a lifestyle?”
ESSAY: Issues Hover Around Proposed Terry Robinson Road Helipad, Part One
I’m a sucker for a good cause and a great story. This issue seemed to have both. I was beginning to recognize why I might care…
EDITORIAL: Flip-Flops at the BOCC, and other Controversies, Part Four
As part of the 2008 sale of the Running Iron Ranch, the family had negotiated full use of the ranch property for cattle grazing and gravel mining for 15 years
OPINION: Public Schools Must Teach the Contention of Democracy, Not Censor It
Attacks on public education that seek to defund and muzzle it divert our attention away from the civic ideas on which the United States was founded…
EDITORIAL: Flip-Flops at the BOCC, and Other Controversies, Part Three
On Chili Beach in Queensland, Australia, 4,696 flip-flops had washed ashore and were collected during a five-day clean up effort…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Every Refuge Has Its Price
Changes in female pheromone receptors resulting from use of oral contraceptives interfere with detection of MHC genes…
EDITORIAL: Flip-Flops at the BOCC, and other Controversies, Part Two
The discussion was not simply about flip-flops. It was also about control, and freedom of choice…
EDITORIAL: Flip-Flops at the BOCC, and other Controversies, Part One
“This [Handbook] is the foundation, for the County, to let our employees know what we’re doing for them, and what our expectations are, of them…”
EDITORIAL: Support for a Struggling Senior Center?
“I would not disagree. I would definitely think this would be a huge impact for the employees of the Senior Center…”
GROWING PAINS: Will Real Estate Prices Crash in Pagosa?
Prices in the real estate market are set “at the margin” meaning that even a small change in demand can significantly impact values…
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Sweden
It all depends on who we want to compare ourselves to, and whether we see ourselves as blessed or cursed…
EDITORIAL: A Fishy Decision by the Pagosa Springs Town Council, Part Two
“This conceptual plan for ecological and recreational enhancements along the San Juan River above the town of Pagosa Springs reflects the vision of stakeholders…”
EDITORIAL: A Few More Thoughts About Prop HH
“From my position, I think HH is a bad deal. It appeared to be a bad deal in the beginning. It hasn’t gotten any better…”