“I know many of you are aware that Archuleta County got the award for being the most expensive place to live in Southwest Colorado, in the last ‘livable wage’ update that we did…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Legal Weed, Part Two
One evening we had a conversation with the husband about how that dream was working out. What he said caught us by surprise…
EDITORIAL: The Well-Meaning Tyranny of Pagosa Tourism, Part Two
“I see that you have, on your agenda, a proposal to put $500,000 into a special account for a future events center, that the Tourism Board thinks you should have…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Legal Weed, Part One
Taxes on weed, like liquor and tobacco, are “sumptuary” taxes… sometimes referred to as “sin tax”…
EDITORIAL: The Well-Meaning Tyranny of Pagosa Tourism, Part One
The Tourism Board would very much like to provide tax subsidies to business owners and managers looking to host large corporate retreats or conferences….
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Six
The report authors also produced a “perceived risk” chart for adults aged 26 and older…
EDITORIAL: Reportedly, O’Rourke Media Acquires The Pagosa Springs SUN
The SUN has traditionally been a ‘hyper-local’ publication, for the most part, limiting its news coverage to happenings within Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Five
“There’s a lot of price compression going on in every state…”
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Four
“It’s a Ponzi scheme. The whole stock market is a Ponzi scheme, but this is one of them. I elected not to do it…”
OPINION: Student Loan Debt… What’s the Next Step?
Two groups are in particular trouble. The first group consists of students who took out loans but never got a degree: some 40% of borrowers…
OPINION: Livestock Grazing has Limitations and Poses a Serious Risk to Wilderness Areas
A collapse of native flora adversely impacts a host of co-evolved species, like deer, small mammals, birds and even pollinators…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Hurricane Idalia
Is the Gulf of Mexico beginning to reclaim the barrier island beneath man-made Clearwater Beach high-rises?
OPINION: Oppenheimer’s Truth
The birthday ended sadly. Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty, alcoholically blurry and drink in hand, descended from upstairs into the entryway…
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Two
“”I was trying to figure out how to make it, here in Pagosa. I come from the M&A world; Mergers and Acquisitions…”
HMPRESENTLY: A Cult of Their Own
Didn’t I just hear someone on Fox, I think it was, accusing progressive folks of always sipping their Chardonnay?
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part One
Now that it’s legal — both medical and recreational — in Colorado and several other states, a cannabis industry is thriving… in certain places…
OPINION: Coexisting with Predators Could Benefit Both People and the Environment
Research has found that extensive carnivore killing to reduce levels of conflict is largely ineffective, ethically tenuous and undermines their conservation…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Three
The business owner stated that a couple had come into her shop and told a story about businesses in Virginia, in a similar situation, receiving grants to cover lost income…
Revised ‘Water of the US’ Rule Weakens Protections for Streams, Wetlands
“We all live downstream, but apparently the Supreme Court doesn’t believe in gravity…”