Years ago, Colin Kaepernick, who threaded the needle at times, when he was quarterbacking the San Francisco 49ers, took a knee during the National Anthem…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Management Evicting 16 Families on Eaton Drive, Part One
It appeared that perhaps one or more apartment units have already been vacated by the current tenants, because I found a large (and rather sad) collection of furniture and household goods sitting in a pile…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Seven
This romantic vision of the American West — wide open spaces, big sky, freedom to roam — must certainly have been embraced by the ranchers and businessmen who arrived in Pagosa Springs during the last quarter of the 19th century…
OPINION: Time to ACCT
Now is the time to be Community Strong, to be Constitutionally and Ethically Strong, and I will strive towards these goals as District 3 Archuleta County Commissioner…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Six
“We also really want to applaud the decision to get a separate environmental assessment. That’s something that I think is absolutely critical to what we all want to achieve here, and I’m very happy to see that’s happening…”
HMPRESENTLY: Groupthink… and Groupdo, too?
Even in social media, focusing on business, and on business people, and people seeking to have some role in business, there’s groupthink…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Five
Among the interested members of the public were the associates of the local Audubon Society, who had been — for many years — enjoying the abundant wildlife making use of the warm-water wetlands…
BIG PIVOTS: Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge?
Will new natural gas plants end up being like many coal plants, assets stranded long before the debt is paid?
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Four
Sitting in the room directly behind Mr. Dronet and his team, were several members of the Pagosa Wetland Partners, an organization that formed about three years ago…
OPINION: Comments on the Draft Upper Basin Drought Response Operations Plan
First, in the Plan and the appendices, nowhere does the Bureau mention the cause of the “drought”…
HMPRESENTLY: Pulling Nails Out of Walls
To be fair to downtown LA, there’s also some interesting architecture out there nowadays, but this was years ago when the comedian was poking fun at LA’s downtown area…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Three
The water issues facing our community in connection with the Springs Resort’s proposed expansion are even more dramatic, because they relate directly to one of the only warm-water wetlands left in the State of Colorado….
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Two
The Town government decided 15 years ago that “interesting” architecture would make Pagosa Springs more attractive and more economically sustainable…
HMPRESENTLY: All Jargoned Out?
How many times, do you suppose, would you have to click down on a tally counter, to count the number of times someone is saying the word ‘disgraceful?’
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part One
The Town of Pagosa Springs has received an application for “Sketch Major Design Review” for the construction of a new 84,000 square foot building containing roughly 80 hotel rooms, a spa, a restaurant and a series of new hot springs pools…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs… Santa Fe… Pagosa Springs
During our weekend, the kids and I made two trips to the Railyard Park, an “award-winning” children’s playground at the west end of Santa Fe’s extensive commercial-cultural Railyard development.
OPINION: Fragrant Corruption
We will no longer take orders from the State. The State is a corporation and we will no longer support it. We will establish our own bank and put our tax dollars back into our county…
HMPRESENTLY: About That CDC Survey…
In a Pagosa Springs SUN article, a local businessman is quoted, saying that “the ballot language is somewhat vague and abstract…”