“One thing I will say, without question. We’re not going through the roof membrane to affix anything to that roof…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
GROWING PAINS: A ‘Silver Tsunami’ Coming to Pagosa?
Further, based on his recently downloaded and analyzed data, 18% of second home owners in Pagosa Springs are Texans…
OPINION: Will Men Organize to End Gun Violence?
Mass shootings have killed 3,000 people since 2006, according to an ongoing survey conducted by USA Today and the Associated Press in collaboration with Northeastern University…
OPINION: Our Fight Against Glen Canyon Dam Gets Its Day in Court
“Glen Canyon Dam is the dinosaur of the water world. We need to prepare for unprecedented low flow conditions on the Colorado River…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Media’s Real Job
Walter Cronkite is hardly the only broadcaster or journalist who defied the “just read the news and shut up” model…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Six
Planning Director Cindy Schultz felt confident, she said, that households in this income range should be able to qualify for mortgages for the types of homes being proposed…
OPINION: Will the Supreme Court Decide the 2024 Election? Part Two
Settled Law, also known as Stare Decisis, is a doctrine of the courts that states that case precedent must be followed and should not be overturned by future courts…
OPINION: Supreme Court Word-Count Limits, Explained in 1,026 Words
Lawyers write too much. That’s why the Supreme Court and other U.S. courts impose word limits on them…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Four
On May 13, 2014, about 40 Amish farmers gathered at a building site in Ohio to raise a massive barn…
OPINION: A Slow and Steady… but Bittersweet… Victory Against Parking Mandates
When Germán Sierra bought a one-story home in 2020, he anticipated the types of headaches and hiccups that accompany every renovation…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Congress, Big Tech, and Section 230, Part Two
If ‘big tech’ sees the handwriting on the wall that Section 230 will be repealed, don’t be surprised if they pivot to welcome a federal digital platform regulatory agency…
OPINION: Will the Supreme Court Decide the 2024 Election? Part One
Humorist Cal Tinney quipped it was, “The Switch In Time That Saved Nine”, as the court packing threats died down with the passage of the New Deals legislation…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Three
The developers’ have publicly dismissed any intention of including ‘workforce housing’ in the development…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Congress, Big Tech, and Section 230, Part One
Those family members were justifiably angry. The stories of how their relatives were harmed by social media are tragic…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: No, the Border is Not ‘Open’
If we really want to reduce mass migration, the news must tell the truth about what’s happening at the border, and what our policy really is…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Two
That being said, I’m personally in favor of reducing — in many cases — the land use regulations imposed by our Town and County governments…
OPINION: Governor Polis’ Plan Connects Housing and Transportation
So how does building cost-efficient homes near easily accessible transit corridors make such a difference?…
OPINION: Outrage at Big Tech Has Reached a Critical Point
“I just think with all the power, and the money, astronomical amounts of money that they make, there’s just all this power and no responsibility….”
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Six
“From the very beginning, Fading West understood modular construction to be a solution to help reduce overall project costs and significantly increase construction efficiency…”