“You can’t simply push power back into the grid. Power has qualities to it, right? We need 60 Hertz out of it; we need a certain voltage out of it…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: The Pentagon Can’t Seem to Pass an Audit
Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion…
EDITORIAL : All We are Saying… is Give Peace a Chance, Part Three
In some cases, a rule or law may have been created to define acceptable behavior, and although no actual person was harmed, the rule was violated…
EDITORIAL: Habitat and LPEA Cooperate to Electrify Everything, Part One
“As long as we can move forward without negatively affecting one of those three key points, that’s what we consider beneficial electrification…”
BIG PIVOTS: Fifteen Years Ago, Coal was King… What Does That Say About Natural Gas?
I vividly remember attending the annual meeting of the Delta-Montrose Electric Association in 2008…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Discussing The Debate, College-Age Republicans Reflect 1980s GOP
When I asked the students which issue they cared the most about, nearly all responded with “jobs….”
EDITORIAL : All We are Saying… is Give Peace a Chance, Part Two
One central concern, in a school setting, is everyone’s safety, and safety sometimes requires that the perpetrator be removed from the situation…
EDITORIAL : All We are Saying… is Give Peace a Chance, Part One
Violence, and the threat of violence, are often used to enforce the status quo… or to challenge the status quo…
OPINION: Urging the Colorado Supreme Court to Uphold the Constitution
Donald Trump took an oath to ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution’ when he was sworn in as president…
EDITORIAL: The Price of Gas, and What to Do About It, Part Two
“There’s so many people below the poverty line. There’s so many people who use their vehicles to haul water. To get firewood. We’re one of them…”
EDITORIAL: The Price of Gas, and What to Do About It, Part One
“So I had our legal department look into whether the County has legal standing to take some legal action on this, and I was told, no, we do not…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The COVID Experts Got It All Wrong
Did the ‘experts’ get anything right about COVID? The answer appears to be a resounding ‘NO’…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Whose Playoff System is More ‘Professional’?
Recently, I watched a documentary on the 1972-1973 Miami Dolphins, the only “perfect team” in NFL History…
OPINION: Thoughts About Property Taxes, from Colorado Governor Polis
“Now, I’m calling on local governments to build on the success of the special session and to utilize this legislation to lower their tax rates…”
EDITORIAL: Hot Water, Part Four
During a recent Council meeting at Pagosa Springs Town Hall, I heard two of our seven Council members ask about reconsidering the way we use our geothermal resources…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Have Biden’s Polls Doomed Him to a Single Term?
According to Steven Shepard with Politico, “President Joe Biden’s poll numbers keep getting worse…”
EDITORIAL: Hot Water, Part Three
A few years later, the Resort took on a major resort expansion with the construction of the Ecoluxe Lodge…
OPINION: The Union Idea and Its Adversaries
As early as the 1940s, business groups and conservative politicians advanced “right-to-work” legislation and litigation undermining unions…
EDITORIAL: Hot Water, Part Two
“Legend has it that the Utes were suffering a mysterious plague that was beyond the healing of the most powerful medicine men….”