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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL:  Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Two

Posted on October 31, 2023November 9, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Tourism Board executive director Jennie Green was asked to comment on the suggestions made by this group of 25 businesses…

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EDITORIAL:  Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part One

EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part One

Posted on October 30, 2023October 31, 2023 by Bill Hudson

When I arrived at the well-publicized ‘Halloween Hootenanny’, the scene at Yamaguchi Park seemed relatively deserted…

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OPINION: When the ‘Fake News’ Dog Whistle Blows

Posted on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 by Kim Elzinga

In this Age of Cacophony, how do we know what is truth… and what isn’t? What really is “fake news”?

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OPINION: Igniting the Fires of Peace

Posted on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 by Robert Koehler

Their mission is transforming, collectively healing, building the social infrastructure of peace…

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EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Five

Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Her 4th grade class at Pagosa Peak Open School is studying Ute culture and history, as described in Emily Murphy’s illustrated Daily Post article on Wednesday…

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EDITORIAL: Why I Voted ‘No’ on Prop HH

Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

The General Assembly has the legal authority to reduce the property tax rate without a vote of the electorate, so Prop HH is not really about property tax relief…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Run-in with the High School Principal

Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 by Gary Beatty

As the writer of the ‘Independent Children’ column pointed out, school administrators too often take on the role of petite dictators…

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EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Four

Posted on October 26, 2023October 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Sadly, the statistics to which our schools get reduced, and on which they are ranked, are based on just two basic academic skills…

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OPINION: Rep. Boebert Seeking to Leave Taxpayers with Oil & Gas Cleanup

Posted on October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 by Aaron Weiss

The House Natural Resources Committee held a subcommittee hearing yesterday on a draft bill sponsored by Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert…

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EDITORIAL: Serious Questions About Colorado Housing Programs

EDITORIAL: Serious Questions About Colorado Housing Programs

Posted on October 25, 2023October 3, 2024 by Bill Hudson

Here are the most important things this chart is trying to tell us, based on responses from 447 working households in Archuleta County…

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EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Three

Posted on October 25, 2023October 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“It’s a great time in education, when almost everyone… sees the need for kids to apply their knowledge to a field that they might pursue, that doesn’t necessarily involve going to college…”

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EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Two

Posted on October 24, 2023October 25, 2023 by Bill Hudson

At some point, we have to wake up from our dream…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: You Can’t Get Paid for Being Offended

Posted on October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 by Gary Beatty

So how did some in the media spin the Supreme Court’s ruling? Here are a few examples…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Choosing the Right Speaker of the House

Posted on October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 by Post Contributor

Republicans may find that putting the grownups back in charge is the best strategy for retaining the House…

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EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part One

Posted on October 23, 2023October 24, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I’m curious how many of our Daily Post readers — in particular, perhaps, those with college degrees — could confidently answer this question?…

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EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy... Part Four

EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Four

Posted on October 20, 2023November 1, 2023 by Bill Hudson

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…

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OPINION: Denver Water Required to Do New NEPA Analysis for Gross Dam Expansion Scheme

Posted on October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 by Gary Wockner

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?

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EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy... Part Three

EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Three

Posted on October 19, 2023January 26, 2024 by Bill Hudson

The Colorado Demographer’s Office has consistently overestimated population growth in Archuleta County… by a sizable margin of error…

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EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy... Part Two

EDITORIAL: My Pagosa Crystal Ball is Dark & Cloudy… Part Two

Posted on October 18, 2023January 26, 2024 by Bill Hudson

Will workers want a low-paying tourist industry job in Pagosa Springs, if they are required to commute from New Mexico?

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