People working in Pagosa’s retail industry, or hospitality industries — that is, a huge slice of our local workers — cannot afford “average rents”…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Congress Should Follow Colorado’s Example, and Protect Immigrants
America’s immigration system hasn’t been reformed in decades and, like our nation’s infrastructure, is in desperate need of repair…
EDITORIAL: Three Mildly Controversial Housing Discussions at Town Hall, Part Three
As a result of this failure to take definite steps to create an STR tax or fee, it might be left up to the Town citizens to petition a similar measure onto the April 2022 ballot…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Unethical Conduct by Rittenhouse Prosecutors
Don’t even get me started on the prosecutor’s reckless handling of the rifle during his closing argument…
READY, FIRE, AIM: ‘Louis, Can You Help Me Understand This?’
But how to explain these graphs to Darlene? Things like ‘incidence rates’ and ‘positivity rates’ sort of go over her head. (At least, they did when we were married…)
OPINION: Considering National Defense
“Some day, after mastering the wind, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of Love…”
EDITORIAL: Three Mildly Controversial Housing Discussions at Town Hall, Part Two
“It’s no secret how special this place is. Pagosa Springs is in a class of its own. It holds more picturesque scenery than one can imagine…”
EDITORIAL: Three Mildly Controversial Housing Discussions at Town Hall, Part One
The initial proposal from the Servitas team proposes 60 units spread over the three Town-owned parcels, almost all of which would to be relatively tiny, 450-square-foot apartments…
HMPRESENTLY: On the Same Page, the Same Day
“Having some disagreement is normal. It is real, it is human. And it’s an opportunity for us as mature beings to work through it….”
EDITORIAL: Providing Parents with Vaccine Facts
“Do not rush to vaccinate children as long as the full picture is not clear. Coronavirus disease does not endanger children…”
HMPRESENTLY: Banishing the Traitors
Or maybe it was juntas, in other parts of the world, where folks, saying things that authoritarian rulers didn’t like, were left out in the cold — were banished — so to speak….
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part Five
“I think you are all surprised at the number of services that are available through SJBPH — but they’re not visible… And we are not communicating well enough…”
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part Four
“We’ve reached out to you, to try and understand your services, your structure. I think we’ve spent quite a bit of time on our own, and you’ve provided us with some documents…”
HMPRESENTLY: When PR Becomes HA-HA
“We’re raising awareness of the company’s products and services,” we’d say. And when the term ‘brand image’ became popular, we’d talk about raising awareness of that, too…
EDITORIAL: The Ongoing Mysteries of COVID Data
Why would the hospitalization rate in one of the most successfully-vaccinated places in the U.S — northwestern New Mexico — be three-and-a-half times the hospitalization rate in the country’s southern states?
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part Three
We don’t want to neglect that particular remark, because “environmental health” and “performing inspections” might actually be at the center of this controversy…
OPINION: American History, in a Ziploc Bag
“I am a garbage collector,” he explains. “Racist garbage. For three decades I have collected items that defame and belittle Africans and their American descendants…”
EDITORIAL: The Public Health District Question, Part Two
Archuleta County has a significant number of residents living without centralized drinking water, and without community wastewater services. La Plata County, not so much…