Those country songs and sounds sure do have their own kind of power, don’t they?
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Four
During that same period, he calculated, local taxpayers had contributed about $1.1 million to subsidize the County Airport’s everyday operations…
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Three
Increasingly, our 21st century definition of ‘political truth’ has come to mean: ‘whatever numbers can be generated by computers…’
OPINION: We’ve Never Seen an Open Meetings Violation Like This
Lawsuit against party leaders in the Colorado House from two of its own members makes reform unavoidable…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: RFK Jr. is No Jack Kennedy
It remains to be seen whether this newest member of the famous political family is up to the task of bearing the mantle…
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Two
I would propose, dear reader, that this is a true statement. “All five of the airplanes shown in these photographs are private jets…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘I Was Misinformed’
According to the American Film Institute, there are five lines of dialogue from ‘Casablanca’ in the Top 100 movie quotes of all time….
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part One
The central focus of Commissioner Brown’s comments seemed to be on the problems at Stevens Field…
HMPRESENTLY: Regardless of Principles
There’s plenty of opportunism all around, and the resulting fallout probably are evident in the wealth gap…
LETTER: Be Sure to See ‘Godspell’ at PSCA
The high energy characters will have you laughing, clapping, singing, crying; along with the chance for on-stage interactions with the cast…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Seven
Yesterday in Part Six, I shared the comment that the Pagosa Springs Apartments wanted to convert 98 motel rooms into tiny apartment units…
OPINION: My Pillow Moving Company, in Pagosa?
This morning, I was researching how inexpensive it would be to purchase a 2007 or 2008 Freightliner Dock Truck…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Six
I awoke this morning, early, from a dream about Julie McCluskie. Actually, not about Julie McCluskie, the person, but about her name. “Julie McCluskie”…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Five
“Tiny Home Villages may be served by a public sanitation district, by a centralized On-site Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS), or by individual OWTSs…”
OPINION: Prioritize Public Good on Public Lands
The Biden administration has heard what residents want on Bureau of Land Management lands: conservation…
LETTER: Disaffiliating Methodists
To date, over 6,000 US congregations have chosen to disaffiliate from the UMC, which constitutes 20% of the denomination in the U.S….
OPINION: ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ Pleads Guilty
Konrad Bicher has agreed to forfeit $1,740,407 and must also make restitution to victims in the amount of $1,985,251…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Four
Apparently, things have gotten bad enough to make even the BOCC reconsider its beliefs…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: United Methodists, Better Together
In another meeting among congregants, it sounded more like those angry over losses in the 2020 election… were looking for revenge…