Category: Opinion/Letters

When I did a bit of research into “rising electricity rates”, I came across basically three explanations for price increases that generally exceed inflation rates…

Very few of the elected leaders who sit on our local governing boards have experience in governing multi-million-dollar organizations…

At Sand Creek, on November 29, 1864, Captain Silas Soule and Lieutenant Joseph Cramer refused to allow their men to participate in the massacre of women and children…

“At a very minimum, we should hold the fees flat, and look seriously at never increasing them again…”

We will engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve our democracy…

In this case, only the voters living within the municipal limits saw the 1% sales tax measure on their ballots…

Of particular concern are single-parent households, which amounts to about 20% of households with children here in Archuleta County, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis…

Undergraduate Christiana Walker and I looked into states which provide tax incentives to purchase equipment that would keep guns safe, including gun safes…

“And Ms. Kermode said, over and over again, that nobody is building for 80% AMI.  Nobody can build for 80% of AMI.  Well, we can.  And we do…”

Local property taxes are also the source for repaying the school district’s General Obligation Bond debt for capital projects…

“What I do hope makes our entire community excited is a new school for our students to attend — safer, healthier, has better learning environments, that helps us retain teachers…”

At the conclusion of last night’s meeting, ASD Superintendent Rick Holt noted that the School Board will be charged with making the final decision…

The discussion concerned future decisions by the two Boards — and ultimately, by Archuleta County voters — about the best way to provide safe, functional school buildings…