“You got mentioned in the newspaper,” he smiled…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Four
The diversion that fills Lake Hatcher — sparkling water from snowmelt in the San Juan Mountains — is on Fourmile Creek…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Chaos in Russia
Unfortunately, we arrived in the aftermath of a Russian coup attempt, where chaos reigned as the country lurched toward 1994…
OPINION: The Decline and Fall of Fox News
“Instead of trying to adjust and attempt to establish a beachhead of credibility, the network is going back out to sea…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Neil Gorsuch Speaks Up for Native Americans
There is no longer any legal basis to deny them the right to be included in consideration of water rights as they have been in the past…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Three
“Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow. Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains…”
HMPRESENTLY: Basking in Bad Publicity
It used to be that bad publicity was bad. And that was good…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Crime Scene Kitchen
Fox TV has cooked up great new show that mixes baking talent with using your head to solve a mystery, and working with a teammate…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Two
“I was an advocate [for a Dry Gulch Reservoir] when it first started. I was ‘pro’ for it then, and we’d have been way ahead of the game if we’d have put it in, then…”
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part One
I’m not sure if County Commissioner Warren Brown understands the complexity of the problems — legal, financial, social, and geological…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Five
With the increased property valuations, Archuleta County taxpayers will probably foot about 63% of the school funding next year. That’s a 26% increase…
EDITORIAL: Town Manager Andrea Phillips Submits Her Resignation
“I anticipate my last day with the Town of Pagosa Springs to be August 4, 2023. Following that, I anticipate spending more time caring for family in Tucson, AZ and moving back to Mancos, CO…”
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Four
A 60% increase in Pagosa Springs property taxes will mean a great deal to many property owners and renters. It will mean nothing at all to the funding of our local public schools…
OPINION: ‘Dobbs’ Has Been a Legal Disaster
A year ago, the Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to get an abortion. At least in Colorado, medical science and sanity still prevails…
HMPRESENTLY: Don’t Get Cute With Us
But differentiating politicians’ words from their actions, might tell a rather different story…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Three
Unfortunately, the County does not provide us with any facts, or any reasons why we might vote “Yes”… or “No”…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Two
We don’t yet know how many appeals might be filed by the July 15 deadline…
HMPRESENTLY: The Lemon Tree
It’s in a big wood barrel, a lemon tree that we thought was on its last legs… or roots, you might say…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part One
“I think it’s a job that we were voted in to do, and it’s our responsibility to do it…”