This USDA program provides vouchers for the purchase of nutritional foods — dairy, grains, eggs, and fresh fruits and vegetables…
Category: Opinion/Letters
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Try That in a Small Town
Hardly an hour goes by without someone issuing a commentary about Country Western performer Jason Aldean’s song…
EDITORIAL: Planning for Archuleta County’s New Public Health Department, Part One
It was understood from the start that it would likely to cost the Archuleta County taxpayers more to operate an independent agency…
HMPRESENTLY: Let Me Fiddle a Little, With Your Mind
One of my earliest memories was my mother saying I brought peace to the world…
EDITORIAL: The School District Mill Levy Override Decision, Part Four
“The polling data suggests that voters trust the district to spend these dollars wisely…”
OPINION: The Wall
“It is indeed an honor to be in this city, which stands as a symbol of the divisions of men…”
Open Letter to Archuleta County Regarding a Proposed Helipad on Terry Robinson Rd.
“We all have made significant capital investments in the properties we have purchased to live in this lifestyle…”
EDITORIAL: The School District Mill Levy Override Decision, Part Three
The elected Archuleta School District Board of Education will make the final decision about putting this measure on the November ballot…
HMPRESENTLY: Let’s Impeach Mother Nature
Yes, the Constitution gives Congress the power to impeach federal officials…
EDITORIAL: The School District Mill Levy Override Decision, Part Two
The basic assumption behind the Public School Finance bill is that each school in Colorado ought to be funded at the same amount, per student…
Colleges Can Play A Role In Helping Keep Aviation Safe
The Congressional debate about pilot training and safety has become quite fierce during the FAA’s reauthorization…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Connecting the Dots of the Fourth Turning
We are now in a “fourth turning” — a perilous time of “crisis”…
EDITORIAL: The School District Mill Levy Override Decision, Part One
If the measure should fail, then ASD would still have the opportunity to go back to the voters in 2024 or 2025, for another try…
HMPRESENTLY: A Think Tank; How About That?
No Canasta or Pinochle… that’s for old-timers, like the type that actor Walter Brennan played in old western movies…
OPINION: Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry
If nothing else, this should be a flashing red light: the simmering resentment of growing numbers of patients who feel victimized by this system…
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Five
Is this the right time to increase our subsidies for airplane owners?
HMPRESENTLY: Seeing Inside Souls
Those country songs and sounds sure do have their own kind of power, don’t they?
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…’