Now that it’s legal — both medical and recreational — in Colorado and several other states, a cannabis industry is thriving… in certain places…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Coexisting with Predators Could Benefit Both People and the Environment
Research has found that extensive carnivore killing to reduce levels of conflict is largely ineffective, ethically tenuous and undermines their conservation…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Three
The business owner stated that a couple had come into her shop and told a story about businesses in Virginia, in a similar situation, receiving grants to cover lost income…
Revised ‘Water of the US’ Rule Weakens Protections for Streams, Wetlands
“We all live downstream, but apparently the Supreme Court doesn’t believe in gravity…”
OPINION: Reflections on Donald Trump
Then in the last year of his Presidency came the COVID tragedy… and Donald Trump gave in to the Establishment…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Breakdown of Societal Norms
A jury convicted her after hearing evidence that she intentionally crashed the car to kill her boyfriend…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“And third, we want to… we really want to move and connect people. We want to figure out ways to make the town more walkable…”
HMPRESENTLY: ‘Unbeknownst’?
I’d written previously about students, back in my schooldays, sometimes fudging essays and term papers — it was called ‘fudging,’ back then, and maybe now as well?…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part One
According to the map on the DOLA website, only nine Colorado communities have thus far have met the prerequisites and requirements necessary to be designated as a “Graduate”…
GROWING PAINS: Price Reductions on Unsold Homes
I looked on Airbnb to find some great STR deals … as possible examples of where Average Daily Rates (ADR) might be going in 2023…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: We Can See Why Trump Skipped the Debate
When Republican candidates took the stage in Milwaukee, they had a golden opportunity: a chance to have their voices heard without Donald Trump in the room…
OPINION: Big-Box Payday at Community’s Expense?
Right now, they are pushing to pass the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, a bill that would make credit less accessible…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Eight
“Findings show the most recent Public Works Director made a total of three unauthorized verbal agreements with subcontractors without any such contract, bypassing the necessary contractual steps…”
OPINION: The Republican Debate Catastrophe
Wednesday night’s first Republican Primary Debate demonstrated why the Republicans will not be able to field a winning Presidential candidate in 2024…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Seven
As a result of the unexpected (and unauthorized) paving and repair work, the Road and Bridge Department was apparently headed for a budget overrun…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Defiance of Joan Meyer
Meyer’s words, “Get out of my house, you assholes!” weren’t as poetic as those Whittier attributed to Fritchie…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Six
One question the PAWSD Board will, I suspect, be considering: Who should pay for this $40 million improvement?
HMPRESENTLY: Out of the Blue
A ‘missive’ came to me at just the right time, as I was reading in my phone’s newsfeed about Alaska’s shrinking Mendenhall glacier…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Five
A mass evacuation has been taking place in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada over the past several days, with about 19,000 of the town’s 20,000 residents leaving by plane or vehicle…