The six Town Council members had lots of options to discuss on Tuesday, August 3, for dealing with vacation rentals…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: Certain Town Council Members Should Recuse from STR Discussions
I am writing to express my disagreement with the Town Attorney’s opinion that, if there is a conflict of interest, it is up to the Council member to recuse himself/herself…
OPINION: Thank You, to Our Health Care Industry
Medical centers moved mountains to provide care for every patient coming in their doors…
OPINION: I Don’t Like to Call Myself Homeless
I have not had running water, bathroom, a place to cook or even a place to get a comfortable night’s sleep…
EDITORIAL: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part One
Although it didn’t make the national news, the Pagosa Springs Town Council also flubbed their hand-off on Tuesday evening, August 3…
HMPRESENTLY: Playing the Trump Card
‘Humdinger,’ is a word you’re probably not hearing much these days…
OPINION: What If… a United World is Possible?
How does Planet Earth connect with itself? How do we create a human community that isn’t separated from itself by its own borders? Is it possible?
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Three
Next, we have the problem that inclusionary zoning sometimes functions to reduce the number of affordable housing units, while driving up the cost of housing for middle income families…
EDITORIAL: Mirror, Mirror, on the Health Care Wall
“No two nations are alike when it comes to health care. Over time, each country has settled on a unique mix of policies, service delivery systems, and financing models…”
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Two
Housing incentives are a type of Carrot. Perhaps not the same kind of carrot as implied by artist Boardman Robinson in 1916…
HMPRESENTLY: A Little Self-Praise Goes a Long Ways
Well, anyway, a few days ago, I happened to read in Business Insider that “Republicans have been hammering Democrats with ‘socialism’ smears for years…”
OPINION: Federal Infrastructure Proposal is a Fraud
What we’re watching is an unraveling, the last gasps of a social and economic order that came of age in the post-war boom…
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part One
So there we were, with the Town Council in one corner, the Town Planning Commission in another corner, and the Pagosa Area Tourism Board in yet another corner…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Three
“Families who fell behind on rent don’t have time to wait…”
HMPRESENTLY: Wondering About What’s Going On
But when folks with different opinions about that, got the ear of politicians, all hell broke loose, over some ten years of time…
LETTER: The Uphill Battle with the Pharmaceutical Industry
Americans got the vaccine for free initially because the government not only paid for development, but paid for the vaccine…
OPINION: Influence Peddling — an American Tradition
Lobbying and other forms of influence peddling — it’s an issue that reveals perhaps better than any other the power of money in politics…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Two
But what about this whole “Lowest Point in Recorded History” question, at the Great Salt Lake? That sounds pretty serious…