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Category: Opinion/Letters

LETTER: A Fun Way to Support a Local Author

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by Post Contributor

Are you aware that one of your fellow Pagosans is involved in a fun competition to help raise money for our very own Pagosa Library expansion?

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HMPRESENTLY: That ‘Effing’ Word…

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by Harvey Radin

Fantasies can be really enticing, except when realities come barging in…

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EDITORIAL: Designing a Healthy Public Health Department

Posted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 by Bill Hudson

But is our nation’s health care sector really facing a massive shortage of health care professionals?

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Six

Posted on March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“One of the biggest thing that will impact that aging demographic, are services and amenities that will allow them to ‘age in place’…”

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Five

EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Five

Posted on March 29, 2023September 11, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“So for a single adult, to live here, just meeting their needs, would need to make about $39,700 a year. When you add children to the mix, it jumps substantially…”

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OPINION: Breaking the Dairy Industry Monopoly in the Public Schools

Posted on March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 by Post Contributor

But there’s one big hitch: a high percentage of the kids getting nutrition assistance — perhaps even a majority — suffer from lactose intolerance…

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Four

EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Four

Posted on March 28, 2023March 29, 2023 by Bill Hudson

As I mentioned before, I was personally very disappointed by this breakdown…

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Three

EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Three

Posted on March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 by Bill Hudson

There’s more than one way to skin a cat… but municipal governments don’t always choose the sharpest knife…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Atheists at a Prayer Vigil

Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 by Gary Beatty

There is something fundamentally wrong with a legal system that would allow such a lawsuit to even be considered in the first place…

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LETTER: Appreciation for Secretary Haaland, for Changing Federal Place Names

Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 by Post Contributor

By removing offensive place names, we are creating a more inclusive and respectful community…

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Two

EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Two

Posted on March 24, 2023March 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“During the Study period, Pagosa Springs has experienced an increase in vacation home stock, declining permanent resident occupancy, rising rents and home prices…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Suddenly Cyclonic

Posted on March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Harvey Radin

We’d never felt the force of nature, quite like that bomb cyclone… it just kept going, whipping big trees all around, and dumping torrential rain…

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OPINION: Blowing Out the Candles, on Iraq

Posted on March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Robert Koehler

Indeed, as I wander in the desert of political abstraction, I find my belief in and connection to journalism — to writing itself — starting to disintegrate…

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EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part One

EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part One

Posted on March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“On February 27, 2023 the Town Council directed staff to negotiate the purchase of 3.46 acres of vacant land located at the SE corner of the intersection of the San Juan River and Hwy 160…”

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BIG PIVOTS: Water Challenges on the Republican River

Posted on March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 by Allen Best

Climate scientists issue their latest, stern warning while farmers in Colorado’s Republican River Basin grapple with how to be sustainable…

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EDITORIAL: Different Perspectives on Pagosa’s Water Future, Part Four

Posted on March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I suppose we can understand the attraction of hamster wheels. Hamsters just like to run, and they don’t really care whether they are getting anywhere…

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EDITORIAL: Different Perspectives on Pagosa's Water Future, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Different Perspectives on Pagosa’s Water Future, Part Three

Posted on March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 by Bill Hudson

The SJWCD board also voted to endorse the application of two new prospective board members, Robert Hagberg and Chuck Riehm…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Due Process and the Constitution

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Gary Beatty

“We now hold that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused … violates due process…”

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OPINION: “Defend the Fens” Launches Against Dam Proposals in Colorado’s High Country

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Gary Wockner

“The proposals to destroy these fens and their unique ancient attributes must be countered with an aggressive fight….”

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