The property at 574 S. 5th St (at the NE corner of Apache St. and S. 5th St.) is currently listed and could be a possible property for workforce housing units…
Category: News/Politics
HMPRESENTLY: The Will of the People
A majority of Americans support Social Security, which various politicians seem so eager to abolish. The Pew Research Center reported, recently, that “74 percent of Americans say Social Security benefits should not be reduced in any way…”
OPINION: The End of ‘Climate Change’
Let’s face it. “Climate change” has outlived its usefulness; it’s time we hold funeral services for the phrase…
Answers to Your Voting Questions
County clerks automatically will begin mailing ballots to active registered voters on October 9. A voter is considered active if they’ve voted in the most recent general elections…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Three
Americans do indeed value property rights — in some situations. And the STR industry has certainly helped to bring about higher home prices in Archuleta County, according to everything I’ve heard from local realtors…
HMPRESENTLY: Flummoxed!
Reading Jared Kushner’s words in the media, the other day — he said that “controversy elevates message” — I was wondering if that’s really so, considering what the president himself, and others around him, have been saying, lately…
Sweeping Federal Protections for Colorado Public Lands?
“We have been looking for every opportunity that we can to get this bill across the finish line,” the Lafayette Democrat added…
LETTER: More Thoughts About Capitalism
I would like to direct readers to another treatise on ‘capitalism 101’ — a very interesting article wherein financier Ray Dalio distills a complex subject into terms that are understandable…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Two
“The strategy that I determined maybe to use, working with Tara Hardy from Silver Thread — she’s the Director there — was to do a new proposal for a pre-season opening, where we don’t have any of our indoor facilities open…”
EDITORIAL: Capitalism, on the Operating Table
I first heard about capitalism back in high school, but I’ve never been sure who, exactly, invented it. Whoever invented it, they obviously missed the boat…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part One
As County Attorney Todd Weaver explained, the original ground lease mentioned “approximately 40 rental units”, but the project has since been scaled back to 34 units…
Will Coloradans Trust the New COVID Tracking App?
“In this situation, we’re rushing into this without thinking through the consequences… The state ought to say we’re not going to jump into this technology without some guardrails…”
EDITORIAL: Keep Your Mask Handy
Polis claims that mask-wearing has been key to allowing the state to reopen as much as it has so far. He has not commented, yet, on the direct impacts to the fashion industry…
EDITORIAL: Colorado Secretary of State Griswold vs USPS
“…my office received notice that the United States Postal Service would be sending out a national pre-election mailer to every household in America that contains incorrect election information for Colorado…”
HMPRESENTLY: Touting His Tax Cuts, There’s One Tax POTUS Keeps Increasing
In the Cambridge Dictionary, syntax is defined as “the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence.” The grammatical arrangement…
EDITORIAL: Amendment B Makes the Headlines
“If the Gallagher Amendment is not repealed, owners of high-end homes in Denver’s wealthiest neighborhoods would get a tax cut next year, while small businesses and farmers would pay a larger share of property taxes…”
US Senators Appeal to Nation’s Largest Internet Companies
“As a new school year commences, the need to accommodate an unprecedented reliance on data services to provide education continues…”
LETTER: Suckers and Losers
“Well, I (Griffin) circled back with my source this morning and he firmly said this was not a one-off…”
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part Six
“Nearing or at the end of their service life.” That’s an interesting comment, considering that many of the water pipelines in Archuleta County date back to the 1970s… almost fifty years ago…