There are common sense steps we can take to make our children and our communities safer. And there are leaders who are making the right choices, who aren’t beholden to special interests…
Category: News/Politics
EDITORIAL: A Healthy Discussion About an Unhealthy Project? Part Three
“Last, I feel we need to make additional efforts to educate our community about the services we provide, but also our structure and how we operate…”
OPINION: Senate Bill 20-102 Could Ensure Women’s Safety When Receiving Medical Care
While thankfully we don’t often hear of these reports, we can’t be naïve to believe sexual assaults and abuses don’t happen in this context within our small community…
Terminally Ill, He Wanted Aid-In-Dying. His Catholic Hospital Said No.
In the past two years, Diffendaffer and his fledgling group, Dying With Dignity of the Rockies, have helped more than 50 terminally ill Coloradans obtain medications to end their lives…
EDITORIAL: A Healthy Discussion About an Unhealthy Project? Part Two
“We should have a comprehensive list of potential partners… see if we can find somebody interested in partnering up with us, because — as far as PAWSD is concerned — we can’t afford to build a dam….”
LETTER: Senator Gardner Profits from Special Interest Lobbyists at Fundraiser
Coloradans are demanding protections for our public lands. We are struggling with the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs…
New Law Would Promote Better Health Care for Colorado’s Aging Population
“Our growing senior population deserves compassionate and capable health care, but right now Colorado simply doesn’t have enough physicians to care for them…”
EDITORIAL: A Healthy Discussion About an Unhealthy Project? Part One
Some divorces are ugly, and the divorce between PAWSD and SJWCD could have been viewed that way, except that the two boards jointly own 666 acres of gazing land…
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Nine
In my book, there is no shame in trying and failing. (I do that regularly myself.) There’s no shame in trying a second or third time, with a different approach…
Colorado Hospitals Showing Record Profits
The cost of health care has gone up much more sharply in Colorado than nationally… In fact, on average, Colorado hospitals charge some of the highest prices in the country…
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Eight
This is, of course, a computer’s opinion about my place of residence. No human being connected with WalkScore.com has ever strolled through my neighborhood…
OPINION: ‘Lake Erie Bill of Rights’ Heads Into Federal Court
“This court challenge is only the latest instance in a long series of attempts to ensure that the people do not have the means or legal tools to confront the wealthy and the powerful…”
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Seven
These are not new ideas. Pagosa’s leadership has been talking about creating a walkable town for 20 years, at least…
Supreme Court Set to Rule on Funding for Religious Schools?
“I think that it’s totally discriminatory that we cannot access those funds… simply because our kids go to a religious school…”
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Six
So I don’t know what to think. Do we have a parking problem in Pagosa? I don’t believe we do… except maybe inside the pages of the LUDC…
Full-Day Kindergarten Takes Off in Colorado
But overall, the total increase in preschool through 12th grade enrollment for Colorado’s public schools grew by only 0.2% from the previous year…
Marijuana Destinations: Exploring People’s Travel Experiences for Recreational Marijuana
In June of 2019, Colorado reached another milestone when it became the first state to surpass $1 billion in total cannabis-related revenue.
LETTER: Impeachment Trial Exposing Hypocrisy
Speaking of voter fraud and hypocrisy, the Republican Party has gone to great lengths to make it harder for “the people” to vote…
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Five
One might assume that the arrival of the world’s largest retailer in the midst of a mostly-vacant mixed-use subdivision would be “Catalytic…”