In January 2012, the Town Council — acting the PSSGID board of directors — approved the sewer pipeline IGA during a contentious meeting at Town Hall…
Category: News/Politics
HIV Prevention Bill Introduced on Legislative Session Opening Day
“This bill will increase access to preventative medications by allowing pharmacists, as well as physicians, to prescribe PrEP and PEP medications…”
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part One
The smell of rotten eggs blends poorly with rural suburban living and beautiful mountain vista, I am told…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Fourteen
“For a community, rapid growth is easy. Bolstered by state and federal funding… municipal bond debt financing… tax incentives and deferrals… towns that want to induce new development have many means of doing so…”
Five Education Issues for the 2020 Legislative Session
Todd said improving Colorado’s teacher preparation programs is a top priority for her this year, her last in the state legislature….
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Thirteen
Clearly, socialism is not cheap, when governments feel justified about putting citizens deeply in debt without their approval…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Twelve
Without spectacular growth, local governments cannot afford to maintain the streets and parks and buildings they’ve built to serve the public’s needs and wants…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Eleven
Main Street USA was inspired by Walt Disney’s hometown of Marceline, Missouri and it’s designed to resemble an idealized turn-of-the-20th-century (c. 1910) American town…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Ten
The place I was most excited to visit, as an eight-year-old, was Tomorrowland…
LETTER: The Shadow War
Both Russia and China are aggressively jointly practicing a “high-low” strategy of hostility…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Nine
Of the fourteen ideas listed, more than half — eight of them, to be exact — reference “walking” or “recreation.” Our current Council seems wonderfully interested in increased pedestrian activity…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Eight
Mr. Simpson made a preliminary presentation to the Town Planning Commission on November 26, showing rough sketches of the proposed low-income town homes. The plan was praised by the Town Planning department…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Seven
“I realized that if the economic conversations taking place in parliaments, in boardrooms and in the media worldwide are going to change, then the fundamental economic ideas taught in schools and universities have to be transformed, too….”
Advocacy Groups Celebrate Key Step Towards Climate Goals, Cleaner Air
“Since air knows no political boundaries, any source of air pollution in Colorado is of concern to all citizens who want their families to breathe clean air….”
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Six
I suppose the Christmas season can seem like a treadmill to some people… trying to find and afford appropriate gifts for family and friends… often going into debt in the effort to show how much we care…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Five
A key word here is “resilient.” Able to weather a storm. Durable. Stronger and longer-laster than some of the roads and buildings and infrastructure built here in Archuleta County over the past 40 years…
OPINION: Americans Support a Non-Nuclear Future
In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action…
EDITORIAL: The Growth ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Part Four
“I’m open to having greater special district participation on the commission, but I also think the Council needs to be the driving force of that board, to maintain the majority…”
LETTER: Blight in Pagosa Springs
Too bad it already has water, sewer, paved streets, etc. Otherwise, the Town could grant itself TIF to rebuild…
