For those who wanted to hear that millions of dollars in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) incentives would create a virtual economic revolution in Pagosa Springs… there was plenty to get excited about…
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EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Five
This sounds like exactly the same type of mixed-use development being proposed by Mr. Dronet — except with highway frontage, and centrally located in the scenic uptown area…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Four
When a developer is planning to create a new subdivision, there seem to be two basic approaches. One approach is to do a competent market study to make sure there’s an unfilled demand…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Three
Mr. Searle sat quietly for most of the evening and allowed Mr. Dronet to handle the presentation of the proposed 27-acre project…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part Two
If you look at the map of Enterprise Zones, it appears that most of Archuleta County qualifies as a “distressed area”…
EDITORIAL: Are Tax Breaks Making Colorado Broke? Part One
“I think there may be litigation regardless of which direction we decide to go,” Moreno said….
EDITORIAL: Some Good News
As the Rolling Stones once promised us, you can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders on Lewis Street
“It’s gonna bring a lot of money to this place…” said Commissioner Wadley…
OPINION: What Wage Gains?
Senator Patty Murray, alluding to the 10-year gap since the last minimum wage increase, asked: “If workers do not deserve [a raise] at this time, then when do they?”
BOCC Votes to Purchase Harman Art Museum Building
Last year, the BOCC was offered 5 acres of vacant property adjacent to the museum, as the site for their proposed County detention center…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Six
“I think we’ve mentioned, many a time, that we’re willing to settle, when it comes to the attorneys fees, if the plaintiffs would like to approach us and discuss them reasonably….”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Five
The 14 petitioners did not hire an attorney to represent them, but rather filed their request for an official ruling as pro se plaintiffs…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Four
We might note here the authority given to the County Clerk and Recorder, to resolve “any questions about the applicability of the procedures…”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Three
“I pushed for that work session on their behalf, because they weren’t getting anywhere. As commissioner, I argued that, look, these guys have legitimate concerns…”
EDITORIAL: More Thoughts About the ‘Gun Show Loophole’
Not many of us are laughing about guns, at this particular time in our nation’s history…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Two
The very act of bringing these petitions to the BOCC and requesting their placement on the ballot was itself a challenge to the status quo…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part One
“Now the [2014] elections have passed, and you guys had an opportunity to do something with [the petitions] — either address them yourselves or put them on the ballot; you chose to do nothing…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Five
Despite long-standing complaints about potholes, crumbling roads, and unfixed highways, US states spent as much building new roads as repairing old ones…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Four
The BOCC went ahead and borrowed the money for their new jail anyway, without voter approval, using a clever financial device well-loved by the banking industry…