“One. We have a fixed budget. We understand that we have a fixed budget. Every month that goes by, we’re probably losing $50,000 to cost escalation…”
Category: News/Politics
EDITORIAL: Rush to Judgement? Part One
“And right now, the direction I’ve been given, is we are now working on a jail — 54-beds, located in Harman Park, and estimated at $13 million….”
SNAP Benefits on the ‘Shutdown’ Chopping Block?
“If more food resources are needed during the partial government shutdown, we encourage clients to reach out to a local food bank or community agency…”
EDITORIAL: A Lack of Shared Love at the ACRW Luncheon, Part Five
“Priorities are one thing. Refusing to think how you’ll pay for those priorities, that is quite another. No one really cares any more….”
EDITORIAL: A Lack of Shared Love at the ACRW Luncheon, Part Four
By 2007, the imprisonment rate in the US had gone … to being “three times that of any fully developed nation at any point in the post-World War II era…”
EDITORIAL: A Lack of Shared Love at the ACRW Luncheon, Part Three
“I don’t want to have to circumvent the voters. I don’t want to. But we’ve asked twice, and now we’re in a position where we have to make a decision….”
PHOTO ESSAY: The New (and Returning) County Crew Gets Sworn In
At Judge Wilson’s prompting, the officials, one by one, promised to uphold the US and Colorado Constitutions and to fulfill their duties, and then signed a copy of their oath…
EDITORIAL: A Lack of Shared Love at the ACRW Luncheon, Part Two
The new law was supported by the ACLU, Fraternal Order of Police, the Centre for American Progress and the Koch brothers, among others. Liberals and conservatives…
EDITORIAL: A Lack of Shared Love at the ACRW Luncheon, Part One
“I understand where they are coming from. They have needs. So we all just need to come back together, we all need to work together, we all need to figure out a plan….”
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Six
“The Town Council would appreciate your support for Skywerx’s application for High Cost Fund grant monies for this critical community project….”
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Five
“Anytime you start a utility infrastructure, you end up putting hundreds of millions of dollars in the ground, or in the air, and you recover it in very small increments……”
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Four
“As your local electric co-op we know our true purpose is so much more than poles and wires — we work every day to improve the quality of life in our communities….”
EDITORIAL: The Limits of a Recreation Economy, Part Eight
“Local governments, non-profits, community members, faith organizations and concerned residents have come together to respond to the shortage of housing choices in the community…”
EDITORIAL: The Limits of a Recreation Economy, Part Seven
“The town boasts access to numerous outdoor activities year-round such as hiking, fishing, skiing, and rafting; geothermal heating; affordable housing prices; and the Cloman Industrial Park…”
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Three
Within months, it became evident to REA officials that established investor-owned utilities were showing little interest in using the newly available federal loans to serve sparsely populated rural areas….
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Two
“We are following the plan we gave you in the proposal. So one of the first things they are working on is the Aspen Springs Monopole, to try and get some service out there….”
EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part One
Late last summer, I noticed a crew of men and machines digging a trench in the roadside ditch along North 5th Street. The work — whatever the heck they were doing — seemed to be progressing slowly….
EDITORIAL: The Bastard Parcels of Archuleta County
Apparently, the word “bastard” comes from the Old French, and is somehow related to the phrase “fils de bast” which can be translated as “Child of the Packsaddle…”
EDITORIAL: The Limits of a Recreation Economy, Part Six
The article was focused on Crested Butte, but Mr. Vanderbilt could have been writing about most any mountain town anywhere in the West…