“… That PSSGID will need to institute legal action to require PAWSD to finish the pipeline, pay the costs it is obligated to pay for operations and maintenance, and accept PSSGID’s sewage until PSSGID can make other arrangements…”
EDITORIAL: Concerning the Sewer Pipeline IGA, Part Three
We now have yet another law firm involved in the Town’s ongoing negotiations with Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) over the poorly-written 2012 IGA…
EDITORIAL: Concerning the Sewer Pipeline IGA, Part Two
And another thing was rather apparent: numerous key employees at PAWSD, who were used to hooking up 200-300 new homes every year to their water and sewer systems, were now without real work to do…
EDITORIAL: Concerning the Sewer Pipeline IGA, Part One
“Collins, Cockrel, Cole can sue me for slander; this is one of the most prominently miswritten agreements I’ve ever read for a large project. …”
HUMOR: Negative About Numbers, Part Three
Is that stupid, or what? The psychic down the street can come up with a better answer than “2.65”…
HUMOR: Negative About Numbers, Part Two
We now call this system “Euclidean geometry” although Euclid himself probably called it by some kind of Greek name…
HUMOR: Negative About Numbers, Part One
In the beginning, God made each of us with ten fingers. And unless we played with fireworks or hunting knives when we were kids, we probably still have ten fingers…
EDITORIAL: The Secrets of the Sewer Pipeline, Part Three
We have a perpetual problem, here in Pagosa. Lack of transparency, too many secret meetings, and too many rushed decisions that open, public discussion could have greatly improved…
EDITORIAL: The Secrets of the Sewer Pipeline, Part Two
I really respect John Bozek… and when he asked repeatedly to view the IGA, many months in advance, and was never given a chance to review the document, I think that was a loss for all of us…
EDITORIAL: The Secrets of the Sewer Pipeline, Part One
Good question. Why are the taxpayers now being asked to fork out another $600,000? Is there no end to this mess?
HUMOR: Don’t Blame Columbus
In 1492 Christopher Columbus, and a crew consisting largely of sailors forced into service by the Spanish Crown, sailed happily off on a trip to the East Indies in three borrowed boats…
EDITORIAL: Life & Death in the Rural West, Part Two
“It’s like, people would be crazy not to do it, if they had any question about whether their property was in jeopardy…”
EDITORIAL: Life & Death in the Rural West, Part One
By 7:40pm, there were 73 people and four aircraft working the fire…
HUMOR: Doing Math in Public is Not a Crime
To make matters worse, the crime rate in Colorado has been steadily improving over the past 10 years, while math scores in our public schools have been slowly getting worse and worse…
HUMOR: Wrong, Again…
A misstatement if I’ve ever heard one. Yes, I have been wrong… and I’ve always been happy to admit it when I am wrong…
HUMOR: Get a College Degree; Live a Long, Boring Life
Now, four well-educated researchers hailing from the University of Colorado Denver, New York University, and the University of North Carolina have used old, worn-out statistics in an entirely new way to prove that a lack of education can be deadly…
HUMOR: The Biological Truth Your Brain Doesn’t Have the Guts to Admit
Democracy is destiny, biologically speaking, and we are totally outnumbered. You are not in control of your thoughts, nor of your body…
HUMOR: The Statistics the Water Districts Didn’t Mention
By 2100, we will have 113,000 part-time residents, mostly from Texas, California and Pendleton, Oregon….
ESSAY: What the EPA Really Said About Fracking
If you read the EPA draft Executive Summary, you may reach the same conclusion that I’ve come to. Fracking does not always poison drinking water supplies. Fracking does, in some cases, poison drinking water supplies…