“Isolated events, like the one this past weekend in Pagosa, certainly need to be taken into account as we develop our complex climate models…”
HUMOR: Guilty Pleasures
“Nice view,” said Richard, with a slight Texas drawl. Richard Butz was leaning on the pressure-treated railing, looking out over Village Lake at the majestic READ MORE
EDITORIAL: Facts and Fantasies About the Bridge to Nowhere, Part Five
I have a fantasy, for example, about honest local government, making legal decisions in open meetings and valuing the opinions of the citizens who fund them and for whom these governments were created…
EDITORIAL: Facts and Fantasies About the Bridge to Nowhere, Part Four
“So, could you address those? If those are questions that have been asserted before, and we have them tonight, can you answer those questions?”
EDITORIAL: Facts and Fantasies About the Bridge to Nowhere, Part Three
Some others — including many who attended the March 17 meeting at the Ross Aragon Community Center — seem to view Pagosa’s municipal government as a slightly insane father…
EDITORIAL: Facts and Fantasies About the Bridge to Nowhere, Part One
Mayor Volger began by explaining, as best he could, why the Town Council had chosen to discuss the 5th Street Bridge proposal in closed-door meetings for the past six months, releasing no information to the public
HUMOR: Talking Cars
“No, I’m pretty much a small-town girl. I hardly ever make it as far as Durango. But it’s okay… I like small towns….”
ESSAY: The Amazing Universe of ‘Big History’
Here in 2016, we have apparently lost the intellectual distinction, not only between ‘History’ and ‘Prehistory’ but also between fact and fiction…
EDITORIAL: Concerning the Sewer Pipeline IGA, Part Four
“… 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…