Feb 11, 2023
Once, there was a bear. Actually, he was a weasel. But he thought he was a bear, and he roamed through the woods, making himself look as large and ferocious as he could. Several of the larger forest animals knew of his delusion, due to his habit of announcing, loudly,...
Jan 8, 2023
PHOTO: The PAWSD oxidation ditch at the Vista Waste Water Treatment Plant. Read Part One Declaration of policy. It is declared to be a matter of statewide concern and the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and may not be...
Jan 8, 2023
IMAGE: Sketch of possible Town-sponsored housing projects just south of Walmart. Read Part One Over the past 16 years, our two key governments — Archuleta County and the Town of Pagosa Springs — have spent about $11.7 million in tax revenues to promoting the local...
Jan 8, 2023
Photo courtesy Seeds of Learning Early Childhood Center. Read Part One The Town Council met last week to discuss a couple of entitlements. I don’t want my use of the word ‘entitlements’ to be taken as derogatory. As was discussed in Part Five,...
Jan 8, 2023
Read Part One en·ti·tle·ment, n. 1. The act or process of entitling. 2. The state of being entitled. 3. A government program that guarantees and provides benefits to a particular group. The Pagosa Springs Town Council held their first meeting of 2023 on January 3, and...
Jan 8, 2023
Read Part One Here are two questions about our local governments: Given the condition of the Archuleta County economy… all the problems we’re concerned about… is a tax-funded ‘Recreation District’ something we should be putting up on a...
Jan 8, 2023
Read Part One We all get to adopt our own New Year’s resolutions at this time of year… if we’re so inclined. But as a community, we typically leave decisions about community-wide ‘goals’ up to elected, appointed, and self-appointed...
Jan 8, 2023
Read Part One As noted in Part One, the Pagosa Springs Town Council published eleven priority goals for “2022-2023” back in July. The first three on the list — each marked with a “highest priority” asterisk — are: 1. Sanitation District*...
Jan 2, 2023
PHOTO: The Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District offices on Lyn Avenue. My primary work, for the past 18 years, has been as editor of the online Pagosa Daily Post. But I can’t truly define it as ‘work’. ‘Obsession’ is probably more...
