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Archuleta County Democratic Club will meet Aug. 19
The Archuleta County Democratic Club will be meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, at Coyote Moon. The speaker will be Emily Lashbrooke of the Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (PSCDC). You may have read about how PSCDC has coordinated the development of 10 affordable houses in the Trails...
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part Three
Two items of particular interest appear on the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners’ work session agenda this morning. One of the items, to be presented by Commissioner Veronica Medina, will be a discussion about two November ballot measures:. 4. Initiatives 50 And 108 – Veronica Medina. This agenda...
EDITORIAL: A Political Controversy at the County Airport, Part One
A seemingly innocent notice appeared in the Public Meetings section of the weekly Pagosa Springs SUN yesterday. Although the notice, published on Thursday, suggests that we can review the published agenda for further information… the agenda was still not posted when I checked this morning (Friday). Here’s the link to the Agenda Center.
EDITORIAL: Making Them Pay for Their Water?
At its July 25 meeting, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) Board of Directors discussed issues and high costs relating to outlying areas of the district’s water system…. — from a Pagosa Springs SUN article by reporter Josh Pike. When I arrived in Pagosa Springs in 1993,...
EDITORIAL: Too Much of a Good Thing at the BOCC?
In Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It, the heroine Rosalind flees persecution in her uncle’s court, to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. Rosalind poses a question, in Act 4, Scene 1. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?. Some...
Legacies: August 8, 2024
Chas. (Dick) Brown has been awarded the contract to dig the trench and lay the sewer for the new school house. The work is now in progress, commencing at the river and extending through the park. Tomorrow is the last day of the One-Cent sale of all Rexall goods in...
ECOnorthwest selected as consultant for housing needs assessment
Flowers explained that the county, the Town of Pagosa Springs and the Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (PSCDC) received a Stronger Communities Planning Grant to pay for a housing needs assessment for Archuleta County and the Town of Pagosa Springs. At its Aug. 6 meeting, the Archuleta County Board of...
EDITORIAL: Sen. Michael Bennet Offers a History Lesson, Part Three
For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’. At some point in this editorial series, I want to address the concept of “justice”. But today, some historical background.
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