A flyer circulated at the County Commissioners’ Land Code meeting the night before urged people to unite against this committee, misrepresenting it as an attempt at a Tri State buyout.…
The entire process of a special election will cost tax payers a minimum of an additional $60,000 at a time when many county services have been decreased because of reduced…
I believe Congress needs to act to pass the “Dream Act” that provides a path to citizenship for them. Some will ask, why haven’t these people become citizens of this…
As a fifth-generation resident of Southwest Colorado, count me as one of those people. Yet that is exactly what the billionaire Koch brothers are trying to do. Recently, their foundation,…
Unfortunately, I was unable to attend that meeting because as chairman of the La Plata County Planning Commission, I was at a planning commission meeting accepting a final version of…
In a free market, the market itself rewards successful industries. Economists generally agree that government subsidies distort the free market. Subsidies and tariffs choose winners and losers, instead of market…
Land-use planning generally elevates our property values and enhances our quality of life. Consequently, virtually every city in the U.S. regulates land use. Putrid swine wallows, sheet metal shop cacophony…
While wind and solar are rapidly becoming the least expensive source of electricity, Tri-State Generation and Transmission continues to be heavily dominated by coal. Its rates are uncompetitive in today’s…
The Koch Brothers – of Koch Industries fracking wealth and fame – through their front group, Americans for Prosperity, have arrived in La Plata County to tell us poor yokels…
In the field of psychology, the gold standard for measuring psychopathy is the Hare PLC-R checklist. The PLC-R measures 20 personality traits and behaviors, and scores 2 for “often,” scores…
Today is the annual address by the POTUS known as the State of the Union Address. In view of the dizzying litany of events unfolding I find the Union to…
Its first target is County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt because she has the audacity to be concerned about our environment’s health. Worse, she believes the oil industry needs to take responsibility…
Organizers of a recall petition of La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt set up on Tuesday in the parking lot of Basin Coop in Durango to collect signatures.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald…
I needed their approval for a boundary adjustment. The Planning Department denied the boundary adjustment and the sale of the business. I spoke privately with two of the La Plata…
My project was rejected and, therefore, denied the opportunity to be seen and judged by the public. The committee stated that I hadn’t provided enough details on two questions in…
My friend and her 21-year-old twin were overpowered by two bodybuilders and taken to a remote area of the desert. They were then brutally beaten and raped. The license plate…
du1-i-syn Thirty-one of them (more than any other state) hail from Colorado, including a remarkable six from Steamboat Springs, two – mogul skier Keaton McCargo and slopestyle skier Gus Kenworthy…
Spelling is a dying art – mostly due to spellcheckers and a lack of ability by its users to spot obvious errors. The example of the moment, “uniom” rather than…
Nearly 16,000 DACA holders have already lost legal status and can no longer work or drive in the United States. Every single day another 122 Dreamers lose their DACA status.…
Gwen Lachelt has been serving this community for over 30 years and has been elected to public office twice. She is one of the most dedicated and hardworking public servants…
I want to go on record to say that my husband and I, and for that matter my entire family, have never been contacted by any special interest group, nor…
My family has lived in La Plata County for nearly 30 years, and I have owned property here for 11 years. As a Democrat, I appreciate Gwen’s support of programs…
Connie Clementson, BLM Tres Rios Field Office Manager, discusses a new computer model for taking comments on BLM master lease plans. Last week, Secretary Ryan Zinke issued an instructional memo…
She was refused coverage from Medicaid because of a federal policy called the Hyde Amendment, which withholds health benefits for abortion. Colorado has a similar policy on our books. The…
