However, that has changed. Rates are going up, and fiscal management is more important than ever. I never have heard so many negative sentiments expressed about our LPEA board membership…
Now that’s the height of hypocrisy. Maybe Olson would like to explain the expenses “his” directors have charged the members of LPEA over the last couple of years? The opinions…
Chemicals found in water wells highlight gas and oil’s need to drill with care
Gregg understands the imperative of sound financial oversight, managing costs, capitalizing on opportunities and increasing services. He understands that this all can be done in a clean-energy context: Working to…
However, too often, there are candidates with personal agendas, and the noise surrounding these agendas does not represent the whole, and by default it divides communities. I don’t bleed green…
If the Herald and its reporters were interested in providing its readers in Archuleta County with actual information about these candidates, you would have contacted Nicholas Kazarinoff and Formwalt, then…
For decades, these two people repeatedly have demonstrated compassion, vision and leadership in our community. Their experience of successful business management is exactly the kind of skill good board members…
At the last LPEA board meeting, four of the current directors present felt candidates for the board should sign an affidavit that simply affirmed they were qualified to run for…
As the former weatherization program manager, then executive director of 4CORE, I have had the privilege of working with the Colorado Energy Office, the U.S. Department of Energy, the EPA,…
The April 24 political cartoon depicting impoverished Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign coffers is quite funny in view of the continuing Clinton scandals the Herald refuses to print. How many normal…
I tried the Durango Herald’s Action Line column to no avail. Perhaps someone at the FLC cycling team or the Durango Wheel Club can point me in the right direction,…
It took an embarrassingly large number of people to put their lives on hold and help me. They gave up their warm clothes to cover me and shivered, raced down…
SASCO is pleased to support Britt Bassett for re-election in District 3 and Heather Erb for re-election in District 4. Britt Bassett is a dedicated, knowledgeable and passionate representative for…
I know we are going to miss someone, and if we do, we apologize. We recently had a fire in our house on Forest Avenue. First, we want and need…
Heather is a businesswoman, mother, sitting LPEA board member and strong community leader. More than anything, she is a consensus-builder who works hard to make sure that LPEA moves effectively…
Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Scotland and Ireland all have set records for renewable-energy production in 2014, relying mostly on wind and some solar. The United States also has been increasing…
Our FLC mission statement and strategic plan codify our sacred trust to provide a free education to any federally enrolled tribal member, including Native Alaskan students. This is why history…
I worked in Kathmandu many years ago, volunteering with an organization that has been there for more than 50 years. The Dooley/Intermed Foundation has been doing work there for so…
Comparing confrontations can offer insight into urban and rural conflicts
I came home today to see an “AMI” meter installed after I told LPEA that I do not want one. I asked someone there why LPEA cares about enforcing smart…
I learned the following from LPEA minutes, financials and attending board meetings: The “green” members of the board (the board majority) defeated a motion to require LPEA board candidates to…
We fully agree that panhandlers are fellow Americans with the same rights as the rest of us, including free speech, even if they are unkempt and their speech is a…
On the other side, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is recommending the idea that Social Security payments should be increased by raising the income tax from the current cap of $118,000…
At the end of our discussion, one of the book-club members suggested this book should be the community read for Durango. Another member of the book club suggested that people…
Colorado is not entitled to America’s public lands – they belong, equally, to all Americans. President Grant’s proclamation that admitted Colorado to the Union in 1876 expressly stated: “… the…
Why would we not want someone who would try to lower rates while being environmentally responsible? Why would we not want a compassionate, well-educated member on the board concerned for…
With more than 4,000 confirmed dead at this time, untold thousands injured and hundreds of thousands left homeless, this was a disaster of appalling proportions. Yet, the Herald chose to…
Not surprisingly, this effort is supported by the American Lands Council and other corporate-sponsored organizations that seek to access federally protected lands to extract coal, gas, oil and minerals. If…
