Posted by Heather Barron on January 12, 2011
“accelerated discontent” is an advertising mechanism for attracting consumers to specific products by making them so unhappy with what they have, they must buy your product/service to ever be “happy” again.
Posted in Clan of the Thunder Thighs, Opinion
Posted by Mike Harvey on January 11, 2011
A special election would be a waste of money, time and resources for our City, which has much bigger fish to fry as the calendar turns.
Posted in Opinion
Posted by Hayden Mellsop on January 3, 2011
Several very good reasons to fish as often as you can…
Posted in Fishing, Opinion | Tagged arkansas river, fly fishing, salida
Posted by Heather Barron on December 21, 2010
Have you ever noticed that from the get-go we are introduced by our size? To this day I know that I weighed 7lbs 13oz. This eventually gives way to age, then year in school, and then to profession (“So what do you do?”). Yet none of these aspects of our lives say anything truly meaningful about who we are.
Posted in Clan of the Thunder Thighs, Opinion
Posted by Citizen Team on December 17, 2010
I read the Mountain Mail’s recent article about the ongoing permitting process for Christo’s Over The River project. The part that jumped out at me was the announcement that Christo had decided to eliminate the proposed parking area at Parkdale.
Posted in Opinion | Tagged Christo, Over the River
Posted by Admin on December 9, 2010
The dogs at Conour shelter are in dire need. My hope is that together we can raise the funds to ensure that dogs in their care will no longer sleep night after night outdoors in freezing temperatures.
Posted in Letters, Opinion
Posted by Admin on December 9, 2010
In the interest of promoting an open and accountable government the Chaffee County Republican Central Committee encourages the Chaffee County Commissioners to make information related to expenditures of public funds and government activities readily available and accessible to the residents of Chaffee County.
Posted in Letters, Opinion
Posted by Juane Tobascofish on November 28, 2010
The engineering, the route, the technicalities, the scenery, the rocks, the trees, the sand. All perfect (if not a bit challenging on a rigid single speed). It just keeps going and going and going.
Posted in Letters, Opinion
Posted by San Luis Valley Renewable Communities Alliance on November 27, 2010
Colorado’s first industrial solar energy project has run into fierce opposition from San Luis Valley ranchers, biologists and community members who say the project will destroy Saguache County’s centennial ranching sector, as many as 800-acres of wetland habitat and the regions world-class wildlife and tourism values.
Posted in Environment, Opinion
Posted by Bill Donavan on November 22, 2010
What is the Citizen? Has it been Performing as it should? Do you know what it’s “all about?”
Posted in Opinion
Posted by Bill Donavan on November 10, 2010
This is an opinion piece based on a comment stream found elsewhere on the site called Mountain of a house.
Posted in Opinion
Posted by Citizen Team on November 10, 2010
THE SAN LUIS VALLEY: A SOLAR SACRIFICE ZONE? Valley Renewable Communities Alliance founders sound off on why the project is a precedent for poor energy planning and design.
Posted in Opinion
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