Editorial to the Pagosa Daily Post Re: You don’t get to Have Your Own Facts The San Juan River Headwaters Project (“the Project”) is the official name given what was the Dry Gulch Project. San Juan Water Conservancy District (‘the District”) has made no secret of the reason for the name change so why Mike Church think it is disingenuous is odd. First, “Dry Gulch” was never an official name of the Project, but rather simply referenced what the project area was referred to on topographical maps. Second, Dry Gulch referenced a project led by Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District (“PAWSD”), which is no longer the case so it has no say in the project name, the name of the road into the project area, the reservoir, the islands in the reservoir, the ridge above the reservoir, or anything else. PAWSD gave up whatever rights it had as part of the 3 Way Agreement that PAWSD and the District entered into with Colorado Water Conservation Board (“the CWCB”). Finally, the Project ...
Rodney B. Proffitt announces he will seek the nomination of the Archuleta Democratic Party for County Commissioner. Rod has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees from Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University), and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law. He studied for a Ph.D in public administration at the University of Colorado – Denver, completing coursework and all but the dissertation. Rod sits on several boards, including Rotary District 5470 (Membership Chair), San Juan Water Conservancy District (President), Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association (Treasurer), Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (Advisory), the coordinating committee for Relay for Life, and the Archuleta County Democratic Party (Secretary). In addition, Rod has previously been active locally by holding several offices in the Pagosa Moutain Morning Rotary Club, appointed to a seat on the Governor’s Southwest Regional Wat...