Alamosa Schools to Build Football Stadium; Can’t Fund Gifted and Talented

by Randall Smith | 7:41 pm, November 9, 2012

For the second election in a row, the Alamosa School Board of Education begged Alamosans to raise taxes to build a new football stadium. Unlike last year, the voters let them do it despite the horrendous academic performance of AHS students on Colorado…

The Continuing Failure of Alamosa Schools

by Randall Smith | 12:16 am, October 20, 2012

It must be nice for the Alamosa Board of Education to have the Valley Courier writing articles to support their agenda. It was the same last year and the theme continues again this year. Though, it is nice to actually get some answers from the BoE, no …

It’s Amazing What Parental Involvement Can Do

by Randall Smith | 9:20 pm, October 17, 2012

Here’s an amusing little story out of Alamosa. Last year, the parents of students in the Alamosa School District decided to form a group called, A-PAGE, to hold the school district accountable for their failures to educate students. The Alamosa Board o…

Alamosa BoE Wants to Destroy Economy to Build a Stadium

by Randall Smith | 8:57 pm, October 15, 2012

Here we are. Just weeks away from from voting down Alamosa School District’s monument to poor academic performance. Let’s skip over the fact that somehow taking $7.9 million from Alamosa citizens over and above what we’re paying now is not a tax increa…

Stadium Proposal Continues Alamosa Board of Education’s Failures

by Randall Smith | 9:51 pm, October 1, 2012

I’ve been thinking a great deal about the Alamosa Board of Education’s plan to waste $8 million on a football stadium. The city council and county commissioners came out is favor of the proposal, of course. And why not? After all, it’s not the city or …

Government Makes Alamosa Deer Problem Worse

by Randall Smith | 7:46 pm, September 12, 2012

Alamosa, Colorado has a deer problem. There is a huge herd of deer that wanders around and through town. It used to be pretty rare but now I see deer nearly every day. The deer aren’t shy either. This guy paid me a visit a couple of months ago.

Yep…

Alamosa BOE Promotes Athletics Over Academics

by Randall Smith | 10:07 pm, September 5, 2012

Oh, goodie. The Alamosa Board of Education has approved the language of the ballot question which asks voters to give them $8 million to not educate students.

Leaving aside the complete ridiculousness of the claim that extending a tax to confiscate a…

Alamosa BOE Votes to Waste Money on a Stadium While Students Fail

by Randall Smith | 10:12 pm, August 22, 2012

Once again, the Alamosa Board of Education has voted to ignore the failure of Alamosa High School to education their student population and, instead, are pushing for the construction of a new stadium. They would rather ignore the fact that more than ha…

Alamosa BOE Votes to Waste Money on a Stadium While Students Fail

by Randall Smith | 10:12 pm, August 22, 2012

Once again, the Alamosa Board of Education has voted to ignore the failure of Alamosa High School to education their student population and, instead, are pushing for the construction of a new stadium. They would rather ignore the fact that more than ha…

Meeting With Scott Tipton

by Randall Smith | 9:39 pm, July 13, 2012

Congressman Scott Tipton held a town hall meeting in Alamosa today which I was fortunate enough to attend. Here are some of my thoughts from tonight’s meeting.

Tipton started the hour long meeting with a brief stump speech. “Bottom line, [the electio…

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