As the Rolling Stones once promised us, you can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find…
Author: Bill Hudson
Bill Hudson began sharing his opinions in the Pagosa Daily Post in 2004 and can't seem to break the habit. He claims that, in Pagosa Springs, opinions are like pickup trucks: everybody has one.
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders on Lewis Street
“It’s gonna bring a lot of money to this place…” said Commissioner Wadley…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Four
I wonder how “resignation” fits into the well-documented shortage of new teachers…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Three
The Archuleta School District has nevertheless decided to place police officers in school hallways, to prevent a crime that will almost certainly never happen…
BOCC Votes to Purchase Harman Art Museum Building
Last year, the BOCC was offered 5 acres of vacant property adjacent to the museum, as the site for their proposed County detention center…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Two
Will putting armed police in our school buildings actually help to keep violence out of the schools — or will it, in fact, insert a culture of violence into the environment?
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part One
“For ELA, we were at the 54th percentile, so right smack dab in the center, for the average ‘growth’ in the state. So our ELA program is delivering what a typical student in Colorado is getting…”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Six
“I think we’ve mentioned, many a time, that we’re willing to settle, when it comes to the attorneys fees, if the plaintiffs would like to approach us and discuss them reasonably….”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Five
The 14 petitioners did not hire an attorney to represent them, but rather filed their request for an official ruling as pro se plaintiffs…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Four
We might note here the authority given to the County Clerk and Recorder, to resolve “any questions about the applicability of the procedures…”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Three
“I pushed for that work session on their behalf, because they weren’t getting anywhere. As commissioner, I argued that, look, these guys have legitimate concerns…”
EDITORIAL: More Thoughts About the ‘Gun Show Loophole’
Not many of us are laughing about guns, at this particular time in our nation’s history…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Two
The very act of bringing these petitions to the BOCC and requesting their placement on the ballot was itself a challenge to the status quo…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part One
“Now the [2014] elections have passed, and you guys had an opportunity to do something with [the petitions] — either address them yourselves or put them on the ballot; you chose to do nothing…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Five
Despite long-standing complaints about potholes, crumbling roads, and unfixed highways, US states spent as much building new roads as repairing old ones…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Four
The BOCC went ahead and borrowed the money for their new jail anyway, without voter approval, using a clever financial device well-loved by the banking industry…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Three
We also noted that, in 2016-2017, more than 69 percent of Colorado state revenue was exempt from TABOR limitations…
EDITORIAL: Building Glass Castles in the Sand, Part Two
Cardboard is now selling for $25 a ton. “Prices for OCC [cardboard] today are so low that in many cases the material is not even covering the ever-rising cost of freight to the mill…”
EDITORIAL: Building Glass Castles in the Sand, Part One
“Comparing $111,000 to the cost of constructing a new landfill, we’ll be saving money in the long run, by buying space that we’re not filling up….”