We might be tempted to assume that “a budget” is the main reason that governments even exist…
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 & VIDEO: Too Much Water…Too Little Water…
On Saturday, October 11, my granddaughter remarked that she could hear the river from her bedroom window. She said it sounded like the ocean…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Four
The neighbors who spoke in opposition to the CUP protested that their neighborhood was zoned “Agricultural”…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Three
“The focus at the ranch is to grow all-natural organic produce and raise all-natural grassfed pasture pork as well as other livestock….”
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Two
Agritourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part One
For one, the BOCC has indicated their intention of gathering public testimony and discussion before moving ahead with the project…
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Four
Is our American way of life threatened by nonprofit organizations?
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Three
Americans were largely united during World War II in a battle to defeat European fascism…
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Two
“Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech…”
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part One
“The Colorado Health Foundation is deeply concerned about a new federal memo directing government agencies to investigate and disrupt networks, organizations and funders…”
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Four
“A Mineral Fee is also proposed under Scenario 2. Instead of charging the hot springs resorts directly, the cost is shifted to the hot springs customers as a “turnstile” fee…”
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Three
I mentioned, previously, my opinion that the Springs Resort has had its operations generously subsidized by the town taxpayers since the mid-1990s…
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part Two
The geothermal heat exchanger is housed in a metal building currently receiving colorful murals on all four sides…
EDITORIAL: Springs Resort Attorney Suggests a Geothermal Lawsuit, Part One
Back in the early 1980s, in the midst of an oil crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy provided a sizable grant to the Town of Pagosa Springs…
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Four
“Are you living on the same amount of money that you were living on 30 years ago? I’m not. None of us are, because we can’t…”
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Three
“That’s way too much money to take out of an economy as small as ours. It will hurt us. And I think the biggest hurt will be Road & Bridge…”
EDITORIAL: The Message on the Chalkboard, Part Two
“What were we doing? How did we do it? And how could we know if we were having the effect we wanted?…”
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Sad and Confusing Meeting… Part Two
“I’ve already written to you folks about what I think of this administration building, and I am going to hold my ground on that today…”
EDITORIAL: The Message on the Chalkboard, Part One
“We believe that all children deserve access to a quality education — one that prepares them for the duties of citizenship in a democracy and connects them to economic opportunity…”