Author: Bill Hudson

“A compact call would be devastating in the Upper Basin. It would be total chaos…”

A new report claims that the annual releases of water from Lake Powell will ultimately compromise hydropower generation at Glen Canyon Dam…

“Was it, like, $5 million?”… “No, I think it was more like $10 million.” … “So I’m hearing anywhere between $10 and $12 million…”

Here in our own little community, less than half of our current offenders are locked up; the rest are managed with alternative methods…

But there might be a big problem with these particular medians. We’re listening to one of the consultants explain what might happen in, say, ten years…

“The department faces a $25 billion revenue shortfall over that period, including a nearly $9 billion shortage over the next 10 years….”

We heard that the Metro District cannot afford to maintain the pavement on Bristlecone if the entire community is going to continue using that road…

“Bristlecone is a shorter route. If you’re actually looking at the impacts on roads, Bristlecone is a much shorter route, than it is to go all the way around…”

“This is selective enforcement. They’ve decided who they’re going to enforce the laws on. That’s as illegal as hell…”

Historically, Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County has been home to people living simply, and without a lot of money…

“In the 1950s, we lived on a ranch on the lower Blanco without running water. We used an old fashion outdoor toilet for about 10 years…”

“There’s a Zombie apocalypse going on up here. I’ve had drug lords from Mexico here. Tweakers. I mean, this has been the headquarters…”

“I’m anxiously awaiting your opinions regarding the buckets of human feces placed neighboring properties, the toilet paper festooning the trees downwind…”

Archuleta County made it illegal to live year-round in a travel trailer, in 2010. The new regulations did not, however, provide any housing alternatives for families…

I’ve had a few brief conversations with Warren Goodman over the years, and I’ve come to understand he has evidence that the Aspen Springs area was once home to Hopi Indians…

“So what my investigations have brought to my attention is that we’re in dire need of a transfer station, and that primarily, it’s a problem of trash collection in living out there…

It appeared, from the comments offered by the neighbors at the August 14 work session, that Mr. Goodman was allowing friends to ‘camp’ on his private property…