“For the Town to annex it, it has to be desirable. But they are not desirable unless they have the proposed buildings on them…”
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.
ESSAY: Ribbon-Cutting at Pagosa Peak Open School
“During the process, you likely realize that you took too many risks and turned many wrong corners… and you backtrack. You try something different. And you innovate….”
Pagosa Peak Open School Prepares to Open Its Doors, Part Three
“You can look at almost any ‘standard’ and say, ‘Okay, where is this concept or skill used in the real world, outside of school?’…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Prepares to Open Its Doors, Part Two
“But you know, the beauty of place-based learning — even in very rural areas — you can still find ways to connect the students to the community…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Prepares to Open Its Doors, Part One
All full- and part-time staff has been hired, classrooms are being set up, the play yard is being built, and enrollment is currently at-capacity for all grade levels…
EDITORIAL: Flash Flood Warning?
“A Flash Flood Watch is issued when conditions are favorable for flash flooding. It does not mean that flash flooding will occur, but it is possible….”
Trump Administration Withdraws Request for Voter Records… Temporarily?
According to recent news reports, thousands of Colorado voters have removed themselves from the voter registration system in response to the actions of the Trump administration…
Pagosa Peak Open School Hires Its Staff, Part Three
“The teacher knows that the Individual Learning Plan is like a doorway. We have to be able to demonstrate the progress, and also show the gaps…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Hires Its Staff, Part Two
“And part of the vision has always been, that there’s almost never a single teacher alone, except when working in a small group. There’s almost always a team, working together…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Hires Its Staff, Part One
“This is the kind of faculty that’s sort of a ‘Renaissance’ faculty… who can integrate the arts and music into the classroom… and over half the teaching staff is fluent in Spanish…”
Lightner Creek Fire in Durango 20 Percent Contained
A second fire was apparently started by an ember on the east side of Lightner Creek Road and it worked its way toward Perins Peak and became the larger of the two fires…
ESSAY: Data… and the American Dream, Part Five
“Bob, you shouldn’t be doing that kind of work,” I told him. “Hire someone to do it for you. A professional…”
ESSAY: Data… and the American Dream, Part Four
“At the end of the day, there’s no romance without finance. We need some money to finance this; we’re going to need money to pay the consultants to do this work…”
ESSAY: Data… and the American Dream, Part Three
In other words, DDM can analyze the tourists coming to Pagosa Springs and tell us, at some level of detail, what TV programs these visitors are watching at home…
ESSAY: Data… and the American Dream, Part Two
Back in 2010, the 20-member Water Supply Community Work Group (WSCWG) published a comprehensive study of our community’s water needs…
ESSAY: Data… and the American Dream, Part One
The birds were singing when I woke this morning, and that’s a fact. I can’t tell you how many birds or what species, but I definitely heard birds singing…
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Three
What has changed since 2010? If Dry Gulch was a boondoggle then, what has changed to make it a good idea in 2017?
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part Two
“No, it’s not good news. There’s still a window of opportunity, to get them to turn this thing around, but it would be a long shot…”
EDITORIAL: The Zombie Reservoir Rears its Ugly Head, Part One
“I consider myself an informed person. I’m a County commissioner. I was intimately involved in the first Dry Gulch deal….”