‘But the reality of my profession is, that I come to my housing situation with an enormous student debt burden. Which means that I can’t afford to buy a home…’
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: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part Three
So the final 2007 Chaffee County Housing Needs Assessment went, essentially, nowhere. As Mr. Reimer explained it, Chaffee County would need to fund a new Housing Needs Assessment in order to qualify for government grants…
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part Two
In 2007, more than 8 out of 10 people thought our community — as it currently existed — was a ‘good.’ or even ‘excellent,’ place to live…
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part One
The resulting 2008 report written by EPS noted that, in 2005, Archuleta County had a grand total of about 6,100 jobs…
School Board Looks at Next Year’s Budget, Part One
Amendment 23 isn’t the only constitutional provision that applies to the state budget. Among other things, the constitution requires a balanced state budget every year…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Five
Since the 1980s, however, the growing homeschooling movement in America has led to a situation where older, school age children — age 5 through 18 — are being educated for their entire childhood within the Family System…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Four
As we chatted with Mandi and Randi, it didn’t take long to get around to possibly the most controversial topic in education: standardized testing…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Three
How my school district had decided that the reign of the ancient Mayans was more crucially important than the 135-million-year reign of the species Dinosauria, I am still not clear…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Two
In 2011, the school district finally decided they wanted to shut down the program. The parents and staff hired an attorney and began to negotiate the right to form a semi-independent Charter School….
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part One
Then we settled ourselves at one of the outdoor tables, overlooking the playground, and got into the meat of the discussion…
EDITORIAL: In and Out of Hot Water, Part Two
‘This is Pagosa’s little version of “Too Big to Fail.” We all have too much invested in it, emotionally; we all have too much money invested in it…’
EDITORIAL: In and Out of Hot Water, Part One
So Pagosa Verde has to pay the drilling companies first, and then ask DOE and DOLA for the money. And wait (patiently?) while the government processes the paperwork and writes the checks…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part Six
Then, perhaps we could put the proposed Dry Gulch project on the back burner for another ten to twenty years…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part Five
It put my mind at ease that the PAWSD water conservation expert thought there was room for improvement…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part Four
At last week’s presentation, however, the mysterious “safety supply margin” had inexplicably grown…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part Three
The PAWSD Board of Directors apparently have the power to levy almost any fee they desire…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part Two
The slide was intended to imply the future of Pagosa Springs, but was actually a photo of Las Vegas, Nevada…
PAWSD Conjures $357 Million Project in Dry Gulch, Part One
We quickly learned that almost every well-crafted magic trick relies on two key principles…
EDITORIAL: Letter from Washington DC
Linda and Vera, from the National Museum of the American Indian, met us in the lobby of the Holiday Inn on C Street, with a cute little cart just big enough for Clarissa’s loom plus two bags full of weaving supplies and informational photographs and display materials. Together, we walked the cart two blocks to READ MORE