“We’d like to pitch this as ‘Bring Your Own Tiny Home’. That’s what Escalante Village did in Durango…”
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: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Three
Almost exactly four years ago — in March 2021 — the Daily Post ran an op-ed about a “tiny home village” proposed by Dallas-based developers Legacy Alliance…
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Two
“So I started researching, and Durango has a tiny home village, and another one out by Bayfield. And I thought, ‘This could actually work!’…”
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part One
“So three years ago, we were living in Dallas, Texas. You know, deep in suburbia. We both had full-time jobs and three little kids…”
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Three
“So many of us fall into the trap of, ‘I just want to be an educator. This politics stuff is not for me. I don’t want to do that’…”
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Two
“Dr. Perry is completely committed to closing the educational inequities that plague our youth and families in low-income communities…”
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part One
Just as different pupils learn differently… in a similar sense, different teachers teach differently… and different parents raise their children differently…
EDITORIAL: A Few Facts About the Highway Reconstruction Project, Part Two
The Town government, especially, has an interest in the reconstruction project, for several reasons…
EDITORIAL: Sorry, Not a Town That Loves Kids
We all have our suspicions about the type of community we live in, but there’s hardly a better way to find out, than to put something on a ballot and let the community weigh in…
EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part Two
“There have been some significant changes in our federal government since January 20, 2025…”
EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part One
“We’re a 501c3. Most of our funding comes from federal grants, from various sources. Our big grant for Archuleta County was about $1 million…”
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Six
It’s widely acknowledged that the highway reconstruction project will be stressful on businesses…
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Five
“We’re sitting here in the county with 14,000 people. The median income is $54,000 a year. The ‘Livable Wage’ index for Archuleta County is $92,000 for a family of four…”
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Four
We want our community to remain the same as it was. But we also want our community to steadily improve and change…
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Three
I had not heard of HB24-1172, prior to Ms. Lashbrooke’s January 7 presentation. It was signed into Colorado law by Governor Jared Polis last June…
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Two
A recent study of our community done by consultants Root Policy, on behalf of Region 9, suggested that Pagosa needs 800 affordable units…
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part One
One of the keys to “economic development” as practiced in the second half of the 20th century, was a push to replace agricultural economies with industrial economies…
EDITORIAL: The Problem with the Fourth of July Parade, Part Two
“I think the volunteers and the staff, kind of cruising around and asking people to step back, they did a great job…”
EDITORIAL: The Problem with the Fourth of July Parade, Part One
At the Pagosa Springs Town Council meeting last night, Darren Lewis and Amanda Gadomski presented the Council with three possible ideas…