Author: Bill Hudson

“Accurate measurement of diversions is critical to protect Colorado’s entitlement to water, including under the Colorado River Compact…”

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way…”

“We also need to know we can trust our local officials — elected or appointed — with making sound, informed decisions on something so important…”

It wasn’t until after Fred W. Schmidt disappeared that I learned he had been involved in numerous lawsuits for alleged real estate fraud…

Do PAWSD customers want to pay for a reservoir they don’t need?  Maybe not?

“I’m sorry.  You’ve gone too far now.  You’re asking for people to make things up, and that’s what got us into this problem in the beginning…”

Too often, citizen board members, lacking information, are shooting from the hip, while simultaneously defending their political “turf”…

Some of our Daily Post readers may recall that Mr. Proffitt resigned as President of SJWCD in 2017…

A panel of local residents, connected to various water uses, fielded audience questions at the “This is Your Watershed” film event at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts…

“Maybe we can find someone who wants to buy the Ranch, and also work with the community to build a reasonable reservoir project in the middle of it…”

One type of survey is intentionally designed to discover new and useful information, which is needed to make the best possible decisions, moving forward…

Superintendent Holt and Chief Executive of Operations Sanchez seemed to be suggesting that our local school buildings were reaching — or had already reached — the end of their useful lives…

Archuleta School District (ASD) had been growing its student enrollment by leaps and bounds through the 1990s and on into 2008…

“I don’t think this has a chance of passing. Period. And I’ll just state that, and give you the reasons why I believe that…”

The BOCC will be holding a couple of meetings today: a work session at 8:30am, and a special meeting at 1:30pm…

Since 2012, when PAWSD removed itself as a potential partner on the project, SJWCD has been searching in vain for a partner to help them build the Dry Gulch Reservoir…

The San Juan Water Conservancy District [SJWCD] convened a “public meeting” yesterday, November 7, to discuss the possible sale of the Running Iron Ranch…

“SJWCD encourages the public to reach out to board members of both SJWCD and PAWSD about the potential sale of public property…”