According to the map on the DOLA website, only nine Colorado communities have thus far have met the prerequisites and requirements necessary to be designated as a “Graduate”…
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: High Altitude Spending, Part Eight
“Findings show the most recent Public Works Director made a total of three unauthorized verbal agreements with subcontractors without any such contract, bypassing the necessary contractual steps…”
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Seven
As a result of the unexpected (and unauthorized) paving and repair work, the Road and Bridge Department was apparently headed for a budget overrun…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Six
One question the PAWSD Board will, I suspect, be considering: Who should pay for this $40 million improvement?
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Five
A mass evacuation has been taking place in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada over the past several days, with about 19,000 of the town’s 20,000 residents leaving by plane or vehicle…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Four
“The building is very specialized; the price per square foot is tremendous. It’s only about 420 square feet, but it’s very specialized…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Three
The plan, still in a preliminary state, is to hire Wesley Properties LLC (or maybe Wesley Development LLC) to construct a 25,000 square-foot Administration Building…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Two
This implies that — according to Ms. Green — we can expect to see fewer tourist in 2024 than we saw in 2019, before the COVID crisis…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part One
“My concern is that we have people submitting bids at such a low price, and then are going to come back to the County afterwards to ask for money to have utilities installed…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Four
Speaking of money, our governments and special districts are now in the beginning process of defining their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Three
I’m thinking, this morning, about what essentials people need to survive in a rural town in the middle of a scenic ‘nowhere’…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Two
Of course, a Council member’s vision for 25 years into the future may have little relationship to the community’s immediate needs…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part One
“The McCabe Creek [bridge] project is done, and now we’re left with the maintenance of the north side and the south side….”
EDITORIAL: A Letter from Alaska, Part Four
Two weeks of painting contemporary Tlingit-Indian-inspired designs on massive sheets of canvas…
EDITORIAL: A Letter from Alaska, Part Three
Twenty or so new totem poles, all across town… eight to twenty-five feet tall… of impressive artistic quality and workmanship…
EDITORIAL: A Letter from Alaska, Part Two
The amount of public Native art in Juneau, in 2023, is rather astounding…
EDITORIAL: A Letter from Alaska, Part One
My daughter Ursala Hudson had been commissioned to create the backdrops, and had enlisted members of the family to help…
EDITORIAL: County Commissioner Reimbursements Result in Ethics Complaints, Part Two
“Colorado law clearly identifies the circumstances under which a county commissioner may receive reimbursement for miles traveled in his or her personal car…”