Apparently, things have gotten bad enough to make even the BOCC reconsider its beliefs…
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: July 15 is Deadline for Property Valuation Appeals
As I understand the appeals process, the Assessor or her staff will have a chance to review your appeal before it is sent to the CBOE…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Three
So we have a curious situation. Workers, who were in their 20s in 1948, were already ‘mid-career’ when American wages began to stagnate…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Two
I find it hard to believe that a store on Main Street can survive selling old discarded toys, license plates and kitchenware…
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part One
100 years ago, the town of Pagosa Springs had grown up around an unusual geological feature: a sulfur-smelling hot spring with purported healing properties…
‘Coal Mine Fire’ Now 95% Contained
The fire, which was first reported on June 26, had grown from about 40 acres on June 28 to 267 acres on June 29…
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Four
“We can’t ignore the fact that we’ve got school teachers and firefighters… who are being priced out of our market…”
EDITORIAL: Celebrating Freedom
I know very little about most of these 250 independent nations. I was not expected to learn much about them, during my public school education…
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Three
“We’re very proud to serve Medicare patients, but it’s getting more and more difficult…”
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“One of the things that Medicare has recently done, to try and help rural hospitals, is they’ve established a designation called ‘Rural Emergency Hospital’…”
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part One
In May 2007, John Hickenlooper was reelected Mayor of Denver with 88% of the vote. He was elected Governor of Colorado in 2010, and re-elected in 2014…
EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part Two
“So I see that, potentially, that’s why some people… their valuation will differ so much from yours…”
EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part One
Damn. It’s too bad those 2,340 property owners weren’t sitting here and listening to Ms. Tully-Elliot’s explanations…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Five
“You got mentioned in the newspaper,” he smiled…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Four
The diversion that fills Lake Hatcher — sparkling water from snowmelt in the San Juan Mountains — is on Fourmile Creek…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Three
“Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow. Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains…”
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Two
“I was an advocate [for a Dry Gulch Reservoir] when it first started. I was ‘pro’ for it then, and we’d have been way ahead of the game if we’d have put it in, then…”
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part One
I’m not sure if County Commissioner Warren Brown understands the complexity of the problems — legal, financial, social, and geological…