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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 Seven

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Seven

Posted on March 21, 2025March 24, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The homes were priced at between $320,000 and $390,000. According to Zillow.com, a Pagosa family cannot comfortably afford a $320,000 home…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Six

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Six

Posted on March 20, 2025March 21, 2025 by Bill Hudson

We don’t have a large homeless population in Pagosa Springs, but do we have a large population that are “severely cost burdened” by housing costs…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Five

Posted on March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The Professor mentions two topics that we’ve tried to address here in the Daily Post on a regular basis…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Four

Posted on March 18, 2025March 19, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“We’d like to pitch this as ‘Bring Your Own Tiny Home’. That’s what Escalante Village did in Durango…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Three

Posted on March 17, 2025March 18, 2025 by Bill Hudson

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…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part Two

Posted on March 14, 2025March 17, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“So I started researching, and Durango has a tiny home village, and another one out by Bayfield.  And I thought, ‘This could actually work!’…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part One

EDITORIAL: Dream of a Tiny Home Village, Part One

Posted on March 13, 2025March 14, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“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…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Three

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“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’…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part Two

Posted on March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Dr. Perry is completely committed to closing the educational inequities that plague our youth and families in low-income communities…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Politics of Charter Schools, Part One

Posted on March 10, 2025March 11, 2025 by Bill Hudson

Just as different pupils learn differently… in a similar sense, different teachers teach differently… and different parents raise their children differently…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Few Facts About the Highway Reconstruction Project, Part Two

EDITORIAL: A Few Facts About the Highway Reconstruction Project, Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The Town government, especially, has an interest in the reconstruction project, for several reasons…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Sorry, Not a Town That Loves Kids

EDITORIAL: Sorry, Not a Town That Loves Kids

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 by Bill Hudson

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…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part Two

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“There have been some significant changes in our federal government since January 20, 2025…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part One

EDITORIAL: Cutting the Budget for Forest Health, Part One

Posted on March 3, 2025March 4, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“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…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Six

EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Six

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by Bill Hudson

It’s widely acknowledged that the highway reconstruction project will be stressful on businesses…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Five

EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Five

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“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…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Four

Posted on February 26, 2025February 27, 2025 by Bill Hudson

We want our community to remain the same as it was.  But we also want our community to steadily improve and change…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Paradox of Economic Development, Part Three

Posted on February 25, 2025February 26, 2025 by Bill Hudson

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…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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