What gun won the West? The first answer that popped into my head was, “The Colt 45″…
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: The Stories We Tell, Part Three
The stories we tell don’t need to be accurate, or true. But they must be believable…
EDITORIAL: The Stories We Tell, Part Two
“When I was a kid, I asked these really big questions about life… I mean, what are we doing here? What is this all about?…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part Three
“Saudi Arabia’s culture of water consumption is unsustainable due to practices like excessive water use, negligent wastewater management, unrestrained increase of population…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part Two
“I think Arizonans are going to be outraged about this. It just exacerbates an already terrible situation…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part One
“Gold is worth quite a bit. Water’s worth more than gold, if you don’t have it…”
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part Four
I wrote yesterday’s editorial while sitting in row 23, seat F on Alaska Airlines Flight 654 from Seattle to Albuquerque, the second leg of my flight back to Pagosa…
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part Three
Learn a few phrases of the local language, and make yourself familiar with local customs and manners…
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part Two
Maybe we’re looking for a “shared experience”?
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part One
Along with dance performances, Celebration features associated events, including a Juried Art Show and Competition, a Juried Youth Art Exhibit, a Native Art Market, Native food contests…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part Three
Nowhere in the the 254-page Colorado Water Plan do the state’s foremost water experts discuss the alfalfa problem…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part Two
4.7 million acre feet, diverted and used for agriculture. None of this water can be recycled as graywater…
EDITORIAL: Graywater, Forever… Part One
Farmers in Colorado typically develop an abiding interest in water, and Rep. Catlin committed nearly 20 years at the Uncompahgre Water Users Association…
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part Four
Commissioner Brown asked if the County would be responsible for building the new street leading to the proposed admin building…
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part Three
If memory serves, the monument sign shown in the photo was installed at the intersection of South Pagosa Boulevard and Highway 160 in around 1995…
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“We are also working on adding more restaurants, and we are optimistic we’ll have more announcements on those, too…”
EDITORIAL: Hopeful Development in Pagosa Springs, Part One
In April 2023, the Montrose Press posted a hopeful article about Mr. Dragoo’s development company, Colorado Outdoors LLC…
EDITORIAL: As Pagosa Peak Open School Heads into Summer…
One of the features at PPOS is its focus on ‘Restorative Practices’, an approach to conflict resolution that is now being tried in hundreds of school districts across the country…
EDITORIAL: When Governments Subsidize Workforce Housing, Part Two
The PAWSD Board unanimously believes that we have a serious housing crisis in Archuleta County…