“The measure would help both homeowners and local businesses alike. 75% of the property tax relief in the ballot measure would go to residential and homeowner taxes…”
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: ‘CDOT Construction Update’ Presentation Today at Riff Raff Brewing
I hear Pagosa Springs is going to be suffering through some road repairs this summer. As we did last summer. And the summer before that…
EDITORIAL: A Continuing Fight Over Rooftop Screening, Part Two
“One thing I will say, without question. We’re not going through the roof membrane to affix anything to that roof…”
EDITORIAL: A Continuing Fight Over Rooftop Screening, Part One
“And presently, the Town is requiring that we put in writing a commitment to include screening. I told them we’re not going to do that…”
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Six
Planning Director Cindy Schultz felt confident, she said, that households in this income range should be able to qualify for mortgages for the types of homes being proposed…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Five
“Most of the other developments that we’ve both been involved in, over the past 39 or 40 years, are much, much, much larger…”
Pagosa Parents of Young Children Asked to Participate in Survey
“Science tells us that early childhood is a time of both great promise and considerable risk…”
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Four
On May 13, 2014, about 40 Amish farmers gathered at a building site in Ohio to raise a massive barn…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Three
The developers’ have publicly dismissed any intention of including ‘workforce housing’ in the development…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part Two
That being said, I’m personally in favor of reducing — in many cases — the land use regulations imposed by our Town and County governments…
EDITORIAL: Big Dream on Pagosa Street, Part One
“[Architect] Brad Ash gave a good discussion about how much experience he has interpreting the LUDC. And he comes to that interpretation from the point of view of an architect…”
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Six
“From the very beginning, Fading West understood modular construction to be a solution to help reduce overall project costs and significantly increase construction efficiency…”
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Five
“So if we can help families get into homes, that will help build community wealth, because they will have something to pass on to their children, and stuff…”
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Four
The Middle School sidewalk project is estimated to cost $250,000, and will reportedly be rolled into other Town-sponsored sidewalk and streetscape improvements…
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Three
The Council had established three areas of concern as their highest priorities for the coming year. How were we doing?…
EDITORIAL: Complaining About Gas
Had the significant price drop been the result of a single meeting by a local activist group, plus the resulting media coverage and social media discussions?
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part Two
So far in this editorial series, we’ve noted the support provided by PSCDC for workforce training, broadband expansion, and workforce housing…
EDITORIAL: Community Development as a Corporate Activity, Part One
So then, a total of about $5.2 million to eventually reach these homes. Perhaps over the next two or three years?
EDITORIAL: The Five-Year Plan for Better Health, Part Three
On one side, we had community members who fully supported the rather draconian policies put in place by Governor Polis and his administration…