We can comfortably state that the majority of Colorado residents are already served by a Home Rule government…
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: Home, Home Rule on the Range, Part One
But the Colorado Constitution provides an option. The citizens living in an unincorporated county are guaranteed one particular right: the right to petition to become ‘Home Rule’…
EDITORIAL: Uneven News Coverage in Pagosa Springs
Often, we are doing our best to explain the ‘other side of the story’, when our local governments deliver their own ‘one-sided news’…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Ten
I honestly can’t recall our commissioners discuss a plan — a real plan — for dealing with our roads…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Nine
I discussed Mr. Woodman’s failure to follow election law, with County Clerk Kristy Archuleta, wondering if the TABOR notice could be corrected before tomorrow…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Eight
No doubt this situation put Mr. Woodman in an awkward position, since he is also, to some degree, responsible for trying to get Ballot Issue 1A approved by the voters…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Seven
This coming Friday, Archuleta County Clerk Kristy Archuleta will mail out a letter to “all registered voters” in Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Six
Our Daily Post readers might want to stash away some extra savings, in preparation for their 2024 tax bill…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Five
Right now, some of the safest roads are in our local metro districts. But a County sales tax increased won’t help the metro districts that maintain their own roads…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Four
Professional campaign manager Beth Lamberson was sharing images, via Zoom, related to Ballot Measure 1A, which the BOCC has placed on this November’s ballot…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Three
But Archuleta County decided, decades ago, that they wanted to be a suburban paradise, with lots of roads and infrastructure needs — but without the municipal revenues that typically support this level of development…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Two
We might see some more changes in the coming months, regarding the vacation rental industry…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part One
At the same time, many people assumed the expanding STR market was having a positive effect on our tourism industry… but again, no one could say for certain how big the effect might be…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Six
Fast forward to 2022, and maybe 90% of our economic activity now takes place west of the old elementary school…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Five
Here’s a map showing the Town of Pagosa Springs, overlaid with a white color…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Four
“We know that a lot of people are not aware of what is about to happen, and what sorts of support they are going to need…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Three
The photo shows members of the new ‘Main Street Advisory Board’ using adhesive dots to indicate the work they’d most like to see their board engage in, going forward…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Two
We might conclude, from this quick, casual survey, that downtown Pagosa Springs is fairly thriving, economically, compared to many struggling downtown districts in the US…