“When you’re doing a concrete roadway, it becomes more critical to make sure we have what’s underneath the roadway taken care of…”
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: Killing Us Softly with Homeowners Insurance, Part One
“In other words, the market is currently consolidating under only the five largest carriers. Which will make things more monopolistic…”
EDITORIAL: CDOT Shares Some News About Downtown’s Highway Project, Part One
“We’re about to embark on another project through downtown… but the project has sort of evolved over time. It’s grown….”
EDITORIAL: The PAWSD Fee Increases You May Have Heard About, Part Two
Board President Jim Smith started the meeting off by asking for approval of the agenda, and then opened the floor to public testimony…
EDITORIAL: The PAWSD Fee Increases You May Have Heard About, Part One
The proposal tentatively supported by the PAWSD Board shows the wastewater CIF increasing from $1,179 in 2023… to $16,509 in 2024….
EDITORIAL: A Continuing Fight Over Rooftop Screening, Part Three
“So we’re looking at a potential loss of $14 million in grants, over something that is purely aesthetic. The screening has no structural function in either building…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Colorado Concern’, ‘Advance Colorado’ Join Forces on Property Tax Relief Measure
“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…”
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…”