The expert at the BOCC work table at yesterday’s meeting was Eric Hittle… Technical Manager for Archuleta County Broadband Services…
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: Hot Springs Water, Vacant Land, Government Transparency
The mention of an ‘executive session’ got me thinking about government transparency…
EDITORIAL: PAWSD Looking at an Expensive Water Future
Obviously, the 2024 PAWSD budget has carried district finances into uncharted territory, with expenditures three time higher than in 2023…
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part Six
When the Short-Term Rental industry got started in Colorado, county assessors believed that STRs were residential homes…
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part Five
The photo shows the $40 million Snowball water treatment plant under construction, a project that was estimated at $25 million just a few years ago…
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part Four
I took the photo above about a year ago, at the beginning of 2023. I wanted to document some unsightly mechanical equipment that sits atop the County Courthouse…
INTERVIEW: Builders Wanted for PSCDC’s 2024 Housing Project
“The Town and the County are completely open to any kind of feedback, about how we can get more affordable units into the market…”
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part Three
The final version of the San Juan Basin Public Health COVID dashboard was posted on December 8…
Town Citizens Encouraged to Run for Town Council Seats
Three at-large council seats with 4-year terms will be on the ballot, and nomination petition packets are available for circulation beginning January 2, 2024…
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part Two
“This relationship that we’ve formed is very, very important on how the Upper Basin moves as a collective,” said Lorelei Cloud…
EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part One
I spent some time online, yesterday, watching a Zoom webinar from two years ago, recorded during the peak of the COVID crisis…
EDITORIAL: Yes, Virginia, There is a Town Planning Commission
“Planning Commission meeting 12/26/23 is cancelled. The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 16, 2024…”
EDITORIAL: The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part Two
“The thing that has bothered me about that [geothermal] asset, is that we’ve just been going along, and not thinking about it very strategically…”
EDITORIAL: The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part One
“So, I think we have a valuable commodity here, and we’re not serving our utility well if we don’t increase the rates like we did for everyone else….”
EDITORIAL: Higher PAWSD Fees Coming Down the Pike?
The proposed fee increases on the wastewater side are much more severe…
EDITORIAL: First Unofficial Meeting of the Archuleta County Board of Health, Part Two
In another part of the budget, it appeared that ACPHD would be spending $684,000 more than they had coming in, in revenue…
EDITORIAL: First Unofficial Meeting of the Archuleta County Board of Health, Part One
“Local public health agencies are required by the state of Colorado to complete a Community Health Assessment every five years…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Playground for the People’ Awarded $688,000 Grant
“We tried to remain really aware of that concept, that everyone had a voice, and trying to get input from the quietest person in the room….”
EDITORIAL: The Ninja Warrior Housing Challenge, Part Three
The Town government already knew, in 2007, that housing was becoming a serious problem…