“There’s a lot of price compression going on in every state…”
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: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Four
“It’s a Ponzi scheme. The whole stock market is a Ponzi scheme, but this is one of them. I elected not to do it…”
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Three
“New Mexico and Arizona, when they first open up, they’re going to see a rush [to open new businesses]. Our run lasted about seven years…”
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part Two
“”I was trying to figure out how to make it, here in Pagosa. I come from the M&A world; Mergers and Acquisitions…”
EDITORIAL: Marijuana Ain’t What It Used to Be, Part One
Now that it’s legal — both medical and recreational — in Colorado and several other states, a cannabis industry is thriving… in certain places…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Three
The business owner stated that a couple had come into her shop and told a story about businesses in Virginia, in a similar situation, receiving grants to cover lost income…
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“And third, we want to… we really want to move and connect people. We want to figure out ways to make the town more walkable…”
EDITORIAL: The Impending Troubles in Downtown Pagosa Springs, Part One
According to the map on the DOLA website, only nine Colorado communities have thus far have met the prerequisites and requirements necessary to be designated as a “Graduate”…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Eight
“Findings show the most recent Public Works Director made a total of three unauthorized verbal agreements with subcontractors without any such contract, bypassing the necessary contractual steps…”
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Seven
As a result of the unexpected (and unauthorized) paving and repair work, the Road and Bridge Department was apparently headed for a budget overrun…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Six
One question the PAWSD Board will, I suspect, be considering: Who should pay for this $40 million improvement?
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Five
A mass evacuation has been taking place in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada over the past several days, with about 19,000 of the town’s 20,000 residents leaving by plane or vehicle…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Four
“The building is very specialized; the price per square foot is tremendous. It’s only about 420 square feet, but it’s very specialized…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Three
The plan, still in a preliminary state, is to hire Wesley Properties LLC (or maybe Wesley Development LLC) to construct a 25,000 square-foot Administration Building…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part Two
This implies that — according to Ms. Green — we can expect to see fewer tourist in 2024 than we saw in 2019, before the COVID crisis…
EDITORIAL: High Altitude Spending, Part One
“My concern is that we have people submitting bids at such a low price, and then are going to come back to the County afterwards to ask for money to have utilities installed…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Four
Speaking of money, our governments and special districts are now in the beginning process of defining their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Three
I’m thinking, this morning, about what essentials people need to survive in a rural town in the middle of a scenic ‘nowhere’…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers the Near Future, Part Two
Of course, a Council member’s vision for 25 years into the future may have little relationship to the community’s immediate needs…