Damn. It’s too bad those 2,340 property owners weren’t sitting here and listening to Ms. Tully-Elliot’s explanations…
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: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Five
“You got mentioned in the newspaper,” he smiled…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Four
The diversion that fills Lake Hatcher — sparkling water from snowmelt in the San Juan Mountains — is on Fourmile Creek…
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Three
“Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow. Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains…”
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Two
“I was an advocate [for a Dry Gulch Reservoir] when it first started. I was ‘pro’ for it then, and we’d have been way ahead of the game if we’d have put it in, then…”
EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part One
I’m not sure if County Commissioner Warren Brown understands the complexity of the problems — legal, financial, social, and geological…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Five
With the increased property valuations, Archuleta County taxpayers will probably foot about 63% of the school funding next year. That’s a 26% increase…
EDITORIAL: Town Manager Andrea Phillips Submits Her Resignation
“I anticipate my last day with the Town of Pagosa Springs to be August 4, 2023. Following that, I anticipate spending more time caring for family in Tucson, AZ and moving back to Mancos, CO…”
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Three
Unfortunately, the County does not provide us with any facts, or any reasons why we might vote “Yes”… or “No”…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part Two
We don’t yet know how many appeals might be filed by the July 15 deadline…
EDITORIAL: Dealing with the Property Valuation Increases, Part One
“I think it’s a job that we were voted in to do, and it’s our responsibility to do it…”
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Washington DC, Part Three
As mentioned before, Chilkat robes are traditionally, among the Indians of the Northwest Coast, ceremonial regalia…
EDITORIAL: Gifts of Public Land… or Not… Part Three
My hat is off to the PMPP staff of volunteers, for keeping this project alive for nearly 10 years. They’ve put in an astonishing amount of unpaid effort into their winter programs…
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Washington DC, Part Two
Lily and Ursala had learned a particular style of weaving from their mother, Clarissa Rizal, who was herself a fairly renowned weaver and weaving teacher…
EDITORIAL: Gifts of Public Land… or Not… Part Two
Ms. Peters noted that Seeds currently loses money on each enrolled student, so the school will be attempting to raise funds to create an endowment…
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Washington DC, Part One
Lily and Ursala — my two daughters — had been invited to Washington DC to participate with four other contemporary American Indian artists in a show entitled, “Sharing Honors and Burdens”…
EDITORIAL: Gifts of Public Land… or Not… Part One
“We’ve worked with the Commissioners; we’ve had conversations with them about this; and I hate to do an ‘about-face’ on this now…”
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Proposes BOCC Redistricting Map
“In no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous district in each county…”
EDITORIAL: Property Value Trend Lines
Computer intelligence has developed to a point where we no longer think to question it…