I stopped by the new pickleball courts on a recent Sunday, just before the lunch hour, thinking that I might find the eight new outdoor courts at Yamaguchi South full of pickleball players…
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: How About Some Property Tax Relief?
If the state legislature doesn’t reduce our property tax rates, it could mean hard time ahead, for county governments all across the state…
EDITORIAL: Ride Free on Mountain Transit Express? Part Two
“You know, as Archuleta County goes through our growing pains, I think public transit is of vital importance for our community as a whole…”
EDITORIAL: Ride Free on Mountain Transit Express? Part One
As of November 1, the MET is now offering “Zero Fares” to military veterans, following a decision last month by the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners…
EDITORIAL: Preliminary Election Results, and Outlook
When I checked the Colorado Secretary of State website, sure enough, Prop HH had been defeated by a sizable margin…
Election Day, 2023
You can no longer return your ballot by mail. If you are placing a vote, ballots must be hand-delivered by 7:00pm tonight….
EDITORIAL: Colorado Legislature Poised to Tax Vacation Rentals as ‘Commercial’? Part Two
Here in Pagosa Springs, the Town government has put a ‘cap’ on the number of STRs (Short-Term Rentals) that are allowed in residential zoning districts…
EDITORIAL: Colorado Legislature Poised to Tax Vacation Rentals as ‘Commercial’? Part One
This would give county assessors less than two years to identify which vacation rentals are “commercial uses” and set up a system for tracking…
EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Five
Also during 2022, the Town received about $937,000 from its own separate 4.9% Lodging Tax, submitted by the lodgers located within the town limits…
EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Four
There might be a happy ending to the continued growth of Pagosa tourism, for a select group of people…
EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Three
I am personally acquainted with most of the 19 business teams that signed the letter…
EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part Two
Tourism Board executive director Jennie Green was asked to comment on the suggestions made by this group of 25 businesses…
EDITORIAL: Tourism, at the Edge of the World, Part One
When I arrived at the well-publicized ‘Halloween Hootenanny’, the scene at Yamaguchi Park seemed relatively deserted…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Five
Her 4th grade class at Pagosa Peak Open School is studying Ute culture and history, as described in Emily Murphy’s illustrated Daily Post article on Wednesday…
EDITORIAL: Why I Voted ‘No’ on Prop HH
The General Assembly has the legal authority to reduce the property tax rate without a vote of the electorate, so Prop HH is not really about property tax relief…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Four
Sadly, the statistics to which our schools get reduced, and on which they are ranked, are based on just two basic academic skills…
Town Council to Consider Contract with David Harris for Town Manager Position, Tonight
A nationwide recruitment was conducted and 27 applications were received for the vacant position…
EDITORIAL: Serious Questions About Colorado Housing Programs
Here are the most important things this chart is trying to tell us, based on responses from 447 working households in Archuleta County…
EDITORIAL: Bad Test Scores, Part Three
“It’s a great time in education, when almost everyone… sees the need for kids to apply their knowledge to a field that they might pursue, that doesn’t necessarily involve going to college…”