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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: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part Two

Posted on July 18, 2023April 6, 2026 by Bill Hudson

I would propose, dear reader, that this is a true statement. “All five of the airplanes shown in these photographs are private jets…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Cost of a County Airport, Part One

Posted on July 17, 2023July 18, 2023 by Bill Hudson

The central focus of Commissioner Brown’s comments seemed to be on the problems at Stevens Field…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Seven

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Seven

Posted on July 14, 2023January 2, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Yesterday in Part Six, I shared the comment that the Pagosa Springs Apartments wanted to convert 98 motel rooms into tiny apartment units…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Six

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Six

Posted on July 13, 2023January 2, 2026 by Bill Hudson

I awoke this morning, early, from a dream about Julie McCluskie.  Actually, not about Julie McCluskie, the person, but about her name. “Julie McCluskie”…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Five

Posted on July 12, 2023January 2, 2026 by Bill Hudson

“Tiny Home Villages may be served by a public sanitation district, by a centralized On-site Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS), or by individual OWTSs…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Four

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Four

Posted on July 11, 2023July 12, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Apparently, things have gotten bad enough to make even the BOCC reconsider its beliefs…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: July 15 is Deadline for Property Valuation Appeals

Posted on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 by Bill Hudson

As I understand the appeals process, the Assessor or her staff will have a chance to review your appeal before it is sent to the CBOE…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Three

Posted on July 10, 2023July 11, 2023 by Bill Hudson

So we have a curious situation.  Workers, who were in their 20s in 1948, were already ‘mid-career’ when American wages began to stagnate…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Two

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part Two

Posted on July 7, 2023July 10, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I find it hard to believe that a store on Main Street can survive selling old discarded toys, license plates and kitchenware…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part One

EDITORIAL: A Perfectly Good Little Town, Part One

Posted on July 6, 2023January 26, 2024 by Bill Hudson

100 years ago, the town of Pagosa Springs had grown up around an unusual geological feature: a sulfur-smelling hot  spring with purported healing properties…

Posted in News/Politics

‘Coal Mine Fire’ Now 95% Contained

Posted on July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 by Bill Hudson

The fire, which was first reported on June 26, had grown from about 40 acres on June 28 to 267 acres on June 29…

Posted in News/Politics
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Four

Posted on July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“We can’t ignore the fact that we’ve got school teachers and firefighters… who are being priced out of our market…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Celebrating Freedom

Posted on July 4, 2023July 4, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I know very little about most of these 250 independent nations.  I was not expected to learn much about them, during my public school education…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Three

Posted on July 4, 2023July 5, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“We’re very proud to serve Medicare patients, but it’s getting more and more difficult…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part Two

Posted on July 3, 2023July 4, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“One of the things that Medicare has recently done, to try and help rural hospitals, is they’ve established a designation called ‘Rural Emergency Hospital’…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part One

EDITORIAL: Senator Hickenlooper Comes to Pagosa Springs, Part One

Posted on June 30, 2023July 3, 2023 by Bill Hudson

In May 2007, John Hickenlooper was reelected Mayor of Denver with 88% of the vote. He was elected Governor of Colorado in 2010, and re-elected in 2014…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part Two

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“So I see that, potentially, that’s why some people… their valuation will differ so much from yours…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part One

EDITORIAL: Update on Property Taxes, Part One

Posted on June 28, 2023June 29, 2023 by Bill Hudson

Damn.  It’s too bad those 2,340 property owners weren’t sitting here and listening to Ms. Tully-Elliot’s explanations…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL:  Who'll Stop the Rain?  Part Five

EDITORIAL: Who’ll Stop the Rain? Part Five

Posted on June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“You got mentioned in the newspaper,” he smiled…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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