Okay. So do we have any builders represented?… Bob Hart was the member originally [representing the construction industry] and he’s not there any more. So I was just wondering…”
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: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part Two
The Town of Pagosa Springs used a year-long citizen-based process to produce an updated Comprehensive Plan in April 2018…
EDITORIAL: Improvements to the Town’s Land Use Code? Part One
Reportedly, the English idiom ‘He can’t see the forest for the trees’ has a long history…
EDITORIAL: The BOCC Selects a Coroner, and Releases an Executive Session Recording
“Being the coroner is not just a job. It’s much more than that. I think it’s very important to the families…”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Five
We now live in a so-called ‘post-industrial’ society, but the obsession with averages and percentages has only become more and more damaging…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Four
Why did San Juan County, NM, report 44,000 COVID cases per 100,000 population, when neighboring La Plata County, CO reported only 29,000…?
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Three
According to Mr. Uzunian’s slide show, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the past two years, and only 0.5% of the world’s data has been analyzed…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Two
SpaceX launched Starship, the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket, for the first time yesterday, April 20…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part One
The afternoon work session was open to the public, and was led by local consultants Natasha Bruss and Ashley Wilson…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Four
This is only a small part of the whole story, however… if we’re talking about how dangerous America is, for young people…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Three
Ms. Miller also wondered if law enforcement would “show up, if there were an issue?” Chief Rockensock replied, “Absolutely… anyone we have, is going to be coming…”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Two
“We dedicate a considerable amount of resources and effort and time, to make sure your kiddos have individual teachers who connect with them…”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part One
“But that was something that just shook our world. Columbine shook our world. And out of Columbine came a lot of protocols…”
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Four
The other day at the Ruby Sisson Library, I found one of my favorite books on the “Free Books” shelf by the front door…
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part Three
The new Public Health Department’s primary water quality responsibility will involve individual On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems…
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part Two
The two boards discussed, for example, the resolution that had appeared on the BOCC’s April 4 agenda…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Three
We understand what educators generally mean when they talk about ‘succeeding in school’…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Coroner, Brandon Bishop, Resigns
“I think it’s also important, working in this realm, it’s a total disservice if we do not give preference to an applicant that has recent experience…”
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part One
In connection with that question, we have certain services that a county public health department is required to provide, according to Colorado law…