Right now, some of the safest roads are in our local metro districts. But a County sales tax increased won’t help the metro districts that maintain their own roads…
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: Extraordinary Changes, Part Four
Professional campaign manager Beth Lamberson was sharing images, via Zoom, related to Ballot Measure 1A, which the BOCC has placed on this November’s ballot…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Three
But Archuleta County decided, decades ago, that they wanted to be a suburban paradise, with lots of roads and infrastructure needs — but without the municipal revenues that typically support this level of development…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part Two
We might see some more changes in the coming months, regarding the vacation rental industry…
EDITORIAL: Extraordinary Changes, Part One
At the same time, many people assumed the expanding STR market was having a positive effect on our tourism industry… but again, no one could say for certain how big the effect might be…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Six
Fast forward to 2022, and maybe 90% of our economic activity now takes place west of the old elementary school…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Five
Here’s a map showing the Town of Pagosa Springs, overlaid with a white color…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Four
“We know that a lot of people are not aware of what is about to happen, and what sorts of support they are going to need…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Three
The photo shows members of the new ‘Main Street Advisory Board’ using adhesive dots to indicate the work they’d most like to see their board engage in, going forward…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part Two
We might conclude, from this quick, casual survey, that downtown Pagosa Springs is fairly thriving, economically, compared to many struggling downtown districts in the US…
EDITORIAL: ‘Main Street’ as a Government Planning Project, Part One
Theoretically, the program is focused on ‘historical preservation’… basically, taking the existing assets of your downtown and improving them somehow, without significantly changing the district’s overall architectural character…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Eleven
If our two primary local governments have particular projects they would like to start, or complete, the most sensible way to approach the voters would be to show us the plan…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Ten
So… where did the additional $700,000 per year from 1A … that was supposed to be spent on roads… actually go?
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Nine
We can probably understand why four of the seven council members, serving on the Pagosa Springs Town Council, voted to support a $6.5 million sales tax increase ballot measure…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Eight
One of the selling points for the proposed $6.5 million County sales tax increase that will appear on the November ballot, is that ‘tourists’ will pay a large portion of the sales tax…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Seven
The film’s subtitle is “Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” Lesson #1 was to empathize with your enemy…
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Six
If they actually end up conducting a tax increase campaign, will the government-funded PSCDC make an effort to share both sides of the issue?
EDITORIAL: The Fog of Tax Increases, Part Five
During yesterday’s BOCC discussion of Resolution 2022-98, Commissioner Ronnie Maez made some interesting comments about “principles”…
EDITORIAL: ‘Pagosa Views’ Jumps Through Another Hoop
This is the second hoop that the developers have successfully jumped through at Town Hall, the first being a preliminary sketch plan approval, by Town Council, last month…