Just to be clear, I am definitely not using the word ‘entitlement’ in a purely derogatory sense…
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: Goals for 2023, Part Four
Starting back in the 1960s, the Archuleta County commissioners began approving every subdivision development application that crossed their desks…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Three
I’m not sure how Ms. House picked the responses she shared, but it might be meaningful that 30 of the 33 responses mentioned roads or highways…
EDITORIAL: Weird News Regarding the STR Fee Battle
According to the SUN article, Judge Wilson’s December 26 order listed five reasons for ruling the citizen-led amendment to be invalid…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Two
Back in July, the Pagosa Springs Town Council published eleven priority goals for ‘2022-2023’. The first three on the list…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part One
Presumably, ‘getting out’ would require someone else to step up and take over the business. Like, for example, PAWSD?
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Six
Community Development Director James Dickhoff reminded the Council that the plan was essentially ‘conceptual’…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Five
The most popular project, among the participants, was a ‘Pedestrian Bridge’ connecting First Street to the River Center parking lot, over the San Juan River…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Four
“Roundabouts are not inexpensive — a single-lane roundabout costs roughly $1.2 to $1.8 million to construct…”
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Three
We also mentioned, previously, the fact that motor vehicles making left turns are among the most dangerous hazards in modern life…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part Two
Over the past 30 years, the Town of Pagosa Springs has invested millions of dollars into making the historical downtown more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly…
EDITORIAL: Exploring Pagosa’s East End Multimodal Plan, Part One
In Coleridge’s poem, a sailor kills a harmless albatross — a bird considered lucky in maritime folklore…
EDITORIAL: Mr. Beatty’s Complaint
It seems that the ABA has concerns about the diversity of its profession…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Four
Take ‘smaller scale buildings’, as one example. Three words, written in a certain pattern, and open to interpretation…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Three
To some of us, the drawings approved by the Design Review Board lacked the kind of ‘residential’ character found in the East Village…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part Two
The Town Planning Commission looked at the 232 Pagosa Street proposal last July and determined that the design failed to meet the intent of various Town regulations…
EDITORIAL: Are STRs Bad for Pagosa?
We’ve often heard the warning, “Don’t do math in public.” More importantly, don’t do math in public — or in a YouTube video — without understanding what the numbers actually mean…
EDITORIAL: An Oversized Building? Part One
“Each era of construction and building style was built for a community at a certain point in time. Every building has a useful life…”
EDITORIAL: Considering the Town’s Short-Term Rental Fee Study, Part Seven
Archuleta County Community Development Director Pamela Flowers conducted four well-attended public meetings, outlining possible STR regulations that the BOCC might consider…