As a Daily Post reader suggested yesterday in an email, we don’t know if the $100,000 figure is an accurate estimate. We only know it’s the number the County has publicly claimed…
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 Ugly Things We Put on Our Roofs, Part Three
Because I think of myself as a person with a sense of humor, I snapped a couple of additional rooftop photos while touring the town with my camera…
EDITORIAL: The Ugly Things We Put on Our Roofs, Part Two
Maybe some of our Daily Post readers have found these rooftop devices and antennas to be infuriating?
EDITORIAL: The Ugly Things We Put on Our Roofs, Part One
Last Tuesday, the BOCC passed a resolution that will presumably permit certain unsightly mechanical objects on the roof of the County Courthouse to be seen by the public, in perpetuity…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Fumbling the Health Department Ball?
“How many applications have we received?”
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Nine
That’s just the nature of taxes. You pay… knowing that someone else might get more of the direct benefit. Or less of the direct benefit…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Eight
And while we’re on the topic of 10%, we might mention that Wheat Ridge voters have imposed a 10% tax on STR rentals…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Seven
Community Development Director Pam Flowers explained that, due to the current housing crisis, a fair number of full-time residents are living year-round in RVs…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Six
A rather different tax arrangement was established in Estes Park, Colorado, a popular summer resort and the location of the headquarters for Rocky Mountain National Park…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Five
“The City has adopted Short-Term Rental (STR) Regulations to… preserve the character and ambiance of neighborhoods within the City; prevent adverse impacts attributable to short-term rentals…”
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Four
Here, for example, is a hand-tinted photograph of Red Mountain Pass, near Ouray, Colorado — once a toll road in the days of horse-drawn wagons…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Three
Here in Archuleta County, we had a chance to watch several elected officials sworn into office by County Magistrate Justin P. Faye, during a surprisingly festive, standing-room-only event…
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part Two
“We are working with the new software company to prepare letters and begin the process of mailing letters to all of the 100 or so unpermitted properties…”
EDITORIAL: The Appeal of a Workforce Housing Fee, Part One
In my humble opinion, the voter-approved ‘Workforce Housing Fee’ was based on some sensible ideas…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Eight
Meanwhile, PAWSD has its own sewer treatment issues at the Vista Treatment Plant…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Seven
At this week’s Town Council meeting, the Council members heard a presentation about a potential $20 million ‘workforce housing’ project…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Six
The Colorado Universal Preschool Program is expected save families an average of $4,300 per year on child care…
EDITORIAL: Goals for 2023, Part Five
Just to be clear, I am definitely not using the word ‘entitlement’ in a purely derogatory sense…
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…