“Mister!” he said with a sawdusty sneeze. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees… I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues…”
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: Controversial ‘Pagosa West’ Subdivision Subject to Public Hearing Oct. 28, Part One
“It takes hundreds of years for our native pines to grow to full maturity and only days to destroy the natural beauty we know and love here in Pagosa…”
EDITORIAL: Cleaning Up After the Flood, Part Three
“I come from a rural community as well, where people don’t necessarily rely on government to do things for us. Which is a good thing. But it’s also a bad thing…”
EDITORIAL: Cleaning Up After the Flood, Part Two
“So we’ve collected that data, and we have, I think, 34 homes that have been affected…”
EDITORIAL: Cleaning Up After the Flood, Part One
“Now we’re just working with everybody and trying to get feedback from residents and find out what exactly they need from us, and where we can help…”
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Hires Longinos Gonzalez Jr. as New County Manager
Former El Paso County commissioner and mayoral candidate Longinos Gonzalez Jr. agreed to an offered $150,000 annual salary yesterday, October 22…
EDITORIAL: ‘Build Pagosa’ Lands a $420,000 Promise from the School District, Part Four
“I absolutely support what Build Pagosa and our CTE program are. I think it has the potential to be an economic life line, honestly, in Pagosa…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Build Pagosa’ Lands a $420,000 Promise from the School District, Part Three
“Archuleta School District has the vision of providing this space and augmenting its CTE capacity. You have demonstrated good faith by investing in CTE classes…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Build Pagosa’ Lands a $420,000 Promise from the School District, Part Two
“So what money do we have for this? We have raised over $4 million now for this, which has been an extraordinary effort from many different people…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Build Pagosa’ Lands a $420,000 Promise from the School District, Part One
“College is not for everyone, but a career with a liveable wage should be…”
EDITORIAL: The Case For… and Against… Ballot Measure 2A, Part Two
No other settlements in Archuleta County took the trouble to incorporate. We still have only one municipality in the county…
EDITORIAL: The Case For… and Against… Ballot Measure 2A, Part One
The Town’s financial advisors have estimated that this new tax will generate about $3.5 million a year, and will be paid partly by tourists…
Town, County Announce Mandatory Evacuation Orders, Closed Roads
All low-lying areas near San Juan and Blanco rivers are in Mandatory Evacuation status…
EDITORIAL: Hunting Season… and Budget Season…
We might be tempted to assume that “a budget” is the main reason that governments even exist…
EDITORIAL & VIDEO: Too Much Water…Too Little Water…
On Saturday, October 11, my granddaughter remarked that she could hear the river from her bedroom window. She said it sounded like the ocean…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Four
The neighbors who spoke in opposition to the CUP protested that their neighborhood was zoned “Agricultural”…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Three
“The focus at the ranch is to grow all-natural organic produce and raise all-natural grassfed pasture pork as well as other livestock….”
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part Two
Agritourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch…
EDITORIAL: Peaceful Change in Pagosa Springs? Part One
For one, the BOCC has indicated their intention of gathering public testimony and discussion before moving ahead with the project…