A couple of key types of ‘fuels treatments’ have become popular in the American West, among the folks who believe our forests are currently ‘unhealthy’…
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.
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 19
“The following are prohibited under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on the San Juan National Forest…”
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 18
“But we’re really focused on those areas that we’re going to have best probability of success in the shortest amount of time possible…”
#PlumtawFire Burning on May 17
“The roughly 50-70-acre #PlumtawFire is burning 4.75 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs airport, and is north of Plumtaw Road…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Five
“And I also don’t understand how increasing your rate by almost four times the normal gate rate would help you with your shortage of landfill space…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Four
“One of the big problems is, the landfill in Chama does not accept construction debris. So guess where it all comes? It comes up here…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Three
As a result of these same dynamics, local waste haulers who were collecting ‘recyclables’ separately from other trash began dumping the ‘recyclables’ into the landfill…
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Two
“But, I mean, very realistically, you guys have only a couple years left at that location and then you are out of space and… we’re not really sure where else we’re gonna go…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part One
The subject of his presentation was the Archuleta County Landfill, a problematic operation located at 9179 Trujillo Road, about seven miles south of Pagosa Springs…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Six
“You mean, if the planned development is not approved? Yes. It’s zoned residential, so I think basically it would be a whole series of town homes…”
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Five
In a strange sense, we’ve spent $10.4 million subsidizing the conversion of our limited housing stock into mini-motels, to be operated for profit…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Four
For at least a couple of decades, our community has been wearing a government-enforced straightjacket…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Three
Is the efficient use of private property for housing purposes, viewed as a detriment to the community? And if so, why?…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Two
The Town staff was directed to consider the Aspen Village parcels, but also to research other, similar properties with existing streets and infrastructure…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part One
If South Pagosa Park was off the table, and if the Town needs to provide Servitas with enough free, municipally-owned land to allow the construction of 64 units…
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Seven
“Experience indicates that Traditional Chinese Medicine effectively treats SARS and has been used for treating patients with COVID-19 in China…”
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Six
The simple political fact is, many citizens in both counties have, during the COVID crisis, rejected the “basic things that public health puts forth” such as vaccines…
‘Wings’ Child Care Center Plans Expansion
“Almost all of our parents are working parents… and we subsidize the tuition for about 90% of our children, meaning that they come from low-income or very-low-income families…”
EDITORIAL: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?… I mean, COVID… Part Four
“I think it’s a corollary to the military industrial complex. You need an enemy….”