“And I think that fabric is what creates one of the things I love most about living in this small town…”
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: Eating Cake with Don Volger and Nicole Pitcher, Part One
“It was always a team effort with the Council, the staff, volunteers, and the rest of the citizens of this wonderful town…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Twelve
The Town Council discussed this project behind closed doors, with Town staff, but no details of the plan have been shared with the public…
EDITORIAL: BOCC Makes No Decision Regarding Public Health District, Part Two
“We believe that we have more work to do, to build the necessary collaboration, and work ‘cross communities’. Especially post-pandemic…”
EDITORIAL: BOCC Makes No Decision Regarding Public Health District, Part One
“At the last work session — I think it was two weeks ago — it was suggested that perhaps a new citizens committee be formed?…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Eleven
The application was 39 pages long. 27 of those pages consisted of an Operating Agreement for Aspen Village Ventures LLC, a company registered with a Bentonville, Arkansas mailing address…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Ten
According to Smart Growth America’s calculations, our community will wind up $78 million in debt over the next 20 years by continuing our ostentatious, sprawling growth pattern…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Nine
I bring up these two terms, because this editorial series has concerned itself with a $3 million “affordable housing” grant submitted by the Town Planning Department to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Eight
Here’s a map I drew, which shows a lake about twice the size of our existing Stevens Reservoir…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Seven
“And I would say that this property, that Town Council is considering… you know, there’s a lot of properties with topography challenges. Geologically challenged properties. And it’s rare to find something this large…”
EDITORIAL: Colorado River News You Can Believe, or Not
“Drought contingency plans define the 3,525-foot mark as a significant ‘target elevation’ for the reservoir, under which the situation becomes dire…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Six
“Probably not best that we’re in the development business. There probably was a better way. There have been mistakes made along the way… Could we have been more transparent? Most likely….”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Five
I also assume that most people wouldn’t have an opinion, one way or the other, if they did know something about the Town’s plans…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Four
Even the Town Planning Commission knew nothing about the Mountain Crossing plan until Tuesday night, assuming they were listening as the Council approved a $3 million grant application to support the project…
EDITORIAL: County Commissioners Delay Decision on Potential Courthouse Sale, Part Two
Commissioner Maez responded. “The financial advisor also needs to focus on the County, as far as us building a new building…”
EDITORIAL: County Commissioners Delay Decision on Potential Courthouse Sale, Part One
An offer from Bob Hart would allow the County to remain in the building for an unlimited amount of time, with the first five years being rent-free…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Three
“What we are proposing is the 35-acre parcel as kind of a ‘palette’ that we can kind of control, for workforce housing development in the future…”
EDITORIAL: Strange Bedfellows in the Next Era of Water, Part Six
About 40% of our water district’s treated water was apparently leaking out of our community’s 40-year-old water pipelines, never to be seen again…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Two
How exactly the solutions proposed by the Town of Pagosa Springs qualify as “innovative”, we have no idea, because, as noted above, the public knows almost nothing about this proposed project…