It’s the type of thing that can make you wonder about the value of local government plans…
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: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Three
If the plan is worthless, but planning is everything… that is to say, if what is crucially important is not the finished plan, but the process of writing the plan…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Two
The May 28 listening session was open to the general public, but only five citizens logged in…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part One
Of course, government plans — strategic or otherwise — do not often revolve around the idea that they are entering into battle with hostile forces…
EDITORIAL: Celebration and Ceremony at the Tennyson Sculpture Garden, Part Four
But first, let’s finish with the ceremonies at the park on June 22…
EDITORIAL: Celebration and Ceremony at the Tennyson Sculpture Garden, Part Three
“I couldn’t fathom what could replace what had been here, that could replace the impact of what had been here for so long…”
EDITORIAL: Celebration and Ceremony at the Tennyson Sculpture Garden, Part Two
Following his speech, Mr. Barrable made his way off the stage and over to the titanium gong in the southwest corner of the park…
EDITORIAL: Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert Win in Republican Primaries
On the Republican side, Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd came out in front of a crowded field that included former state Rep. Ron Hanks…
EDITORIAL: Celebration and Ceremony at the Tennyson Sculpture Garden, Part One
“I just want to thank absolutely everybody who worked on this park, especially my Two Old Crows team…”
EDITORIAL: A Positive Use for Short-Term Rentals, Part Two
If Ms. Bair had been making this same appeal to the BOCC eight years ago, I doubt she would have met with much success…
EDITORIAL: A Positive Use for Short-Term Rentals, Part One
Pagosa doesn’t have a housing shortage. We have an “available and affordable housing” shortage…
EDITORIAL: The Stories We Tell, Part Four
What gun won the West? The first answer that popped into my head was, “The Colt 45″…
EDITORIAL: The Stories We Tell, Part Three
The stories we tell don’t need to be accurate, or true. But they must be believable…
EDITORIAL: The Stories We Tell, Part Two
“When I was a kid, I asked these really big questions about life… I mean, what are we doing here? What is this all about?…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part Three
“Saudi Arabia’s culture of water consumption is unsustainable due to practices like excessive water use, negligent wastewater management, unrestrained increase of population…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part Two
“I think Arizonans are going to be outraged about this. It just exacerbates an already terrible situation…”
EDITORIAL: The Great Western Water Grab, Part One
“Gold is worth quite a bit. Water’s worth more than gold, if you don’t have it…”
EDITORIAL: 28 Ways to Be a Better Tourist, Part Four
I wrote yesterday’s editorial while sitting in row 23, seat F on Alaska Airlines Flight 654 from Seattle to Albuquerque, the second leg of my flight back to Pagosa…