The six Town Council members had lots of options to discuss on Tuesday, August 3, for dealing with vacation rentals…
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: A Flubbed Town Council Hand-off on Short-Term Rentals, Part One
Although it didn’t make the national news, the Pagosa Springs Town Council also flubbed their hand-off on Tuesday evening, August 3…
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Three
Next, we have the problem that inclusionary zoning sometimes functions to reduce the number of affordable housing units, while driving up the cost of housing for middle income families…
EDITORIAL: Mirror, Mirror, on the Health Care Wall
“No two nations are alike when it comes to health care. Over time, each country has settled on a unique mix of policies, service delivery systems, and financing models…”
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part Two
Housing incentives are a type of Carrot. Perhaps not the same kind of carrot as implied by artist Boardman Robinson in 1916…
EDITORIAL: Inclusionary Questions, Part One
So there we were, with the Town Council in one corner, the Town Planning Commission in another corner, and the Pagosa Area Tourism Board in yet another corner…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Three
“Families who fell behind on rent don’t have time to wait…”
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part Two
But what about this whole “Lowest Point in Recorded History” question, at the Great Salt Lake? That sounds pretty serious…
EDITORIAL: Strange Facts from Around the World, Part One
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension — a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind….”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Eight
“I don’t want to hear ‘The Blame Game’. I want to hear some solutions. What can we do to get this resolved? …”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Seven
We celebrate this cabin, and the family that had the grit and the fortitude to live this way during the early days of Pagosa’s history…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Six
“If it were up to me, all of Wyndham [Resorts] would be Section 8 housing. That’s my solution…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Five
Pagosa has a huge supply of potential volunteers, for those who can find a way to motivate them…
EDITORIAL: The Calculus of STRs, and the Third Law of Motion
The Baby Boomers are now retiring, or have retired, and have bought up most of the property in Pagosa Springs, apparently…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Four
And maybe one other thing: that we don’t currently have a central agency addressing the housing issue, that can coordinate contributions…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Three
Of course, these numbers will be dramatically different in 2021. Everything is different in 2021. The housing market. Rental rates. Summer traffic. Wait times at local restaurants…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Two
“One of the questions we’re asking now is, what percentage of of local taxation is on the shoulders of the locals, versus the tourists…”
EDITORIAL: COVID, the Delta Variant, and What We Don’t Know
This chart came from the San Juan Basin Public Health website, on July 18, 2021…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part One
“Crested Butte has pulled its summer ads as businesses struggle to accommodate crowds. A Telluride councilwoman wants to redirect tourism funding toward housing….”