The City of Industry, near Los Angeles, has shopping malls, and fast food franchises, and a golf course, and hotels… and many of the things you might imagine a real city having…
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: Springs Resort Management Evicting 16 Families on Eaton Drive, Part One
It appeared that perhaps one or more apartment units have already been vacated by the current tenants, because I found a large (and rather sad) collection of furniture and household goods sitting in a pile…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Seven
This romantic vision of the American West — wide open spaces, big sky, freedom to roam — must certainly have been embraced by the ranchers and businessmen who arrived in Pagosa Springs during the last quarter of the 19th century…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Six
“We also really want to applaud the decision to get a separate environmental assessment. That’s something that I think is absolutely critical to what we all want to achieve here, and I’m very happy to see that’s happening…”
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Five
Among the interested members of the public were the associates of the local Audubon Society, who had been — for many years — enjoying the abundant wildlife making use of the warm-water wetlands…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Four
Sitting in the room directly behind Mr. Dronet and his team, were several members of the Pagosa Wetland Partners, an organization that formed about three years ago…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Three
The water issues facing our community in connection with the Springs Resort’s proposed expansion are even more dramatic, because they relate directly to one of the only warm-water wetlands left in the State of Colorado….
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part Two
The Town government decided 15 years ago that “interesting” architecture would make Pagosa Springs more attractive and more economically sustainable…
Four Candidates Step Up for Pagosa Springs Town Council Election
One of the Council seats — Mayor — will be vacated by Don Volger, who is term limited after filling that position for the past eight years…
EDITORIAL: Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above, Part One
The Town of Pagosa Springs has received an application for “Sketch Major Design Review” for the construction of a new 84,000 square foot building containing roughly 80 hotel rooms, a spa, a restaurant and a series of new hot springs pools…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa Springs… Santa Fe… Pagosa Springs
During our weekend, the kids and I made two trips to the Railyard Park, an “award-winning” children’s playground at the west end of Santa Fe’s extensive commercial-cultural Railyard development.
EDITORIAL: A Rather Unusual Courthouse Proposal, Part Two
“And I think the building can be fixed; it could be used. It’s going to take a lot of money to do it, but I think it would be a tremendous value to the county…”
EDITORIAL: All That Unnecessary Misinformation
“I am filling out my survey and I am going to share it with the downtown business group as well. I know many of the players in this and I know it’s well-intended and I think there’s some legs to it here…”
EDITORIAL: A Rather Unusual Courthouse Proposal, Part One
“I’ve been spending a lot of time in the county over the past few months. My wife and I have bought several pieces of property, and when we heard about the Courthouse, we got kind of excited about the opportunity to do something with it…”
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Four
Parents on both sides of these issues were taking fresh stock of our public schools, and in some cases, finding them lacking…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Three
In the education industry, nationally, three types of employees have become particularly scarce since the arrival of the COVID pandemic. Bus drivers. School nurses. And substitute teachers…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part Two
When PPOS bought the Parelli building, the ‘building use’ changed from ‘office building’ to ‘public school’, and this change generated a very expensive set of required upgrades…
EDITORIAL: The Best Possible Education for Our Children, Part One
The conditions stipulated by the ASD School Board included a requirement that the Pagosa Peak Open School board of directors raise an additional $175,000 in grants and donations during their first year in operation…
EDITORIAL: Becoming an Authentic Community, Part Six
Read Part One First and foremost, community is not a place, a building, or an organization… Community is both a feeling and a set of relationships among people…. — from the article ‘What is Community Anyway?’ by David M. Chavis & Kien Lee, May 2015 on SSIR.org So I’ve been kicking this problem around, for READ MORE