Pressure is growing in the American West to view water as a commodity… something to sell… rather than as the glue that holds together a traditional agriculture-based society…
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: Water for My Coffee, Part Five
All of these crops are grown in the Lower Basin states by the corporations that are currently demanding $1.2 billion in federal funding as a ransom payment…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Four
“By this wonderful provision, which is only man’s mastery over nature, the clouds are dispensing copious rains… [the plow] is the instrument which separates civilization from savagery…”
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Three
“There’s only 20,000 tons [of rock waiting to be crushed]. It’s not that much…”
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Two
At its peak, the XIT Ranch was home to around 150,000 head of cattle, with 1,500 miles of fencing…
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part One
This editorial series will provide a few thoughts about a meeting of the San Juan Water Conservancy board meeting on June 17…
EDITORIAL: The Parade… Wait For It
Hundreds of members of the Pagosa Springs community, and their invited and uninvited guests, were gathering along the new parade route…
EDITORIAL: Local Governments and Their Strategic Plans, Part Four
It’s the type of thing that can make you wonder about the value of local government plans…
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…