Our government planning documents, written over the past couple of decades, tend to define “character and atmosphere” in terms of overall architectural design…
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 Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Eight
Between 2008 and 2018, our construction industry produced 838 new single-family homes outside of the Town limits…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Seven
Five years ago, a gentleman named Eddy Dunn — a recent transplant from Portland, OR — was beginning work on a cozy duplex on South 6th Street. Here’s that duplex, in a photo I took last weekend…
Deb Haaland Appointed Secretary of the Interior
“Secretary Haaland brings an important and unique perspective to the position, understands what public lands mean to our economy, and will be a key partner as we work to finally pass the CORE Act into law….”
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Six
I cannot recall any past BOCC complaining about the existence of the 1.9-million-acre San Juan National Forest, or the 500,000-acre Weminuche Wilderness…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Five
But the BOCC did weigh in, last month, on the subject of access to federal lands, by sending a letter to “For Whom It May Concern”…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Four
She discusses the curious situation where company or organization is heading for a massive failure, and everyone can see it coming, but management continues to act as if everything is hunky dory…
Colorado Reacts to the Stimulus Package
“Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic…”
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Three
Should we have “debt” included in our conceptual map? Easier said than done. We can’t easily create a map of consumer debt, or even business debt, in Archuleta County in 2021…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Two
Apparently, during the summer of 2016, US real estate agents were listing close to 1.5 million homes available for purchase…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part One
Although COVID data is fairly easy to find in March 2021, several things related to public health have not been tracked. Maybe we’re too busy tracking COVID?
EDITORIAL: Toward a More Responsible, Meat-Free Future
The Colorado meat industry’s alarm over the global observance of ‘Meatout’ on March 20, offers a splendid opportunity to discuss the merits of eating animals…
EDITORIAL: County Government Increases Vacation Rental Fees
“I think that we’re trying several different avenues to try and remedy a situation that may be impossible to remedy, as far as housing availability and affordability…”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Five
Some of us are expecting a total of about 14,000 full-time residents in Archuleta County when the 2020 Census numbers are released…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Four
I agree that the Town government ought to be helping us decide what “the right things” are — in terms of health and safety. We don’t want our buildings to be dangerous…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part Two
Due to a fairly steep slope, the winding half-mile-long trail will cover less than a quarter mile as the crow flies. The estimated cost is about $1.5 million…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Long Uphill Climb to Sustainability, Part One
The idea of “sustainability” dates back to at least the 1600s, when Europeans looked around and noticed that their forests were quickly disappearing…
EDITORIAL: The Joys of Owning a Vacation Rental in Pagosa Springs, Part Six
“There’s certainly a need for balance when it comes to tax laws…”
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Eight
The taxpaying public — the folks who ultimately paid for the Wilson Water Group report — deserves to hear all sides of a public policy issue…