The video features four women who are suffering from lingering health effects following a COVID-19 diagnosis — health effects that don’t align with commonly held beliefs about the disease…
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: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Three
No one will tell us why a New York hedge fund, Water Asset Management, has bought up thousands of acres of irrigated agricultural land in the communities of Fruita, Loma and Mack, west of Grand Junction…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Six
I read somewhere, long ago, that the Hindu god Shiva had a ‘dual’ personality — that he embodies both the power to destroy and the power to create…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Five
Some might say, the Board of County Commissioners is totally out of control, with regards to debt creation. And all of the new debt seems to be serving one group of people: County employees…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Two
“The evidence currently of record does not demonstrate that the Districts have carried their burden of proving a non-speculative intent to put the water amounts contained in the remand decree to beneficial use…”
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part One
“I’m encouraged by the participation in the Work Group, which represents diverse stakeholders from all across the state,” said Dan Gibbs, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources…”
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Four
The property at 574 S. 5th St (at the NE corner of Apache St. and S. 5th St.) is currently listed and could be a possible property for workforce housing units…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Three
Americans do indeed value property rights — in some situations. And the STR industry has certainly helped to bring about higher home prices in Archuleta County, according to everything I’ve heard from local realtors…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Two
“The strategy that I determined maybe to use, working with Tara Hardy from Silver Thread — she’s the Director there — was to do a new proposal for a pre-season opening, where we don’t have any of our indoor facilities open…”
EDITORIAL: Capitalism, on the Operating Table
I first heard about capitalism back in high school, but I’ve never been sure who, exactly, invented it. Whoever invented it, they obviously missed the boat…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part One
As County Attorney Todd Weaver explained, the original ground lease mentioned “approximately 40 rental units”, but the project has since been scaled back to 34 units…
EDITORIAL: Keep Your Mask Handy
Polis claims that mask-wearing has been key to allowing the state to reopen as much as it has so far. He has not commented, yet, on the direct impacts to the fashion industry…
EDITORIAL: Colorado Secretary of State Griswold vs USPS
“…my office received notice that the United States Postal Service would be sending out a national pre-election mailer to every household in America that contains incorrect election information for Colorado…”
EDITORIAL: Amendment B Makes the Headlines
“If the Gallagher Amendment is not repealed, owners of high-end homes in Denver’s wealthiest neighborhoods would get a tax cut next year, while small businesses and farmers would pay a larger share of property taxes…”
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part Six
“Nearing or at the end of their service life.” That’s an interesting comment, considering that many of the water pipelines in Archuleta County date back to the 1970s… almost fifty years ago…
EDITORIAL: Health, and Safety, in Pagosa Springs… Part Three
I stopped by the Pagosa Peak Open School on Tuesday morning, to snap a few pictures of the “First Day of School During a Pandemic”. Most people were wearing masks, and they waited, socially distanced, to check in…
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part Five
We currently have one massive reservoir in Archuleta County — Navajo Lake, the fifth largest reservoir in the Colorado River Basin system, built in 1962. But the lake sits on the far southwestern corner of the county…
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part Four
Lately, some folks have been pointing to the University of Nebraska “Drought Monitor” maps, and reminding us that ‘climate change’ is very real and the American West is destined to become drier…
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part Three
“…A group of farmers sat around a patio shaking their heads, frowning, frustration etched on their faces — down by 150,000 acre-feet of water below their aquifer-pumping target…”