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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa's Not-So-Distant Future? Part Three

EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa’s Not-So-Distant Future? Part Three

Posted on October 3, 2024June 6, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Given that choice, the town voters might find a proposed 0.5% sales tax to be an attractive option…

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EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa's Not-So-Distant Future? Part Two

EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa’s Not-So-Distant Future? Part Two

Posted on October 2, 2024October 3, 2024 by Bill Hudson

“So my suggestion would be to vote a 1/2 of 1% sales tax. Based on the 2023 income, you would end up with approximately $2.2 million…”

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BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Should Say ‘No’ to Data Center Incentives

Posted on October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 by Post Contributor

At a minimum, Colorado legislators should repeal the misguided 2018 law that created the economic development rate…

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OPINION: Vote ‘No’ on Proposition 127

Posted on October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 by Post Contributor

Proposition 127 will irreparably harm wild felid management by banning hunting, the best tool to manage these populations…

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EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa's Not-So-Distant Future? Part One

EDITORIAL: Big Debts in Pagosa’s Not-So-Distant Future? Part One

Posted on October 1, 2024October 2, 2024 by Bill Hudson

So we have a couple of possible prices to work with.  $4.5 million for “urgent” repairs, and $44.8 million for the whole enchilada…

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EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Five

EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Five

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Bill Hudson

Presumably, a community that cannot provide important needs and desires, will eventually be abandoned, like the ghost towns that dot the Colorado landscape…

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OPINION: The Future of Land Use and Incremental Development, Part Two

OPINION: The Future of Land Use and Incremental Development, Part Two

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Post Contributor

When we combine these land use reforms with the transportation evolution, I expect we will see a major shift in how our cities grow…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Are We Getting More Hurricanes?

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by John Tures

Hurricane Helene made the top ten in terms of most intense tropical hurricanes to hit Florida…

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EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Four

Posted on September 27, 2024September 30, 2024 by Bill Hudson

The ten PSCDC homes currently under construction this year have similar “Mountain Resort Modern” styling…

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LETTER: Elect a Team to the BOCC This November

Posted on September 27, 2024September 27, 2024 by Post Contributor

Over the last four years, our Board of County Commissioners has struggled to do what is best for our County…

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EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Three

Posted on September 26, 2024September 27, 2024 by Bill Hudson

Back in 1943, American psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper entitled “A Theory of Human Motivation”…

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EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Two

EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part Two

Posted on September 25, 2024September 28, 2024 by Bill Hudson

The 200-page plan proposed a significant expansion of recreational amenities in Archuleta County…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Do the Presidential Debates Matter?

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by John Tures

I found that the winner of the second debate has historically done much better at winning the presidency…

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OPINION: Critical Thinking & No Thanks

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Post Contributor

This election is nothing more than the most basic test of the remaining level of American’s critical thinking abilities…

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EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part One

EDITORIAL: Keeping Pagosa Weird, Part One

Posted on September 24, 2024September 25, 2024 by Bill Hudson

I’m thinking about these bumper stickers as I listen to my audio recording of a joint meeting, held on September 17…

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OPINION: Terrorists in the Holy Land

Posted on September 24, 2024September 24, 2024 by Post Contributor

Violent militants are conducting a campaign of murder, arson and intimidation against Palestinians in the West Bank in order to expel them from their land…

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EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Four

Posted on September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 by Bill Hudson

“But it sounds like there are people at this table who want to get back there… want to get back to 2021, and even higher levels…”

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OPINION: Former Top U.S. Wildlife Management Official Endorses Prop 127

Posted on September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 by Post Contributor

Former director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service joins 22 wildlife professionals urging voters to stop trophy hunting of wild cats…

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EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Three

EDITORIAL: Hunting Season, Election Season, Budget Season, Part Three

Posted on September 20, 2024September 23, 2024 by Bill Hudson

“So I asked the Tourism Board the other day, ‘What would we do if we had $300,000 more?’ And nobody had a quick and ready answer…”

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