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Developers lament fees
Affordable housing ordinance worries business community
The Steamboat Springs City Council may have reached its decision, but debate continues in the business community about how much new affordable housing policies will affect local development projects.
Routt County Spotlight: Melissa Calhoon
Q. When did you move to Routt County and what brought you here?
DeVincentis recall effort stirs emotions
In August 1984, Steamboat Springs citizens voted 336-308 to recall then-School Board President Al Miller, largely due to Miller's attempt to fire legendary wrestling coach Carl Ramunno. That same month, John DeVincentis began his 21-year career as principal of Strawberry Park Elementary School in Steamboat. The city has not seen a recall election for a School Board member since.
Mike Forney: Recall necessary
"Don't shoot the messenger" admonished Shakespeare in "Henry IV." Perhaps those on our School Board and other supporters of John DeVincentis should reflect on the Bard's words. The fact remains that the DeVincentis e-mails and his actions as a School Board member have demonstrated a shocking lack of honesty and integrity, and a vindictive character and behavior that violates the trust given him by those (like myself) who chose him to represent us on the RE2 Board of Education.
Brian T. Kelly: This is a pattern
Much has been written and discussed lately regarding John DeVincentis' tumultuous tenure on the School Board. In the past few days, a group of his supporters have emerged with radio and newspaper ads saying the backers of a recall petition are running a smear campaign. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Jan van Straaten, Bette Van Dahl, Mike Johnson, Kelly Wilson, Scott Crouch, Sandi Crouch, Tania Coffey: New versus old
A lot was said recently about the Steamboat Springs School Board and member John DeVincentis, which created a flurry of press in the Steamboat Pilot & Today newspaper. Uninvolved, unaware readers who followed the story were given eyebrow-raising excerpts from a private e-mail secretly leaked by an individual later revealed to be a disgruntled board member who resigned in order to be able to betray the public trust anonymously as an ordinary citizen.
Stephen Caragol: Protect the process
If you are considering signing the recall for John DeVincentis, please do not do it. Why: Because we need to protect some level of a decent political process in our School Board and our town in general.
Lynette Lochausen: Simms was bully
I am not a personal friend of Dr. John Devincentis, but I can no longer be quiet while the group calling itself "Save Our Schools" does everything in its power to discredit him. I worked as a high school counselor in Steamboat Springs from 1986 to 2001, time that afforded me a chance to closely observe some of the motivation for the anger and bitterness in the private e-mail conversations that are behind the current recall effort.
Mary Darcy and Eric Gautreaux: Say no to recall
We're sure plenty of people in town are sick of the whole subject of the Devincentis e-mails and the attempted recall of this school board member. But since the Pilot & Today offered a one-time chance to print letters on both sides of the issue, we'd like to point out a few facts that not everyone may know.
Tami Havener: Acts not surprising
That John DeVincentis would lie (to another school board) and send vitriolic e-mails (those published by this newspaper) over a two-year period, while shocking, were not surprising to my husband or me. It was just public evidence of what we've known for quite some time.
All That Jazz celebrates 30 years of business in Steamboat
During the past 30 years, All That Jazz owner Joe Kboudi has seen a lot of people walk through the glass doors of his business on Lincoln Avenue. And the faces still look familiar.
Medora Fralick: Give the Cayuse Classic a chance
Community Agriculture Alliance
The second annual Cayuse Classic is June 16 at Sidney Peak Ranch. If the first year was any indication, this event will be a great opportunity for anyone who has a love of the Yampa Valley, agriculture, horses and people.
Soroco grad Joel Schlegel rides for state rodeo title
Joel Schlegel had a tough choice most seniors don't think twice about.
Jimmy Westlake: Corvus and Crater
Winging his way across our late springtime sky is a delightful little constellation named Corvus the Crow. The four main stars of Corvus form a distinctive kite-shaped pattern located about one-third of the way up in the southwestern sky at 9:30 p.m. in mid-June.
Joanne Palmer: Great Granny Garbanzo advice column
Life in the 'Boat
I've always wanted to write an advice column. I thought it would be easy. I thought I could get some help from guy friends. I was wrong. No matter what question I posed to them their answer was the same. Sex.
Rio 24 Hours of Steamboat bike race kicks off at Mt. Werner
Having done 24-hour races before - but never the Rio 24 Hours of Steamboat - Boulder's Mike Hogan knew the singletrack trail up Mount Werner would be about pain and reward.
Tournament highlights Tennis Center
Steamboat facility may take on hosting duties for larger, national events
While the 138 players at the 2007 Intermountain Senior Sec-
Crazy River Dog challenge highlights Yampa events
When Steamboat Springs locals band together at the start of each summer to celebrate the Yampa River with a little friendly competition, it's not the human events that bring the biggest crowd.
Remembering State Bridge
Spirit of historic building remains in wake of tragic fire
Lauren Diveley pushed wisps of hair out of her face Wednesday as she peered over the police tape keeping her from the charred remains of a building that defined the 23-year-old's childhood.
Business File for June 10
Coldwell Banker Silver Oak Ltd. was ranked second of 2,678 Coldwell Banker offices nationwide in April.
Transactions for May 30 to June 4
Real estate transactions for May 30 to June 4.
Lots back on the market
Land prices in The Sanctuary jump as much as $300K in three months
As recently as eight months ago, there were 11 original building lots available in The Sanctuary subdivision at developer prices, some for less than $500,000. Today, those 11 have all sold, and several have come back on the market at substantially higher prices.
Best of the Web for June 10
Best of the Web for June 10
Our View: No guarantees on affordable housing policy
The Steamboat Springs City Council may have approved new affordable housing policies last week, but its work is hardly done.
Conservative commentary: War: the real thing
In case you might have missed it, we are in a war. The real thing.
Friendly floatin'
Local river enthusiasts unite for successful Yampa River Festival
When it comes to the competition at the Yampa River Festival, the stakes on the line are all relative.
Display dedicated as railroad veterans and enthusiasts remember past
At the age of 19, Jim Woodcock joined his father, Wesley Woodcock, in 1949 working on the Denver & Rio Grand Western Railroad.
Dave Shively: Evening exposure
It was a typical Friday evening in June on the Yampa River. A contingent of local kayakers enjoying the last rays of sunlight and egging each other on with playful hoots in the surf at Charlie's Hole. Downriver, a threesome of pint-sized paddlers no older than 15, in town for the river festival, wowed their shore-side parents by hucking paddles aside for some hands-free wave acrobatics in the D-hole.
Beetle epidemic raises fire threat
Officials look to clear beetle-infested pine trees before next wildfire
Along a hillside in the Routt National Forrest's Seedhouse Corridor, splashes of red and gray emerge from a large canvas of green.
The Record for June 8
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