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Take time at the wheel

Steamboat Springs — We can all just take a little more time to be aware of our surroundings before proceeding from a stop or yield sign. Just today, I saw a driver stopped at Third Street to turn right onto Lincoln: the driver never once looked right, only looked left for his opportunity to turn right onto Lincoln. Meanwhile, a pedestrian was just crossing in the crosswalk from the bank toward the post office, when the driver turned onto Lincoln, barely missing the pedestrian. :And with the nice weather, we have more pedestrians and bicyclists that we, as drivers, need to be aware of. Please, take a minute and look both ways repeatedly before proceeding.

- untamedShrewd

Economic perspective

No argument that sales tax collections are down. : Just as the good times do not last forever, neither do the bad times. The challenge is to keep things in perspective. There are some excellent signs that consumer spending is recovering. Will it return to 2007 spending level any time soon? Doubtful. A return to consumer spending levels of 2004-05 is likely more realistic.

- Scott Ford

Poop pick-up law needed

I like the idea of relaxed leash laws, but I think we need to look into a poop pick-up law. I don't mind dogs, just irresponsible owners who don't clean up after their pets. Let's go further, and word the law so that any dog owner on the trail is responsible for any poop on the trail - that would quickly get poop off the trails. If you are responsible for your dog's poop, and any other poop you pass, you wouldn't look the other way when another dog owner left poop behind. On Spring Creek and Emerald Mountain, horses should be included.

- mtroach

CHS choir show

What a great concert! Christel (Houston) and her students are amazing!

- Stmbtsandy

Tough times

Man, is it hard to remain optimistic! I don't understand the excessive spending that is taking place, one story topping another. We have ignored decades of warning about our gross consumption, we have saddled this next generation with trillions in war debt, then we add this bailout and now a bunch of good will and here we sit bleeding. This economic disaster gnaws at the center of souls and makes hardworking, productive community members feel like failures.

- villager