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On Performing arts convention challenges city to plan for future
(anonymous)
June 22, 2008 at 3:57 p.m.
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One time our maid was negligent in keeping enough toilet paper on the roll in my son's bathroom. When the toilet paper ran out, he pulled ART off the wall—a watercolor—and wiped his butt with it. He ruined a perfectly good and valuable work of art. We had to throw it away.
I blame the schools and the community for not teaching my kid the value of Art. My kid still does not know the difference between the value of an original water color and a kleenex. To him, it is all just paper.
We fired that housekeeper and docked her pay for the value of the damaged art.
On Steamboat Springs officials take action after fire in apartment
(anonymous)
June 22, 2008 at 2:40 p.m.
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Will someone please reveal for how many years Mr. Engle lived in this unit?
I suspect that he may have been in residence prior to the current owners purchasing the property.
Did the current owners make any attempt to evict him? Maybe not. They could have known that such attempt would likely be futile.
I am aware of tenants who intentionally remove smoke detectors because the sound of the alarm when set off by their cigarette smoke in close quarters annoys them.
As landlord, am I required to check a unit every day to re-install the smoke detectors that the tenants disable?
I am not opining that Mr. Engle disabled his smoke detector. But I can state with absolute certainty that there are units all over old town in which the tenants do not cooperate with the efforts of the landlord to keep the unit safe and up to code.
When enforcement steps up, economics will dictate that many of these tenants will be driven out of the old town rental market. Just a cold, calculating heartless theory and opinion to which I am entitled.
On Steamboat Springs officials take action after fire in apartment
(anonymous)
June 22, 2008 at 2:20 p.m.
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From the position of a property owner/ landlord I can tell you this:Certainly I agree that the landlord should keep his property up to code.
I am in favor of 100% code enforcement and elimination of all of the shanty type “housing” in old town that currently exists.
Many of these units are occupied by “long term locals” who fight against their landlord for their entitlement to live in old town.
I my experience, tenants in the type of secondary unit at issue, especially those who have lived in the unit long term can be uncooperative and combative with the efforts of the landlord. There are occasions in which a landlord can “inherit” a tenant in an illegal secondary unit.
Are any of you aware of how difficult it can be to evict these tenants?
There have been several eviction cases in the past few years in which our district court judges have refused to evict “at will” tenants in illegal units. Judge Shelley Hill, for example, has ruled essentially that the illegality of the secondary unit is not a matter within the District Court's jurisdiction and allowed the tenants to remain against the wishes of the landlord.
So, what I am telling you is that I know that the Courts can and do thwart the efforts of property owners to evict residents from illegal units.
I agree that Landlords have certain responsibilities. So do tenants.
Do you realize that District Court Judges enable the occupation of illegal units in Steamboat Springs? Have any of you ever had to face combative and intoxicated squatters on your property? You would think that it would be easy to legally get rid of them but it is not.
The event that is the topic of the thread may cause the Courts and the City to finally cooperate with landlords and property owners who try to oust the residence from illegal unsafe units.
Is anyone here aware of any situations in which parents have children residing in homes, apts or secondary units that are not up to code? Call child protective services and make a report and file a complaint with the City. Maybe something will come of it after all of this.
On Steamboat Springs officials take action after fire in apartment
(anonymous)
June 21, 2008 at 10:31 p.m.
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On Bridle party
(anonymous)
June 15, 2008 at 10:25 p.m.
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Vous devriez avoir dit qu'elle est une chienne et elle ressemble à un cheval de sorte que votre commentaire ne soit pas enlevé.
On Henri E. Stetter: Modify behavior
(anonymous)
June 15, 2008 at 10:21 p.m.
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Votre appel téléphonique à votre père à demander l'argent n'est pas bien aujourd'hui allé? ahhhhh oui,
Happy Father's Day.
On Future uncertain
(anonymous)
June 13, 2008 at 3:10 p.m.
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anthing you say, bilbo baggins.
On Future uncertain
(anonymous)
June 13, 2008 at 2:47 p.m.
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SSHS Grad, Thank you for your advice.You have a good head on your shoulders. I was wondering if you are available this weekend? My wife and I are looking for a babysitter for our two highschool age kids because we are going out of town for a golf tourney. Please email me and let me know if you are interested in babysitting.
One of my kids is on a robocuff from a trumped up juvi charge, all because the public school became even more neglectful of him after he got rejected from my alma mater. My daughter is on diversion and I am still really not sure how those teachers let that happen. So, if you can babysit for us, that would be great. You will need to make sure that my son calls in to someplace and whatnot and we have a rule here that no more than 20 kids in the media room at a time,no glass in the spa area and no running near the pool.
Nevermind emailing me-just come over in about an hour because my wife and I need to leave right now. I don't know where my kids are right now but I will leave their cell phone numbers on my desk in my office, third door to the left on the first floor. Thanks again. I will pay you in cash when we return. There is fishsticks and corn in the freezer, so help yourself to dinner on us.
On Future uncertain
(anonymous)
June 11, 2008 at 10:25 p.m.
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Tolaf, then what is the “soul job” of the school?
I said my kid can't dance. If the dang teachers were doing their soul jobs then why can't my white boy dance?
He got no rhythm and it embarrasses the heck out of me. My wife and I cannot take him anywhere and he dresses like a wigga. Thank you for doing your soul job on him.
You teachers need to do your soul jobs better.
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On Pumps could become park (anonymous)
July 28, 2008 at 1:37 p.m.
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The town in the middle of the woodlands needs an air conditioned gym. I miss working out on the treadmill late at night like I used to do when I lived in a City.
Maybe the park in the middle of town could have treadmills and stair masters so that i could work out and enjoy some nice scenery right in the middle of town. Ideally, there would be climate control (its too hot right now) so maybe a park with a dome over it and some stair masters? And air condtioning. Please!