The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Posted on July 16 at 7:24 a.m.
On Lanning, council part ways

Ah my taxes at work - first the school board and now this. I know what the answer is next time someone tells me they need to increase taxes - stop wasting money it on petty feuding and maybe I'll think about it.

Posted on April 23 at 8:17 a.m.
On Whistler Road project set to begin

To bad the City didn't get this news out a week ago when the signs went up - without the "local traffic only" addition - causing unnecessary distress to residents.

Posted on April 3 at 4:57 p.m.
On Intrawest unveils new season pass prices

It would have been a sign of good faith for cutting this season short by 16 days (9 days at the start, 7 days at the end) to have at least left the price the same.

Posted on March 27 at 8:28 a.m.
On Brent Boyer: Putting our opinion out there

It seems to me our entire school system is a den of intrigue and backstabbing. As a local taxpayer I'm paying these people to play these games instead of giving our kids (well your kids) a decent education. You bet I want my local paper to put the microscope on this nonsense. Ok, so Brent made a mistake. He admitted it. Move on.

Posted on March 26 at 11:17 p.m.
On Our view: Council should end Harwigs gatherings

Isn't the purpose of the open meetings law to ensure that the meetings at which decisions are FORMALLY taken are open?

Whatever is discussed at Harwigs (or anywhere else, or even via cell phone, email, smoke signals, or whatever) has no standing until such time as it is tabled, discussed and voted on at a formal meeting. If at that time it's obvious that the councillors have already agreed a position the opportunity is there to challenge it.

There's plenty to be unhappy about with our elected officials (even more so with the School Board) but I can guarantee the root cause is not them getting together over a beer...

Posted on February 14 at 11:14 a.m.
On Steamboat not part of new Frontier

This was inevitable once we did the deal with United to move to an all jet service from the end of this winter. United will have increased seats into YVRA anyway, making it tough for Frontier, especially selling a turboprop service up against a jet service.

Posted on January 19 at 1:30 p.m.
On Car thieves hit mountain

Perhaps instead of worrying about spending millions of dollars on boondoggles like the rec center the City ought to be spending more money on police. This sort of petty crime is growing, especially in peak tourist season, and the only effective way to combat it is to have a highly visible police presence so the lowlifes know they'll get caught.

Posted on October 12 at 11:16 a.m.
On Edgemont spurs debate

The point here, that several commenters seem unable to comprehend, is that the developers weren't starting from scratch. They could have gone ahead with the 1985 plan without further planning approval. Given that, you'd think the planning commissioners would welcome with open arms a proposed plan that they all seem to agree is a vast improvement over the 1985 plan.

But not satisfied with being met halfway, the majority of the commission decided that it's all or nothing. In that case, if I was the developer I'd give the city nothing and go ahead with the original plan!

Here's an idea. Let's all move to North Korea where they don't have pesky developers and annoying property rights and where a benevolent and omnipotent government has built a worker's paradise. No takers? Then perhaps we shouldn't be so sure that constant government micro-meddling is the best way forward for Steamboat.

Posted on October 7 at 10:54 a.m.
On George Thomas: Traffic gets worse

Roundabouts work great on relatively low volume intersections especially where one road has higher volumes than the other.

The first candidate is Walton Creek and Whistler. You ought to try turning left out of Whistler between 5 and 5.30 pm when there's a constant stream of vehicles coming up Walton Creek.

Posted on July 18 at 11:17 a.m.
On JoEllen Heydon: The time is now

Welcome to the Socialist Republic of Steamboat. The last place that was so obsessed with providing publicly funded sporting facilities to the 'workers' was the Soviet Union.

It would be interesting to see what proportion of the City's budget (i.e. our taxes) are going to fund these facilities.

We're already paying for Howelsen Hill, the Tennis Bubble, Haymaker, the Ice Arena, Core Trail, ball parks, etc. etc. plus endless free outdoor recreation. But still the 'deserving poor' bleat about how they need more on the taxpayer's nickel.