Steamboat Springs City Council Campaigning Underway

Hold on to your butts everybody – we got us an election comin’ up! This here cow town is gonna elect themselves a new City Council. And what a fine selection of candidates they have to choose from. I say they, because I (thankfully) do not live within city limits and therefore cannot vote for [...]

Steamboat Springs City Council Elections: Update

Well, it looks like Cari Hermacinski took down her YouTube video. Good move. It was extremely unflattering and completely unprofessional looking. Towny Anderson’s site is no longer under construction. The content is good; site is butt ugly. Why am I harping on the appearance of the candidates’ ads and web sites? Shouldn’t I be more [...]

Steamboat Springs City Council Elections

Election season is upon us in Steamboat Springs. Five of the seven seats on City Council are up for grabs this November. The list of hopefuls is eleven strong with some members seeking reelection.

The candidates are: District I: Susan Dellinger (incumbent), Scott Myller District II: Meg Page Bentley, Paul Hughes District III: Vince [...]

Summer of Destruction

Aaah, Steamboat Springs in the summertime. It used to mean scenic mountain views, lazy tube rides down the Yampa River and strolling along Lincoln Avenue to do some window shopping. Well, all of that has changed. We got us some progress goin’ on now. Ten years of progress crammed into one summer. Yeehaw!! Once construction [...]

Formula Stores Revisited

Hold onto your butts, folks! Here we go again… City Council and the City Planners are getting together tonight to put into place an ordinance to keep out those evil “formula stores”. View the article in its entirety here.

Here are some highlights:

The ordinance stresses a need to preserve a small-town atmosphere in Old [...]