Author: The Steamboat Today Editorial Board

The Gallagher Amendment, adopted by voters in 1982, continues to have far-reaching, unintended consequences, now forcing taxing districts, especially those in rural Colorado, to seek voter approval for workaround initiatives all of which appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. West Routt, Oak Creek, Yampa and Steamboat Springs Area fire protection districts, as well as Colorado…

With a multi-page ballot this fall, featuring 10 statewide ballot issues, the Steamboat Pilot & Today Editorial Board is using today’s Our View space to offer our positions on five of those measures – Amendments Y and Z, Amendment 73, Amendment 74 and Proposition 112. Vote ‘yes’ on Y and Z In this day and…

With the gap between the list of state transportation projects and available funding widening to almost $10 billion, it’s no surprise that two state transportation initiatives have landed on the November ballot. Propositions 109 and 110 both propose to fix Colorado’s transportation problems, but their approaches are very different. Colorado finds itself in a transportation…

With the gap between the list of state transportation projects and available funding widening to almost $10 billion, it’s no surprise that two state transportation initiatives have landed on the November ballot. Propositions 109 and 110 both propose to fix Colorado’s transportation problems, but their approaches are very different. Colorado finds itself in a transportation…

This November, business owners are being asked to fund the Steamboat Springs downtown business improvement district, known as BID. Those who own property or operate a business in the downtown district are eligible to vote on a proposed 2.22 mill levy. In addition, businesses on Yampa Street and Lincoln Avenue that are located in the…

Steamboat Springs voters will be deciding on a 0.20 percent sales tax for air service this fall, and we hope the measure flies. The tax, if approved, will fund the airline program, which we believe has been a success and is the envy of other mountain communities. The program has greatly increased the number of…

Since voters first approved the half-cent sales tax for public education in 1993, more than $61 million has gone to support public schools in Steamboat Springs and Routt County. That funding has helped elevate the Steamboat school system into one of Colorado’s best. In 2009, the last time the tax was renewed, voters supported sharing…

Spring Creek Trail is one of Steamboat Springs’ most popular trails. It’s an easy hike close to downtown that is accessible to visitors, a place where locals go to run and walk their dogs and a trail that provides mountain bikers with access to Buffalo Pass. With more and more people using the trail –…

Employees of Smartwool as well as the entire Steamboat Springs community are still reeling from the announcement last week that VF Corp. would be moving Smartwool’s headquarters to Denver within a year. The news came only days after Molly Cuffe, Smartwool’s director of global communications, spoke at the “Stand for Our Land” rally in downtown…

The Steamboat Institute brought U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to town for the organization’s annual Freedom Conference on Friday, and citizens in the Steamboat Springs and Routt County area took advantage of his visit to gather in support of public lands. The Stand For Our Land event, held Friday on the Routt County…