Buoyed by donations from local short-term rental operators, the campaign to defeat Steamboat Spring’s ballot measure proposing a 9% tax on short-term rentals has raised more than $82,000, according to reports from the city clerk’s.
Steamboat Springs has a severe housing crisis. For the last 40 years, the affordable housing demand for the local workforce has greatly outpaced the supply. But recently, the magnitude has exploded. And the gap will.
The Mayor wants to undo the small victories of the defund movement, not dedicate nearly enough funds to Vision Zero, but, hey, he’s like 80% there on Green New Deal investments.