The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Brent Boyer: Cleaning up our online comments

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Love it or hate it, many Steamboat Pilot & Today readers can’t resist the temptation of our online story comments. It never ceases to amaze me how often people talk about what so-and-so poster wrote beneath one of our online articles.

Natalie Gottbehuet: Let Wall move on

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I am writing concerning the recent articles in the Pilot & Today concerning Sheriff Gary Wall being convicted of a DWAI. If he was indeed guilty of the crime, which he apparently was since he was found guilty by a jury of his peers, I am glad to see our sheriff did not get off scot-free just because he is the sheriff.

Steve Aigner: Editorial misleading

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

In arguing for the expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary for Steamboat 700 (“Expand UGB for 700,” Sunday, July 20) the Steamboat Pilot & Today Editorial Board confuses readers and maybe even misleads them. The primary confusion lies in the editorial’s assertion that Steamboat 700 stands apart from other proposals to amend the UGB because its intentions were known earlier, it had submitted its master conceptual plan for development earlier, and that the 2007 election campaigns “debated and vetted 700’s future.”

Our View: New fields aren’t needed

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The proposed contract between Steamboat Springs and Triple Crown Sports once again delays the inevitable decision of how and whether the city should make a long-term commitment to the sports tourism operator. But what’s clear is that construction of a new $3.5 million field complex is not the solution.

Editorial cartoon for July 20

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for July 20, 2008.

Dr. Henry R. Savage: CO2 is food

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Climate change has not arisen as a significant campaign issue for 2008 yet, but I expect it will do so. It’s been some time since I’ve written on the subject, and I would like to add a perspective that is seldom, if ever, mentioned.

Peggy Watson: Save The Tugboat

Sunday, July 20, 2008

A Steamboat icon is about to fall, and I’m writing to share my thoughts, with a feeling that there may be a lot of you out there who share my point of view.

Best of the Web for July 20

Sunday, July 20, 2008

We shouldn’t generalize. Any damage can be eliminated by eco-friendly use. All users should clean up after themselves. Anglers should try not to leave behind fishing line, tubers and shore folk should clean up garbage, parents should keep their kids from catching and handling fish, dog owners should pick up after pets. Basically, just leave the river as it was before you got there. Smart use won’t hurt the environment ... ignorance and neglect does.

Our View: Expand UGB for 700

Sunday, July 20, 2008

An expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary to accommodate Steamboat 700 is appropriate this year, but the UGB should not be amended at this time for 360 Village or proposals on the north side of Emerald Mountain and at the River Haus site south of Steamboat Springs.

Kara Givnish: Community thanks

Sunday, July 20, 2008

The 2008 Hot Air Balloon Rodeo was a huge success. I could not let the chance pass to share my gratitude and appreciation with the entire community.

Betsey Jay: Invest in good

Sunday, July 20, 2008

We couldn’t agree more with the phrase in your July 16 editorial that nonprofits “help form the fabric of our community.” Here at the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, we see and support the great work of nonprofits every day.

Robert Miner: Get rid of agenda

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Get rid of agenda

I’m sure all of our local politicians and bureaucrats celebrated Independence Day. July Fourth should be a celebration of American freedom, independence and self-reliance.

Our view: Nonprofit groups should tighten belts

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The message could not be clearer for local groups and programs that receive community support funding from the city: Don’t count on those dollars.

Lynne Paschal: Out of whack

Sunday, July 13, 2008

I was disgusted to see the words “sustainability” and “10,000-square-foot home” used in the same article in Sunday’s paper discussing the first home built at Marabou. Read story.

Paul Potyen: Time for a change

Sunday, July 13, 2008

I feel compelled to reply to Paul Epley’s commentary in the July 6 edition of the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Read story.