The new online poll in the Jackson Hole News&Guide is asking what you would like to see a possible future SPET go toward. With a general excise tax shot down in November now off the table, a Community Priorities Fund is still in need of actual funding. Will this come from SPET, or would you rather see something else done […]
We’re passing along this fantastic letter to your elected leaders from former SHJH director and now board member Armond Acri. It’s concerning the proposed North Cache Wildlife Viewing Platform, which was up for final approval on December 19 and, in fact, did pass on a 4-1 vote with councilman Jim Stanford opposed. The artwork has rankled some on a number […]
Plans to explore some kind of renter’s protection in Jackson Hole are underway. Mayor-elect Pete Muldoon is leading the charge to try to see how the town can get involved through ordinance or other methods of drawing up laws that could cap rents or provide more recourses for tenants when dealing with property-owning landlords. While SHJH is troubled by landlords […]
Hidden Hollow moved forward this week when the town council approved the sketch plan for the 168-unit residential neighborhood on Monday. Background Hidden Hollow is a proposed development for the former Forest Service property on North Cache. The Hansen brothers from Idaho Falls—who also own Bischoff in Jackson—purchased the 10-acre parcel last year. The property was also rezoned in 2015 […]
Did you catch Louis Wang’s “Guest Shot” in this week’s News&Guide? The informative article contains some important facts and data points often overlooked or simply misrepresented. Again, there is no denying Jackson Hole has an imbalance in its supply of affordable housing versus commercial development. Study after study has shown that to be a stark reality. What is most often debated […]
Was it merely resistance to a tax hike? Was it reluctance to hand our local leaders a blank check and trust the money will make it’s way to housing and transportation? Was it a rejection of the socialist aspect of government-provided housing for the middle class? Was it the trickery and deceitfulness employed by town and county officials, who were […]
We are not in favor of a proposed sales tax increase in the name of funding housing and transportation strategies. We couldn’t have said it better than the local Tea Party. Nice job, folks! Here is a text version of the Tea Party’s new ad: The Hole in One Vote NO on the 1% tax! The arguments being used […]
Is throwing millions of dollars into Jackson Hole’s mass transit system going to get people to ride the bus? Are you ready to hand over your car keys to the city slicker government that wants you to walk, ride, or bike to work? Hey we love saving the environment as much as the next person, and traffic has become impossible. But […]
These are the latest headlines of our community, plucked straight from the newspaper: Gridlock is the rule… Prostitution bust at Snow King… Prostitution bust at Super 8… Police make another prostitution bust at Cowboy Village Three busted for meth in Jackson Teenage abuse of drugs a worry Manhunt is on for local man wanted for vehicular homicide Motel assault… […]
In case you missed it. This is SHJH’s latest ad urging voters not to pass a sales tax increase in order to continue a plan of massive buildout, and traffic-generating growth. Tax-and-spend is not the answer to our overcrowding and traffic issues. A failed housing department was given a vote of “no confidence” when town and county officials yanked phase […]
