The deadline to file for Town and County offices has passed. As of 5pm today, the official list of candidates for Mayor, Town Council and board of County Commissioners is as follows: MAYOR Sara Flitner (sara@flitner.net) Mark Obringer (mobringer@bresnan.net) Stephen McDonald (stephen.mcdonald@jacksonhole.com) Pete Muldoon (jacksonholepete@gmail.com) TOWN COUNCIL Hailey Morton Levinson (hailey@haileyforcouncil.com) Jim […]
The town discussion on a potential campsite for temporary laborers derailed before it ever got going. Councilman Jim Stanford appeared to be the only one interested in exploring the idea but he was not joined by his colleagues. Don Frank said, “I have to ask the philosophical question: Is it the government’s job to house employees…or private businesses that should take […]
We will be watching with great interest this afternoon’s town workshop where discussion will take place about creating possible camping areas for Jackson’s peon workforce. Councilman Jim Stanford has led the charge to create temporary man camps where 90-day wonders could come and toast marshmallows around the campfire in between their shifts schlepping food and folding sheets for tourists. These […]
At Save Historic Jackson Hole we are always trying to get our message to the community in the most cost-effective manner. Big developments are taking place in the LDR revisions following the 2012 Comp Plan and we want citizens to know what these growth-enabling changes will bring to the valley: more people, more hotels, more businesses, more traffic. We believe there […]
The town council has decided they will wait no longer. They will not wait on whether or not a Housing Authority ever reshapes into anything trustworthy. They will not wait to see if voters will decide to tax themselves so government can build subsidized housing for the less fortunate in JH which includes (by the mayor’s definition) $500,000 homes for […]
An all-out war is being waged over your community. It will be vital in the months ahead to stay informed and flesh out truths amongst the lies. As you head to the polls this summer/fall, you will be asked to make some big decisions regarding the future of this valley. Until then, expect to be marketed to. Often. It’s already […]
Wrap-up of one doozy of a council meeting over LDR revisions. Mayor Sara Flitner began the epic 4-hour meeting by saying, “I feel the tension in the room.” She got that right. The packed house included the usual suspects—Mary Gibson (JH Alliance), Kelly Lockhart (large landowner), Judd Grossman (political activist)—along with some of the valley’s heaviest hitters like Clarene Law […]
Is your quaint little mountain town changing too fast? Is it being systematically ruined by the everyday course of actions from your electeds? Save Historic Jackson Hole often thinks so and we’re not alone. (Wait ‘til you hear what Kate Mead said at Monday’s town meeting). Every day, Save Historic Jackson Hole fights for the preservation of our rural community […]
WE WERE THERE… Our electeds officially formed a new regional housing authority to be run jointly by the town and county. Community opposition ran the gamut from staunch opposition to subsidized housing to skepticism about how the housing authority has operated to date. Commissioner Mark Newcomb and councilor Bob Lenz were not on board with the vote. They both questioned […]
Save Historic Jackson Hole is very skeptical of the latest plan from the commissioners and councilors. Electeds have acknowledged that the current Housing Authority has sometimes ran roughshod in their pursuit of questionable projects that don’t seem to put enough low-income housing on the ground and, in the case of The Grove, have run into cost overruns. Their solution is […]
