As town and county leaders near the deadline for finalizing a SPET ballot of wishlist items they think will be most palatable at the polls in May, the total dollar amount hasn’t shrunk much…if at all. The joint board is still at $88 million in proposed taxes with less than 3 days to make final cuts. Maybe there won’t be […]
Save Historic Jackson Hole would like to remind citizens that you have an opportunity to be heard regarding the latest sales tax hike proposed by government. The special purpose excise tax (SPET) is back. Town and county representatives would like to put several SPET initiatives on a May 2, 2017 special election ballot. The meeting will take place on Monday, January 23 […]
“Eclipsing” even a Teton County spending spree. Our local government is hard at it again: spending. Faced with what critical care and first responders claim is a virtual Armageddon scenario, town and county officials have been convinced to set fire to a hundred grand for the planning of the Great American Eclipse. The complete solar eclipse will take place in Jackson Hole at 11:35 […]
Some old, some new…local government takes shape for 2017. County At the Board of County Commissioner meeting, Greg Epstein and Natalia D. Macker were sworn in for the start of their four-year terms as commissioners. It was Macker’s first election victory despite having two years under her belt. She was tapped to replace outgoing Melissa Turley in 2015. It’s Epstein’s first […]
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 […]
