opinion of Vail using Eminent Domain to prevent low income housing to save big horn sheep

[dead0man]

local link

On Friday, Oct. 14, the town of Vail filed a “petition in condemnation” of the Booth Heights habitat and site in East Vail with the Eagle County District Court, carrying out the next step of condemnation following Vail Resorts’ rejection of its $12 million offer to purchase the land.

“The Town’s acquisition of the Subject Property is necessary in order to preserve the Town’s open space and its wildlife and natural resources for the public welfare and is essential to protect, preserve, and promote the health, safety, welfare, and convenience of the public,” reads the petition.

This marks the town’s next step in acquiring the site by eminent domain, continuing a process that it kicked off in May 2022, when the Town Council voted to condemn the East Vail site. The filing holds that the town “negotiated in good faith” with Vail Resorts, but that “the parties have been unable to reach an agreement on the voluntary acquisition of the Subject Property prior to the filing of this condemnation action.”

[jamestroll]

Ridiculous.

I do not live near Vail, but locals where I live state that the bighorn sheep are just a cover up for NIMBYs.

I am lucky I have flexibility where I live, and was very lucky to find an apartment in the mountains.

Towns like vail collapse without low income housing.

[Aurelius]

I worked in the ski industry for 2 years.

F**k Vail Resorts.

Bighorn sheep are a Least Concern species with an enormous range. I have seen them in Glacier National Park, the Uinta mountains, and many other places.

I am trying to resist the temptation to rant out a massive wall of text about why Vail sucks, the dysfunctionality of ski towns, and why the whole industry is a mess.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

I am trying to resist the temptation to rant out a massive wall of text about why Vail sucks, the dysfunctionality of ski towns, and why the whole industry is a mess.

I'd be interested.

[Joe Republic]

I am trying to resist the temptation to rant out a massive wall of text about why Vail sucks, the dysfunctionality of ski towns, and why the whole industry is a mess.

I'd be interested.

As a resident of a town subject to Vail Resorts' imperial hegemony, as would I.

[Aurelius]

I am trying to resist the temptation to rant out a massive wall of text about why Vail sucks, the dysfunctionality of ski towns, and why the whole industry is a mess.

I'd be interested.

I am trying to resist the temptation to rant out a massive wall of text about why Vail sucks, the dysfunctionality of ski towns, and why the whole industry is a mess.

I'd be interested.

As a resident of a town subject to Vail Resorts' imperial hegemony, as would I.

I'm trying to take a break from here for a bit to get stuff done IRL. But if I can catch a break from the job-search onslaught I'll write something up. A lot of it is stuff like what this thread is about, but there's also a lot of inside-baseball management and operations stuff that have nothing to do with politics. I will never forgive Vail Resorts for what they did to Kirkwood.

[jamestroll]

In this situation it is the City of Vail preventing affordable housing form being built.

I am not in Vail, but locals in my community think the city of Vail and the company of Vail is insane.

Vail is nicknamed "fail".

Colorado law requires salaries to be posted for job postings. If you look at management job postings in Fail, you will see why it's a ridiculous company. And that is just scratching the surface.

[Torie]

It seems more like a snob zoning issue than an eminent domain issue. Sure eminent domain is used all the time to preserve open space. That is a legitimate public purpose. But snob zoning has been struck down in many places, in particular NJ. So keep the open fields, and insert  low income housing next to the ski lifts or city hall or something.

Yes, you guessed it, I did not vote in the poll. It kind of misses the point and imposes a false dichotomy in my mind. I don't have to choose. I can have both.