Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason
Two candidates who sit on opposite sides of development are running for the mayor’s seat in Basalt. Unlike previous elections in that town, candidates’ positions are clearly different.
Differences abound among Basalt mayoral candidates Whitsitt and Stevens
And politics in Basalt is bleeding into community debate about whether old town needs saving because of the Willits development across the highway.
Pan and Fork controversy won’t go to ballot in Basalt
Legal dispute brews over Basalt’s Pan and Fork citizens’ initiative
Basalt council, manager negotiate contract in public
The mayor in Aspen would prefer that the discussions at the council table and in the community get toned down a bit.
Mayor wants to see push back on ‘negative voices’ in community
Meanwhile, it appears that the Winter X Games went off with no real issues despite the tens of thousands of people who attended the four-day event.
At X Games, more than 30 arrests for underage drinking
Single-day attendance record is smashed at Saturday’s X Games
Finally, the Glenwood Post Independent hosted a forum about the affordable housing crisis in the valley and beyond.
Carbondale housing forum to discuss important Valley issue
Habitat for Humanity planning to build teacher housing
Joining me this week are Scott Condon, reporter with the Aspen Times, Brent Gardner-Smith, executive director of Aspen Journalism, and Curtis Wackerle editor of the Aspen Daily News and Randy Essex, editor of the Glenwood Post Independent.
Valley Roundup is a production of Aspen Public Radio news.