HomeMy WebLinkAboutEditorial - Vail Daily Good old days Joe StauferCOMMENTARY
Asking for your vote
I am Carolyn Knox Keep, longtime
Vail Valley local. I am writing to ask
for your vote to elect me to Eagle
County School Board.
I grew up the Vail Valley and am
raising my family here. I was one of
the first Red Sandstone Ele-
mentary School students and
have a special love for Eagle
County public schools. I have
experienced the amazing
growth of our community and am
proud to be a member of our exciting
history.
My son and daughter are both thriv-
ing at Battle Mountain High School
and soon to graduate. Throughout
their school career I have volunteered
for and participated in countless
activities, including Edwards Elemen-
tary School PTA, Berry Creek Middle
School PTA, Battle Mountain High
School Super Boosters, fundraisers,
and as a trustee and volunteer event
chair for the Education Foundation
of Eagle County. I am currently the
Parent Teacher Student Association
president at Battle Mountain High
School. My favorite event out of the
many is the Ef(ec) Evening of Stars
honoring excellence in teaching. I
am also a huge fan of BMHS games!
Come hear me cheer!
Some of you may remember me as
the granddaughter of the Vail Trail
founder, George Knox. I would like
to give back to the community what
my family has received. I want all
future generations to have the same
quality of experience my family has
had in Eagle County Schools. I have
years of accounting experience at The
Steadman Clinic, years of community
and school relationships, and a deep
passion for the quality of education
for every child in Eagle County. I am
especially open to listening and as
your school board member will want
to hear from you. My door is always
open.
Give me the opportunity to pay it
forward and “Keep” the great momen-
tum of Eagle County Schools’ success
by voting for Carolyn Knox Keep for
Eagle County School Board.
Thank you for your support.
Carolyn Knox Keep
‘Good old days’
For much of the summer
and especially in the Sept. 19
Valley Voices, the Vail Home-
owners Association has lamented
special events and parking on the
frontage road.
The easiest solution to the problem
— as the Home Owners Association
apparently sees it — is to do away
with special events and forget about
summer advertising.
I opened the Lodge at Vail on June
1, 1963, for the summer season. It
took nine days for the first paying
guest to wander in from U.S. High-
way 6. At that time, businesses barely
hung on waiting for the Christmas
season. There were only three restau-
rants in town. It wasn’t a question
which was the best but rather a ques-
tion which one was the worst. Until
the mid-1960s, the only reservation
you needed was the one for the $5 per
person Lodge Sunday buffet.
The business infrastructure of Vail
is set up to handle 50,000 visitors. It
includes superb shopping, dining and
lodging. There are about four months
out of the year that can be considered
“high season,” but expenses go on as if
it was high season all the time.
Maybe the Homeowners Associ-
ation misses the old days when you
could get in last minute just about
anywhere. Without special events and
off-peak season marketing, Vail can
probably get back to a few crummy
restaurants pretty quickly — I can
think of several businesses that would
no longer exist if it wasn’t for the Vail
Farmers’ Market & Art Show.
This Sunday was the last Vail
Farmers’ Market and the last weekend
the gondola was open for business. If
you want to see what Vail looks like
without marketing, without events
or a long weekend to draw visitors,
swing by Vail Village around 2 p.m.
Oct. 18. It may make you nostalgic for
the “good old days” but then have a
look at the restaurants and shops you
enjoy — they’ll be losing money now
until there’s enough snow to crank up
the lifts.
Since doing away with summer
special events and their promotion is
unrealistic, maybe one solution to the
frontage road parking problem could
be to discontinue free parking.
The parking structures fill up with
construction workers by mid-morn-
ing. By the time the costumers arrive
they have to park on the frontage
road.
There should be a free time period
for customers to attend special events,
shop and dine as there is in the win-
ter, and of course parking should be
free after 3.
Joe Staufer
Vail
Browning for Vail council
We wish to endorse Doe Brown-
ing for Vail Town Council. She has
passion, drive, creativity and intel-
ligence and will move Vail forward
as an advocate and leader. We have
known Doe for many years through
her philanthropy and commitment to
the arts and can attest to her ability
to problem solve and think out of the
box. Her sense of fairness, ability to
process information and sparkling
personality are just what Vail needs.
Vote for Doe!
Annah Scully and Colin Meiring
Vail Performing Arts Academy
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