The Conway Daily Sun has a mansplaining problem. It has not one but two male columnists who seem to think women are so addled as to not know where they — and others — reside.
The two in question were born and bred in these burgs while I, a lowly “flatlander,” am reliant on the lore of my South Conway neighbors and Google maps, both of which support my hypothesis that the #FJB flag-waver in question resides well within the bounds of Eaton.
Let’s face it . The anti rental movement is an anti from away , property rights , anti freedom and is waging economic war on its own taxpayers. You see what that say about folks from mass . All the while no affordable housing apartments are being built , multi national corporations are setting up shop complete with eateries, gift shops , ski bike rentals . That money goes by by . Certainly not to local businesses. And where are the workers going to come from and where are they going to stay ? Short term rentals have been in the valley forever. This is a major change they want to make . The ban is a major shift in policy. Economic war on so called outsiders . Plain and simple. A erosion of freedom and property rights . All the while real issues are not being addressed.
Oh, Jonna… I find myself sorely disappointed in what you have written. It is the first time I have seen you resort to hyperbole (“Not only does SB 249 as written threaten our community.”). Really, Jonna? It threatens our community? Then you go on to insult those of us that support the bill (“But the extremist Free State faction and Trump todies…are hot to regulate every little thing at the state level, from women’s rights to privacy and reproductive choices to dictating what teachers can and cannot utter in their classrooms.”). Not only am I a “card-carrying Democrat” and proud progressive, but you cast a false equivalency of epic proportion by comparing support of property rights to the items you listed. In your own words, that’s simply “horrifying” and “just plain dumb”. You go on to state that you don’t have a problem with STRs, but you feel each community needs to be able to “impose regulations that make sense for its populace”. Jonna…Have you even read SB 249? I only ask, because the bill provides for just what you claim. The bill provides for regulation and registration of STRs, while preserving the right of private property homeownership. Lastly, you appear to take issue more with the Airbnb platform than STRs. You devote three paragraphs complaining about the Airbnb website, as if that’s a good reason for opposing SB 249. Like you said…that’s just plain dumb.
Jay, I'm sorry that you're disappointed and that you find me so dumb. Might I suggest a re-read? And I'm not being glib. You can certainly disagree with my positions, but I think you've misinterpreted them.
The core of my argument is, as stated, "Sensible local regulation is warranted that considers the health of communities as well as individual property rights, and would certainly involve significant compromise." I'm not anti-STR's and I'm not a NIMBY. I'm pro-local rather than state regulation in matters of significant community impact, and I'm pro-compromise, meaning both sides need to give.
I've read SB 249 in its original and its amended state, and listened to varying points of view. Even Governor Sununu is not a supporter of SB 249 -- although I do take this with a grain of salt.
I'm hardly insulting the many supporters of the bill, unless you're a Free Stater or a Trump toady which clearly most STR owners are not. My point about the Free Staters is their goal is to rescind local -- and personal -- control on just about everything, and they've put enormous pressure on Republican lawmakers to kowtow in order to retain their positions in government. SB 249 is but one bill of many upon which they've set their sights.
Airbnb has absolutely nothing to do with SB 249, and I don't claim it does. Frankly, I do have more issues with the platform than with STR's. But trying to make a connection that my frustration with the platform is in any way connected with SB 249 is a huge leap.
And lastly, are you any relation to Scott and Pattie Burnham of Hamilton?
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Let’s face it . The anti rental movement is an anti from away , property rights , anti freedom and is waging economic war on its own taxpayers. You see what that say about folks from mass . All the while no affordable housing apartments are being built , multi national corporations are setting up shop complete with eateries, gift shops , ski bike rentals . That money goes by by . Certainly not to local businesses. And where are the workers going to come from and where are they going to stay ? Short term rentals have been in the valley forever. This is a major change they want to make . The ban is a major shift in policy. Economic war on so called outsiders . Plain and simple. A erosion of freedom and property rights . All the while real issues are not being addressed.
Oh, Jonna… I find myself sorely disappointed in what you have written. It is the first time I have seen you resort to hyperbole (“Not only does SB 249 as written threaten our community.”). Really, Jonna? It threatens our community? Then you go on to insult those of us that support the bill (“But the extremist Free State faction and Trump todies…are hot to regulate every little thing at the state level, from women’s rights to privacy and reproductive choices to dictating what teachers can and cannot utter in their classrooms.”). Not only am I a “card-carrying Democrat” and proud progressive, but you cast a false equivalency of epic proportion by comparing support of property rights to the items you listed. In your own words, that’s simply “horrifying” and “just plain dumb”. You go on to state that you don’t have a problem with STRs, but you feel each community needs to be able to “impose regulations that make sense for its populace”. Jonna…Have you even read SB 249? I only ask, because the bill provides for just what you claim. The bill provides for regulation and registration of STRs, while preserving the right of private property homeownership. Lastly, you appear to take issue more with the Airbnb platform than STRs. You devote three paragraphs complaining about the Airbnb website, as if that’s a good reason for opposing SB 249. Like you said…that’s just plain dumb.
Jay, I'm sorry that you're disappointed and that you find me so dumb. Might I suggest a re-read? And I'm not being glib. You can certainly disagree with my positions, but I think you've misinterpreted them.
The core of my argument is, as stated, "Sensible local regulation is warranted that considers the health of communities as well as individual property rights, and would certainly involve significant compromise." I'm not anti-STR's and I'm not a NIMBY. I'm pro-local rather than state regulation in matters of significant community impact, and I'm pro-compromise, meaning both sides need to give.
I've read SB 249 in its original and its amended state, and listened to varying points of view. Even Governor Sununu is not a supporter of SB 249 -- although I do take this with a grain of salt.
I'm hardly insulting the many supporters of the bill, unless you're a Free Stater or a Trump toady which clearly most STR owners are not. My point about the Free Staters is their goal is to rescind local -- and personal -- control on just about everything, and they've put enormous pressure on Republican lawmakers to kowtow in order to retain their positions in government. SB 249 is but one bill of many upon which they've set their sights.
Airbnb has absolutely nothing to do with SB 249, and I don't claim it does. Frankly, I do have more issues with the platform than with STR's. But trying to make a connection that my frustration with the platform is in any way connected with SB 249 is a huge leap.
And lastly, are you any relation to Scott and Pattie Burnham of Hamilton?
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