Bethany Bayer: Ban on short-term rentals is not what progress looks like

To the editor:

I was two days out from signing a contract with a builder to build a vacation home in Conway that I could enjoy with my family and yes, rent. To rent and help pay for the cost to build and maintain it. I did not sign that contract. I will not build that house. Because of that, builders will not get that work. Landscapers and snowplow drivers will not get hired. There will be no furniture bought, no takeout or steaks purchased at the local butcher shop for us to grill. My local property manager will not get his cut to pay for him or his staff who are local residents.