Comments on: GUARDIAN Summer Musings Take 2.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:14 +0000

Teton County is for the millionaires who can’t afford Jackson Hole, WY. Steve Appleton and his buddies swayed the county commissioners to allow the Driggs airport to expand so he could fly his MIG jet toys over there. No vote by the locals. I about lost my latte one morning when he did a low flyby with his buddy chasing him in another Mig jet. On Sunday no less. Is a COMMUNIST Mig jet screaming overhead in the U.S. the sound of “FREEDOM” or “FREEDUMB”? Should we salute the privileged? Freedumb rings in the peaceful Teton Valley.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:40:54 +0000

Looks like another Tamarack to me. What a waste of building materials as many of these McMansions sit and rot. There can only be so many millionaires to go around.

By: JIMV

JIMV — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:57:00 +0000

Is that phot of one overpriced home or 3??

By: paul

paul — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:34:34 +0000

Take a peek at Elkhorn in Sun Valley area just about any day of the week, any time of year. Smaller places but absentee owners abound. The place is virtually dead silent most of the time with very few people actually using the places they own in the area.

The tax base must be super for he locals. They get to vote in all sorts of goodies that the absentee people get to pay for in the long run.

Not really a place for the average person to live, work and play.

By: kip wills

kip wills — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:57:59 +0000

In the early 90’s I worked in Teton County for a year and the growth was just starting to take off then. All of the folks working in Jackson Hole lived in Victor/Driggs/Tetonia and commuted over the pass daily. Now I’m not sure where these folks are livng beacuase the “part time” residents of Teton County have raised the property values so high that the “working man” can’t afford to live there anymore. I spoke to the Sheriff there and he was trying to come up with a housing plan beacuse most of his deputies live in Rexburg or St. Anthony and commute since they can’t afford to live in the valley anymore either. I agree Dave, Teton County is the poster child for out of control growth in Idaho.