KOTO Radio: Telluride Town Council Candidates: Sue Paasche & Brandt Garber

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A KOTO Radio show, in which Sue Paasche and Brandt Garber are interviewed as candidates for Telluride Town Council. The year of the recording is unknown, but estimated to be around 1984. Sue begins the recording with why she should continue to be on town council. She is also the president of the Planning & Zoning committee and a member of the capital improvement task force and of the Parks & Recreation task force. As of the date of the recording, Sue had been an 11.5 year resident of Telluride and a manager of the Sheridan Hotel. She had also held several jobs in Telluride, including a lift operator, night watcher of a mine, a waitress, etc. Sue doesn't want a lot of growth in Telluride, but would like to see the population double to 2-3 thousand people. She likes the community feel that Telluride currently offers and is afraid that if the population increases, the town will loose this. However, she would like to see a performing arts center and a parks master plan implemented. Paasche is currently opposed to the building of an airport, because there is not enough evidence that it will bring economic growth to Telluride. She does, however, support the "35 day rule for rentals" which probably refers to restricting short term rentals in residential zones. Sue also believes the air quality ordinance, which restricts one fireplace per structure is sufficient. Sue is concerned that Telluride has a parking problem. She also supports the festivals in Telluride for economic reasons, but would like to move away from them (as far as the government subsidizing these events). Sue believes that Telluride is a community, not a commodity. Brandt Garber had been raised in Telluride and currently works on the streets task force. He would like Telluride to become a medium sized resort area known for a special experience. He would also like it to be an integrated community and not wealthy residents only. Garber believes the government can be easily manipulated into someone else's desires at times. As for the future airport, Brandt would vote yes for it. While the numbers are questionable, he doesn't see the isolation of Telluride as a benefit (even thought the BLM report notes that isolation is a major asset of living in Telluride). Brandt is a huge library supporter and would like Telluride to offer a better library. Currently, the library takes a long time to fill interlibrary loan requests and does not have much of a collection (it is very small). Brandt believes it is not meeting the needs of the community and would like to use capital improvement money to pay for a new library. Garber is concerned that land acquisitions and parking are problems and that the air-quality is poor. He suggests tax incentives as a way to motivate property owners to not burn wood. Further, Brandt also disagrees with the Charter from town council in that the town should have held onto long-term properties. He also is concerned about public housing for employees and believes in subsidized housing for low-income residents. Brandt does approve of the "35 day rule" and states that the residential section in town is important. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.