{"id":46389,"date":"2020-04-22T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382112"},"modified":"2020-04-22T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:30:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-visitors-are-traveling-to-summit-and-there-is-no-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-visitors-are-traveling-to-summit-and-there-is-no-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Visitors are traveling to Summit, and there is no enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As I walked through Breckenridge on Sunday, three women approached a man and his dog with excitement: \u201cWe miss our dogs since we\u2019ve been here.\u201d Many tourists have said that to me when they see me walking my dog. These women raved about how they are enjoying visiting Breck. Really? Why are they here? Where are they staying?<\/p>\n

Tourists were all over town Sunday doing the usual picture poses and town gazing. There were also crowds up on Loveland Pass. Enough that they have shut down the parking lots. Colorado State Patrol stated on social media that there were plenty of out-of-state plates crowding the pass, and so there goes another recreation spot that locals can no longer enjoy.<\/p>\n

While I don\u2019t support the idiot parades like the recent one in Denver, I am running out of patience for a government that orders me to stay at home and yet won\u2019t enforce the order for out-of-state visitors. I get it! There are plenty of people that live here with out-of-state plates. But there are plenty of people that are short-term renting to visitors right now and doing so with impunity.<\/p>\n

Locals should not have to compete with more and more visitors to recreate in the county, especially with the avalanche danger so high. We shouldn\u2019t have our workers at City Market constantly exposed to people who are traveling here. Our COVID-19 count should include fulltime residents only. Does it?<\/p>\n

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