Dear Editor:
• Thank you to the Ouray County Plaindealer (their editors) for again calling out a government entity in our county (this time the Ridgway School Board) for limiting public participation in a public meeting.
• Thank you to the Ouray Unified Command and County Commissioners for resisting pressure to plow the backcountry roads as a signal to be available to out-of-state tourists. Some of these tourists will be from states that did not see fit to require measures to limit spread of t...
Dear Editor:
• Thank you to the Ouray County Plaindealer (their editors) for again calling out a government entity in our county (this time the Ridgway School Board) for limiting public participation in a public meeting.
• Thank you to the Ouray Unified Command and County Commissioners for resisting pressure to plow the backcountry roads as a signal to be available to out-of-state tourists. Some of these tourists will be from states that did not see fit to require measures to limit spread of the coronavirus – like Arkansas, which saw a greater than 40 percent spike in cases just this past week. Deciding not to plow the roads now is not an irreversible decision. I presume these tourists woul d also be residing in short term housing in Ouray. We, Colorado, Ouray – are not ready for this step at this point if we expect to not have a second uptick in local COVID cases.
• I am struggling with decisions made by states, governing bodies or protesting citizens that their individual economic rights supersede the society’s right to the highest attainable standard of health (a pillar of human rights). Of course it is a balance, but without people, one cannot have an sustainable economy.
Carolyn Dresler
Ouray County
