Town should stand up to businesses on rates
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
Recent Plaindealer reports suggest that many Ridgway business owners think Ridgway “owes” them a water rate break because business does “so much” for the Town.
Business owners (like me) should remember that business would not exist without the patronage of citizens and the civil order created by town government. Customers pay sales and lodging tax, not businesses. Business did not build the San Juan Mountains – our primary tourist attraction – c...
