Judge Kricken ruled Laramie has a legal right to pass rental regulations, but the current ordinance is too vague on the topic of enforcement. She found no issue with the health and safety standards.
Again, Jeff - writing as an opinionated blogger with a grudge against landlords rather than as a reporter - delivers a highly biased, one sided account containing multiple factual and legal errors. The ordinance, which violated the due process rights of BOTH tenants and landlords, has been voided, and Kricken's opinion regarding pre-emption flies in the face of Wyoming Supreme Court precedent and is hardly the last word. Let's hope that Council, rather than attempting to "patch" a vengeful ordinance that would do our community great harm, either drops the matter or goes back to the drawing board to address the few REAL problems that occur in rentals in Laramie.
Rental regulations ruled unconstitutional in present form
Again, Jeff - writing as an opinionated blogger with a grudge against landlords rather than as a reporter - delivers a highly biased, one sided account containing multiple factual and legal errors. The ordinance, which violated the due process rights of BOTH tenants and landlords, has been voided, and Kricken's opinion regarding pre-emption flies in the face of Wyoming Supreme Court precedent and is hardly the last word. Let's hope that Council, rather than attempting to "patch" a vengeful ordinance that would do our community great harm, either drops the matter or goes back to the drawing board to address the few REAL problems that occur in rentals in Laramie.