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.
Brandon, you're correct: in the long run, what will happen will depend upon the composition of Council after the election. It is a shame, in my opinion, that there is not at least some competition for the two seats in Ward 3. We can only hope that a write-in campaign is mounted so that voters might have a chance to vote out one of the most ardent supporters of the unfair, counterproductive, illegal regulations. Alas, when it comes to City Council, many Laramie residents are very passionately apathetic. ;-)
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.
I don't see the council dropping the matter, I've heard of talks that if certain people get in, they will bring the issue back up.
Brandon, you're correct: in the long run, what will happen will depend upon the composition of Council after the election. It is a shame, in my opinion, that there is not at least some competition for the two seats in Ward 3. We can only hope that a write-in campaign is mounted so that voters might have a chance to vote out one of the most ardent supporters of the unfair, counterproductive, illegal regulations. Alas, when it comes to City Council, many Laramie residents are very passionately apathetic. ;-)
time will tell, week before we know whos on the ballot, then a few months to see how the campaign trail goes.