Aspen’s elected officials listened to a handful of residents on Tuesday and backed off on an ordinance that could translate into hundreds of thousands of dollars in affordable mitigation fees to a property owner.
For a number of months now, I ve been following with interest the case of Skippy Mesirow, an Aspen city council member who works in the short-term rental (STR) industry and who has been accused by…
Aspen City Councilman Skippy Mesirow was able to vote on regulating the very vacation-rental industry he works in because he, his relatives, and his employer would not directly benefit from the legislation, according to the city attorney.