If you’re hosting a Super Bowl party Sunday, be sure to add safety and common sense to your playbook before guests arrive. As hosts of a party, homeowners and renters could be liable for the safety of their guests — even after they leave the party.
On top of already paying some of the highest if not the highest property taxes in the state (WHY?) now we are going to be asked to add to them at a rate of $2.99 per thousand which will add at least for me another $600.00 plus dollars a year on said taxes. Are all the people not just homeowners but also renters whose already high rents will go up after their landlords pass the tax expense on to them going think we need to give the schools 235 million dollars to play with?
A home in a cul de sac at East 16th Court and Nevada Street was a total loss to fire Wednesday evening, and the lone occupant escaped to safety. A neighboring house, which was vacant, suffered damage as well and firefighters had to cut a hole in the roof and ceiling to vent it, said Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue Division Chief Rob Torrey.
The protracted and controversial work of short term rental (STRs) regulations moves from the appointed Planning Commission to the elected City Council.
Slow, but specific, progress was made in Monday’s Planning Commission continued hearing on short term rental (STR) regulations. The commission meets again April 4 to continue deliberations on what is a laborious, minutiae-filled process.
