Change is hard

Where are the Dalton Ranchers protesting the mess on Trimble Lane where a developer wants to put in 52 unaffordable houses next year? One of the Dalton Ranchers is claiming that the proposed RV Park should be denied based on density in the event of a fire. The protester claims that there will be a traffic jam of RVs exiting the park.Wait a minute; if there is an evacuation, how about the hundreds of people living in Dalton West, South, North or playing golf and using Trimble Lane? Aren’t they going to cause an even bigger traffic jam?

These are the same people that protested against a cell tower at the Sandco gravel site that claimed the tower would cause a drop in property values.

And let us not forget that it wasn’t all that long ago that Dalton Ranchers shared Trimble Lane from 6 in the morning until 6 in the evening with dump and cement trucks going in and out of two gravel plants, along with a batch plant.

Wonder if these Dalton Ranchers have noticed the increased traffic every night on Trimble and CR 250 when the Bar-D Chuckwagon opened for business on Memorial Day?

Tourists driving their living quarters are a lot easier to accept instead of half a dozen short-term vacation rentals.

– Dennis Pierce, Durango