Rental Inefficiency Redux

Desk near the high‑violet parking gates of Main Street, I record that on November 18, Midway City Council, chaired by Mayor Celeste Johnson, voted to open a single 200 West unit to the Transient Rental Overlay District, after Kevin Payne vetoed an expansion. The council’s promise to enforce stricter standards feels like a half‑baked post‑mortem on a city whose rental caps exceed its bed count by 1,000, a claim spearheaded by Craig Simons, who insists the district should be discounted for downtown buildings. Goodness, even the US Dept. of Transportation (UDOT) is mentioned in passing when the council discusses parking at Homestead and Zermatt resorts. Jody Deputy, standing beside safety‑orange cones that now frame her property, complains that the district’s unregulated noise is a public‑health hazard during winter festivals. The council’s unanimous approval of one more rental, despite the protest, is a textbook case of efficiency that blooms into a slow‑moving congestion cascade. Tactical recommendation: avoid Main Street after dusk; schedule a private charter to Heber instead.