Telluride Voters Talk 2D and 300

October 15, 2021

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Two posters supporting ballot measures. The top poster urges a Yes vote on 2D for local jobs and affordable housing. The bottom poster supports a Yes vote on 300 to cap short-term rentals and preserve local housing in Telluride.

by Matt Hoisch

Posters for Questions 2D and 300 hang around Telluride. Pictures by Matt Hoisch.

Posters for Questions 2D and 300 hang around Telluride. Pictures by Matt Hoisch.

Housing is on the ballot this November in Telluride in the form of two ballot question. Question 300 asks voters if they want to reduce Short Term Rental licenses in town to 400, with some exceptions, and distribute those licenses through an annual lottery. Question 2D asks if they want to cap short term rental licenses where they are for two years and double short term rental business license fees to help pay for affordable housing. The two questions are separate and both could pass or not. With ballots sent out and a little less than three weeks till Election Day, KOTO hit the streets to find eligible Telluride voters and see how they’re thinking about the two questions.

Featured Song:

“Two of Us” by The Beatles, karaoke cover

To hear KOTO’s hour long “Off the Record” program with proponents for both questions 2D and 300, click here.

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