Letters to the editor Feb. 5

Dispelling misconceptions

I’ve been a resident of this valley for 25 years and a volunteer and/or board member at Samaritan House for the last 19.

The county commissioners’ unsupported theory that more local services have created an expanded and enabled homeless population doesn’t address the far more likely factors of skyrocketing housing costs, a ballooning general population, short-term vacation rentals replacing long-term rental units, inadequate mental health services, and maxed out addiction counseling and treatment services...