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Did it even happen at all? The time the Grateful Dead came to Telluride? The weekend — Aug. 15 and 16, 1987 — has entered into myth alongside Butch Cassidy, and is sometimes seen as both the town’s finest hour and its darkest night. It’s often brought up as an example of all that Telluride is capable of … in good ways … and bad.

While a measure asking voters to help pay for road repairs is a good idea, it comes at a time when raising taxes on Telluride’s business owners could serve as a death sentence.