SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Shafted by the Beav"

(Note from Nanny 12/2:  Time out on the last two days of Skico press is lifted.  Behave, please.)


When it gets this bad.

Anyone with the ability to speak up, even if it's with a box of crayons and a piece of poster board that you then 'fly a sign' with on Hwy. 82 has a community obligation to help get the 'news' out.

(Insert public notice here:  Refer to all SandBox and public commentary from archive of 11/30)

Curtis Wackerle:
"With a lack of snow in Val d’Isere, France, where women’s and men’s alpine World Cup races were to be held on Dec. 10-11, Beaver Creek and Aspen both submitted bids to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to take on the events.

FIS essentially delayed its ultimate decision by telling Aspen it would go forward with the French races, SkiCo spokesman Jeff Hanle said..." 

..They took us out of the running knowing full well they would have Beaver Creek as a fall back” if cold temperatures in Europe didn’t hold up as officials were hoping, Hanle said. “It was a time game they were playing....”

(whisper...whisper...actually....we heard it was 'George Bush's' fault...whisper...whisper...no, wait!!....Lee Mulcahy and Marilyn Marks fault!!....whisper...whisper....no, wait!!!...the "bitching locals" fault.....whisper.. whisper...no--no--no!! that's right, it's God's fault for not sending enough snow to cover up 26" rocks!!....whisper...whisper...)

"..SkiCo also gave FIS a hard deadline of Sunday to come to a decision on whether or not the races would be held here, Hanle said. Aspen hosted its annual women’s World Cup stop last weekend, where the ladies raced a giant slalom (GS) and a slalom. SkiCo needed an answer by Sunday so it could know whether or not to start breaking down some of the World Cup infrastructure, Hanle said..."

(Insert sounds of a nursery full of crying infants here.  whisper....whisper...has anybody ever noticed how whether its 'free snow' gifts from the gods coming weeks early before opening day....whisper... whisper...or there was only 5 to 10 million profit on the bottom line instead of just like Vail who had a 35 million profit on their bottom line.....whisper...whisper...or 'we just don't have the ability to prep and groom for changes in the way we schedule...whisper...whisper...that the Aspen Ski Corp just doesn't 'get it' that they are in a competitive industry and they have thousands of local workers and businesses that depend on them to thrive??!!....whisper...whisper...insert here the sound of the nannies soothing the nursery of sobbing adults who are at near poverty levels...)

You weren't 'shafted' by FIS or The Beav, Mr. Hanle.

Unfortunately, the Aspen Ski Corp. and all of its representatives do a fine job of doing that to themselves.

Please don't forget that you have actually been at odds for years with FIS over whether or not Aspen should even be allowed to retain the women's race we do have (sounds like X-Games, doesn't it?).

Do you really think that insulting them, dissing them is the best way to go here?

We think not and instead spin your efforts around and off the locals, our American athletes and their sponsors and right back on to where the fault truly lies.

Be Bolder, Mr. Hanle.  It pays.

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