Chad Abraham:
"A jury may find that the Aspen Skiing Co. acted “heedlessly and recklessly” when it directed lift attendants to cook hotdogs for skiers before a loading accident involving a Basalt man, a judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Denise Lynch of Pitkin County District Court also ruled that SkiCo is potentially liable for negligence in the lawsuit Ryan Bradley filed despite his signing of the standard waiver to get a season pass.
Bradley sued SkiCo in February 2011 for more than $100,000, alleging that his shoulder was injured when lift operators failed to remove a metal jake table from the Temerity chair he was about to get on.
The metal tables are installed on chairlifts, along with a toboggan, so patrollers can transport injured skiers. The lift operators said they had forgotten the device was still attached when the chair swung back around. Bradley contends the lift workers were distracted because they were cooking hotdogs on a nearby grill. His companions were able to jump out of the way, but Bradley said he was knocked down.
SkiCo has a tradition of cooking wieners for skiers on Wednesdays, though the snacks are often served up on other days as well, said Bradley’s attorney, Evan Banker of Denver. The SkiCo’s hotdog habit violated the state’s Ski Safety Act and Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Act, the lawsuit alleges....."
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May 12, 2012
April 16, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "And just like that the ski season ends"
And it only took at least a decade of local voices refusing to 'be quiet'.
The resulting boycotts and mass exodus to places like Vail, from locals and tourists with a conscience who have been observing the social persecution and pillorying of anyone trying for economic equality with living wages, anyone bringing alleged soft corruption (heck, maybe even hard corruption) issues to light, anyone refusing to be gouged with outrageous pricing and few amenities, anyone who is global weary of the social class structure and pecking order of Aspen and Big Money and anyone who really is genuinely in favor of the DEA and FBI hanging out around the area and focused on Aspen; must have finally dug a trench in the Crown Family and the Aspen Ski Corp bottom line profits.
After all, it was well over 14 years ago that Vail determined it was appropriate and necessary to provide things like mountain biking, kayak parks and year round offerings to the folks. Which is precisely the reason that they have been able to enjoy $35 million annual profits, spend $70 million on new lifts after spending mega-money the year before on improvements to the mountain. Oh, yes. And repeatedly landing world class sporting venues and events.
Looks like (if no further national and world economic recessions happen) we can count on this new energy from the powers that be up in the Skico to finally get game on if they start building now, in what, 10 years?
Wasn't it Johnny Boyd who was talking up turning base village into a high end gambling casino venue? That might be faster.
Johnny Boyd:
"As skiing becomes an iffy proposition in the future, the SkiCo has finally decided that mountain biking really is fun and might be a good way to make some money. Whistler is a huge destination for bikers of all ages and Keystone has a gnarly reputation for summer fun. SkiCo should be able to blow both of those upstarts off the map.
It looks like Snowmass could become the place to be later in the summer. The SkiCo has commissioned at least one awesome trail on the Elk Camp side of the mountain. This trail was built by the company Gravity Logic, and has excellent flow and, for those young enough to leave the ground, the possibility of big air. If you haven’t ridden it yet, you should head to Snowmass as soon as the snow melts. It’s almost as fun as a powder day.
The one disappointing addition to Elk Camp is the Vapor Trail. I’m not too sure what it is supposed to be when it grows up, but I hope the SkiCo brings in someone to redesign it and give it the flow that it needs to become a popular trail.
When the SkiCo decided to move all summer operations to the Elk Camp gondola it abandoned many perfectly good trails on the Sam’s Knob end of the mountain. The downhill course used by Blast the Mass and NORBA competitors was described as “neglected” by the racers I talked with last year. Instead of letting these trails revegetate, the SkiCo needs to make the commitment to summer and think about opening the entire mountain.
The trails on the western side of Snowmass run ridge lines with views forever and drop through aspen forests in amazingly technical descents that riders would flock to Snowmass for. Plus, there is plenty of room for more trails and terrain parks.
Mountain biking amenities need to be modeled like skiing. Instructors teaching the skills needed to ride a bike should be lined up at Base Village just like in the winter. Video of the day’s class could be posted to the Internet so the folks back home who paid for Junior’s trip to Snowmass Village can see the little tyke’s progress.
If the commitment to summer downhill sports is certain, it makes sense to open both sides of the mountain. Running the Village Express six-pack and the Elk Camp Gondola sends bikers into all kinds of terrain. There are no finer views than the top of Sam’s Knob, which opens other money-making possibilities for the SkiCo.
As winter as we know it becomes more and more doubtful with the change of climates the Aspen area is experiencing, the summer activities have to take center stage for the SkiCo. By running two lifts and turning on the marketing to let riders know what we’re doing, we could become a bigger summer biking destination than Whistler. In fact, the possibilities are endless and could make summer as busy as winter for the SkiCo....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
The resulting boycotts and mass exodus to places like Vail, from locals and tourists with a conscience who have been observing the social persecution and pillorying of anyone trying for economic equality with living wages, anyone bringing alleged soft corruption (heck, maybe even hard corruption) issues to light, anyone refusing to be gouged with outrageous pricing and few amenities, anyone who is global weary of the social class structure and pecking order of Aspen and Big Money and anyone who really is genuinely in favor of the DEA and FBI hanging out around the area and focused on Aspen; must have finally dug a trench in the Crown Family and the Aspen Ski Corp bottom line profits.
After all, it was well over 14 years ago that Vail determined it was appropriate and necessary to provide things like mountain biking, kayak parks and year round offerings to the folks. Which is precisely the reason that they have been able to enjoy $35 million annual profits, spend $70 million on new lifts after spending mega-money the year before on improvements to the mountain. Oh, yes. And repeatedly landing world class sporting venues and events.
Looks like (if no further national and world economic recessions happen) we can count on this new energy from the powers that be up in the Skico to finally get game on if they start building now, in what, 10 years?
Wasn't it Johnny Boyd who was talking up turning base village into a high end gambling casino venue? That might be faster.
Johnny Boyd:
"As skiing becomes an iffy proposition in the future, the SkiCo has finally decided that mountain biking really is fun and might be a good way to make some money. Whistler is a huge destination for bikers of all ages and Keystone has a gnarly reputation for summer fun. SkiCo should be able to blow both of those upstarts off the map.
It looks like Snowmass could become the place to be later in the summer. The SkiCo has commissioned at least one awesome trail on the Elk Camp side of the mountain. This trail was built by the company Gravity Logic, and has excellent flow and, for those young enough to leave the ground, the possibility of big air. If you haven’t ridden it yet, you should head to Snowmass as soon as the snow melts. It’s almost as fun as a powder day.
The one disappointing addition to Elk Camp is the Vapor Trail. I’m not too sure what it is supposed to be when it grows up, but I hope the SkiCo brings in someone to redesign it and give it the flow that it needs to become a popular trail.
When the SkiCo decided to move all summer operations to the Elk Camp gondola it abandoned many perfectly good trails on the Sam’s Knob end of the mountain. The downhill course used by Blast the Mass and NORBA competitors was described as “neglected” by the racers I talked with last year. Instead of letting these trails revegetate, the SkiCo needs to make the commitment to summer and think about opening the entire mountain.
The trails on the western side of Snowmass run ridge lines with views forever and drop through aspen forests in amazingly technical descents that riders would flock to Snowmass for. Plus, there is plenty of room for more trails and terrain parks.
Mountain biking amenities need to be modeled like skiing. Instructors teaching the skills needed to ride a bike should be lined up at Base Village just like in the winter. Video of the day’s class could be posted to the Internet so the folks back home who paid for Junior’s trip to Snowmass Village can see the little tyke’s progress.
If the commitment to summer downhill sports is certain, it makes sense to open both sides of the mountain. Running the Village Express six-pack and the Elk Camp Gondola sends bikers into all kinds of terrain. There are no finer views than the top of Sam’s Knob, which opens other money-making possibilities for the SkiCo.
As winter as we know it becomes more and more doubtful with the change of climates the Aspen area is experiencing, the summer activities have to take center stage for the SkiCo. By running two lifts and turning on the marketing to let riders know what we’re doing, we could become a bigger summer biking destination than Whistler. In fact, the possibilities are endless and could make summer as busy as winter for the SkiCo....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
March 29, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Carbondale deed-restriction changes on hold"
Why do the folks fuss so much over so-called 'affordable housing', 'employee housing' and other deed restricted development?
You would think they would be happy, grateful for the ability to rent or purchase a home.
Think again.
In a certain number, deed restricted homes make sense. But, in order to make such a system work there has to be jobs that go along with them. When big chunks of these so-called employee housing units are bought up by an employer like the Aspen Ski Corp and then the creative uses of J-1 and H2B Visas are used by that same employer to pump in temporary immigrant workers; there is nothing of worth for the local and legal citizen.
On another note, think of how much power there is for a developer in being able to literally hold hostage the real estate market by working in sync with politicians to control moratoriums on building and deed restricted developments. If it was the Federal Reserve or Wall Street (or even the hallowed halls of Congress) we would be shouting out those dark words: "Insider Trading!!!!"
Think about that much power and control over the lives of the folks.
Will BoneDale Trustees continue the sham, the farce of 'deed restricted' building?
Hmmmm....maybe that depends on who they elect to office shortly. If you are for common sense, then for sure forget about voting for Bill Lamont (you remember him...the old Judy Haptonstall crony and recent loud voice for pro-VCR).
John Colson:
"CARBONDALE, Colorado — The town's trustees are worried that changes proposed for the rules at one affordable housing complex, Keator Grove, might spell disaster for other such projects or for the town's overall affordable housing guidelines.
So the board of trustees will sit down at a work session in May to review the relevant town codes and other documents, before turning back to the Keator Grove situation.
“I need more time to make sure there's no unintended consequences,” said Trustee Frosty Merriott at the board meeting on Tuesday.
At that meeting, the trustees reviewed the latest request from the Aspen Skiing Co. and individual owners of homes in Keator Grove, seeking changes to the deed restrictions governing resale of certain homes and townhomes in the project.
The Skiing Co. owns 16 of the 52 units in the complex, and has formed a sort of partnership with individual homeowners. Together, they are hoping to eliminate price caps for resale of some units.
The price caps limit the yearly appreciation in the prices of homes, as a way of keeping the units affordable. But when prices plummet due to the economy, the caps are seen as a threat to the owners' equity.
Homes that three years ago sold for $450,000, for example, might today sell for half that amount, according to Skiing Co. attorney Dave Myler and Keator Grove homeowners...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
You would think they would be happy, grateful for the ability to rent or purchase a home.
Think again.
In a certain number, deed restricted homes make sense. But, in order to make such a system work there has to be jobs that go along with them. When big chunks of these so-called employee housing units are bought up by an employer like the Aspen Ski Corp and then the creative uses of J-1 and H2B Visas are used by that same employer to pump in temporary immigrant workers; there is nothing of worth for the local and legal citizen.
On another note, think of how much power there is for a developer in being able to literally hold hostage the real estate market by working in sync with politicians to control moratoriums on building and deed restricted developments. If it was the Federal Reserve or Wall Street (or even the hallowed halls of Congress) we would be shouting out those dark words: "Insider Trading!!!!"
Think about that much power and control over the lives of the folks.
Will BoneDale Trustees continue the sham, the farce of 'deed restricted' building?
Hmmmm....maybe that depends on who they elect to office shortly. If you are for common sense, then for sure forget about voting for Bill Lamont (you remember him...the old Judy Haptonstall crony and recent loud voice for pro-VCR).
John Colson:
"CARBONDALE, Colorado — The town's trustees are worried that changes proposed for the rules at one affordable housing complex, Keator Grove, might spell disaster for other such projects or for the town's overall affordable housing guidelines.
So the board of trustees will sit down at a work session in May to review the relevant town codes and other documents, before turning back to the Keator Grove situation.
“I need more time to make sure there's no unintended consequences,” said Trustee Frosty Merriott at the board meeting on Tuesday.
At that meeting, the trustees reviewed the latest request from the Aspen Skiing Co. and individual owners of homes in Keator Grove, seeking changes to the deed restrictions governing resale of certain homes and townhomes in the project.
The Skiing Co. owns 16 of the 52 units in the complex, and has formed a sort of partnership with individual homeowners. Together, they are hoping to eliminate price caps for resale of some units.
The price caps limit the yearly appreciation in the prices of homes, as a way of keeping the units affordable. But when prices plummet due to the economy, the caps are seen as a threat to the owners' equity.
Homes that three years ago sold for $450,000, for example, might today sell for half that amount, according to Skiing Co. attorney Dave Myler and Keator Grove homeowners...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
March 28, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Snowmass Sun "Skico looks to expand winter activities for guest and locals"
John Gardner:
"There are winter sports aplenty at Snowmass. But where does one go for a good day of winter tubing?
That is the question that Snowmass Club general manager Don Schuster is trying to answer.
“We've been looking for locations to bring back a tubbing hill to Snowmass,” Schuster said. “We are in the process of looking at locations that might work.”
For those of you who may have noticed that the Snowmass Club is making snow at the golf course, it's not because the warm weather is melting away the snow at the course. It's because one of the best prospective locations for a tubbing hill just happens to be the golf course driving range, according to Schuster. However, no location has been confirmed yet. So far they just made some snow and allowed some club members to try out the hill the weekend of March 10-11, Schuster said.
“We thought it would be a fun event to see how it worked,” he said. And, he said, it worked pretty well. But the location is off limits and isn't open to the public despite the club being the site of the Nordic Sports Center...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"There are winter sports aplenty at Snowmass. But where does one go for a good day of winter tubing?
That is the question that Snowmass Club general manager Don Schuster is trying to answer.
“We've been looking for locations to bring back a tubbing hill to Snowmass,” Schuster said. “We are in the process of looking at locations that might work.”
For those of you who may have noticed that the Snowmass Club is making snow at the golf course, it's not because the warm weather is melting away the snow at the course. It's because one of the best prospective locations for a tubbing hill just happens to be the golf course driving range, according to Schuster. However, no location has been confirmed yet. So far they just made some snow and allowed some club members to try out the hill the weekend of March 10-11, Schuster said.
“We thought it would be a fun event to see how it worked,” he said. And, he said, it worked pretty well. But the location is off limits and isn't open to the public despite the club being the site of the Nordic Sports Center...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
February 18, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "New terrain opens on Ajax"
Curtis Wackerle:
"Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol’s push to give the public access to more of the mountain has resulted in the opening of two new terrain areas.
Spar Dump and Silver Queen Ridge may the equivalent of “inside baseball,” because they will likely appeal to only the most devoted of Aspen Mountain skiers, said ski patroller Tim Cooney.
“We wanted to create a buzz among the truly devoted,” Cooney said, giving credit to a handful of Ajax patrollers who were “passionate about getting the terrain open.”
The runs recently opened for the first time, with the February snowpack providing enough coverage to get the job done.
The “nook and cranny” areas are located at the end of the ridge that makes up the Dumps section of the mountain. A gate near the beginning of the Silver Queen run provides access.
A narrow lane cut through aspen trees past Rayburn’s provides access to the furthest point on the ridge. From there, skiers can either go right to Spar Dump, which is actually four separate runs that funnel down to the Spar Catwalk, or left to Silver Queen Ridge, where a handful of glades cut through pine trees and empty above the Compromise Mine building...." (Read more? See photo? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol’s push to give the public access to more of the mountain has resulted in the opening of two new terrain areas.
Spar Dump and Silver Queen Ridge may the equivalent of “inside baseball,” because they will likely appeal to only the most devoted of Aspen Mountain skiers, said ski patroller Tim Cooney.
“We wanted to create a buzz among the truly devoted,” Cooney said, giving credit to a handful of Ajax patrollers who were “passionate about getting the terrain open.”
The runs recently opened for the first time, with the February snowpack providing enough coverage to get the job done.
The “nook and cranny” areas are located at the end of the ridge that makes up the Dumps section of the mountain. A gate near the beginning of the Silver Queen run provides access.
A narrow lane cut through aspen trees past Rayburn’s provides access to the furthest point on the ridge. From there, skiers can either go right to Spar Dump, which is actually four separate runs that funnel down to the Spar Catwalk, or left to Silver Queen Ridge, where a handful of glades cut through pine trees and empty above the Compromise Mine building...." (Read more? See photo? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
December 20, 2011
SandBox Comments: Summit County Citizens Voice "USFS approves Aspen ski area forest health work"
"SUMMIT COUNTY — The Aspen Skiing Company will try to stay ahead of the forest health curve with treatments across more than 4,000 acres aimed at encouraging the growth of new trees and maintaining forest cover where it exists.
The U.S. Forest Service last week approved the forest health project, set to proceed during the next 10 years.
“Maintaining a diversity of tree species and age classes in an area can help encourage stand resilience, thereby improving forest health,” said District Ranger Scott Snelson. “Age class diversity is one way to assure future resilience of a forest ecosystem to a threat such as mountain pine beetle.”
According to the Forest Service, the projects are designed to maintain or improve forest health conditions in timber stands located within each of the four SkiCo permitted ski areas. Forest health has deteriorated regionally due to a combination of problems such as mountain pine and spruce beetle infestations, aspen decline, mistletoe, and past drought. Without intervention, stand resilience and overall forest health is likely to continue deteriorating.
The U.S. Forest Service last week approved the forest health project, set to proceed during the next 10 years.
“Maintaining a diversity of tree species and age classes in an area can help encourage stand resilience, thereby improving forest health,” said District Ranger Scott Snelson. “Age class diversity is one way to assure future resilience of a forest ecosystem to a threat such as mountain pine beetle.”
According to the Forest Service, the projects are designed to maintain or improve forest health conditions in timber stands located within each of the four SkiCo permitted ski areas. Forest health has deteriorated regionally due to a combination of problems such as mountain pine and spruce beetle infestations, aspen decline, mistletoe, and past drought. Without intervention, stand resilience and overall forest health is likely to continue deteriorating.
Copies of the environmental assessment and Decision Notice and FONSI are available on-line at the White River National Forest website...."
(Summit Voice)
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December 7, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "The public safety reason for urine drug testing"
Thomas L. Kurt, MD, MPH, Medical Toxicologist, FACPM, FAACT, FCP, FACOEM, FAHA, FACE writes in to the Aspen Daily News with a few words weighing in on the Skico reinstating their drug testing policy.
You know...here's the thing about that.
Does it really matter what level shows up in an employee who is operating major equipment capable of killing and maiming guests (or) an employee cruising the slopes as an instructer leaving a permanent impression on guests (or) a patrol first responder, search and rescue or any other position of trust?
Isn't the point: drug free? Or maybe the point is that guests want to feel completely safe and secure and we shouldn't even be having a discussion on acceptable levels of any drug use at Skico.
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You know...here's the thing about that.
Does it really matter what level shows up in an employee who is operating major equipment capable of killing and maiming guests (or) an employee cruising the slopes as an instructer leaving a permanent impression on guests (or) a patrol first responder, search and rescue or any other position of trust?
Isn't the point: drug free? Or maybe the point is that guests want to feel completely safe and secure and we shouldn't even be having a discussion on acceptable levels of any drug use at Skico.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
November 6, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Offending killjoys since 1951"
lol.
Mark Thomas of Carbondale responds to the latest ego power-trip of Aspen City Council.
Mark won the Winterskol slogan contest. But our infamous 'Gifted Mayor' and his council rejected it.
Mark has some new submissions. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
"...Must be off-season, when a lighthearted Winterskol slogan contest transforms into a local “controversy.” (Note to City Council: Please reconsider mandatory off-season medical marijuana permits for locals with too much time on their hands.)
Anyway, I wanted to publicly thank the Winterskol Slogan Committee for choosing my original submission (“It’s To Die For”), and allowing me to keep the prize...."
(Mark Thomas)
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Mark Thomas of Carbondale responds to the latest ego power-trip of Aspen City Council.
Mark won the Winterskol slogan contest. But our infamous 'Gifted Mayor' and his council rejected it.
Mark has some new submissions. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
"...Must be off-season, when a lighthearted Winterskol slogan contest transforms into a local “controversy.” (Note to City Council: Please reconsider mandatory off-season medical marijuana permits for locals with too much time on their hands.)
Anyway, I wanted to publicly thank the Winterskol Slogan Committee for choosing my original submission (“It’s To Die For”), and allowing me to keep the prize...."
(Mark Thomas)
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SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "A multimillion dollar season"
"The finishing touches are being made to the several million dollars worth of on-mountain improvements that are about to come online at Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands.
The chairs have been hung on the new Tiehack lift and the renovation of the Merry-Go-Restaurant mid-mountain at Aspen Highlands is three-quarters complete. The new amenities will be ready for skiers and riders when the mountains open on Dec. 10.
A load test of the Tiehack chairlift is scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday, said Rich Burkley, Aspen Skiing Co. vice president of mountain operations.
Engineers from POMA, the lift’s manufacturer, SkiCo lift technicians and representatives from the National Tramway Safety Board will be on hand for the Nov. 9 load test.
“We fill trash cans full of water, representing people and we run the lift at absolute extremes in terms of speed and braking,” Burkley said.
The barrels of water will be strapped into the chairs and the line will be loaded to represent the average number of people who will ride the lift at any given time. The metrics of the chairlift will be tested multiple times — running backwards, forwards and at the fastest speed possible.
The $7 million high-speed quad will serve the only advanced terrain at Buttermilk, and replaces both the Upper Tiehack and Eagle Hill — aka lower Tiehack — chairs. Combined, those two lifts took 18 minutes to ride. They were built in 1969.
The new “Tiehack Express” will take skiers 1,640 vertical feet to the top in seven minutes on 71 chairs. The lift has a fairly low profile — the highest point is 48 feet, Burkley said...."
( Carolyn Sackariason)
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The chairs have been hung on the new Tiehack lift and the renovation of the Merry-Go-Restaurant mid-mountain at Aspen Highlands is three-quarters complete. The new amenities will be ready for skiers and riders when the mountains open on Dec. 10.
A load test of the Tiehack chairlift is scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday, said Rich Burkley, Aspen Skiing Co. vice president of mountain operations.
Engineers from POMA, the lift’s manufacturer, SkiCo lift technicians and representatives from the National Tramway Safety Board will be on hand for the Nov. 9 load test.
“We fill trash cans full of water, representing people and we run the lift at absolute extremes in terms of speed and braking,” Burkley said.
The barrels of water will be strapped into the chairs and the line will be loaded to represent the average number of people who will ride the lift at any given time. The metrics of the chairlift will be tested multiple times — running backwards, forwards and at the fastest speed possible.
The $7 million high-speed quad will serve the only advanced terrain at Buttermilk, and replaces both the Upper Tiehack and Eagle Hill — aka lower Tiehack — chairs. Combined, those two lifts took 18 minutes to ride. They were built in 1969.
The new “Tiehack Express” will take skiers 1,640 vertical feet to the top in seven minutes on 71 chairs. The lift has a fairly low profile — the highest point is 48 feet, Burkley said...."
( Carolyn Sackariason)
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September 16, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times/Roger Marolt "Skico revisits Aspen mythology"
Roger Marolt has the courage to voice the opinion of Skico's new marketing campaign that a number of locals have.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
September 8, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Aspen Skiing Co. envisions easy time finding help with job fair"
Has to be tough, relying on a foundation of partial truth and reality.
One's footing would never be secure.
The best question to be asked of this article is, "Why?"
Why does the Skico and Crown family all of a sudden have all these job openings?
BTW, how's Senator Udall doing in his quest to dig into J1Visa and H2B Visa use by the Skico?
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
One's footing would never be secure.
The best question to be asked of this article is, "Why?"
Why does the Skico and Crown family all of a sudden have all these job openings?
BTW, how's Senator Udall doing in his quest to dig into J1Visa and H2B Visa use by the Skico?
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
August 29, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Aspen Skiing Co. mulls changes to ski school's inner workings"
How interesting it is to watch the dynamic play out between two daily newspapers in a small town.
One is a non-local, corporate conglomerate that employs some locals, maintains relationships with heavy-spending advertisers and censors and bans any and all content that is openly critical of either their publications or special ad account holders.
The other is locally owned and operated, continually voted local favorite, banned from the premises of at least one of the special ad account holders that use the other paper and would banish themselves into public stocks in the middle of town if even the thought of interfering with the First Amendment darkened their door.
Lee Mulcahy has been knighted as 'The Julian Assange of Aspen' and given honorary membership in the ranks of some of the best spitwad hurlers mankind has ever known, who also reside in the local demographic these two newspapers cover.
Oh, lordy, lordy! How the slant and rose-colored glasses authorizing the copy up on The Aspen Times tainted in favor of Aspen Skico when Lee was rockin and rollin with his organization 'People 4 a Living Wage'.
If it had not been for that 'other' paper The Aspen Daily News, we would never have known that there were other complaints, besides the Mulcahy complaint, filed with the National Labor Review Board against Aspen Skico.
We also would never have known that there were sanctions placed against the Skico as a result of Lee and his efforts.
How delicious is this morsel off The Aspen Times today!
"Skico designed the system to give instructors a voice without their forming a union..."
Leaking out to the Times, long after the fact, more of the details that vindicate Lee Mulcahy is transparent, totally lacking in class and blatantly obvious as nothing but an attempt at damage control.
A very poor attempt at that.
Congratulations to all future employees of Aspen Skico!
Because of the hard-won efforts of employees who came before you there will now be transparency within the organization.
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One is a non-local, corporate conglomerate that employs some locals, maintains relationships with heavy-spending advertisers and censors and bans any and all content that is openly critical of either their publications or special ad account holders.
The other is locally owned and operated, continually voted local favorite, banned from the premises of at least one of the special ad account holders that use the other paper and would banish themselves into public stocks in the middle of town if even the thought of interfering with the First Amendment darkened their door.
Lee Mulcahy has been knighted as 'The Julian Assange of Aspen' and given honorary membership in the ranks of some of the best spitwad hurlers mankind has ever known, who also reside in the local demographic these two newspapers cover.
Oh, lordy, lordy! How the slant and rose-colored glasses authorizing the copy up on The Aspen Times tainted in favor of Aspen Skico when Lee was rockin and rollin with his organization 'People 4 a Living Wage'.
If it had not been for that 'other' paper The Aspen Daily News, we would never have known that there were other complaints, besides the Mulcahy complaint, filed with the National Labor Review Board against Aspen Skico.
We also would never have known that there were sanctions placed against the Skico as a result of Lee and his efforts.
How delicious is this morsel off The Aspen Times today!
"Skico designed the system to give instructors a voice without their forming a union..."
Leaking out to the Times, long after the fact, more of the details that vindicate Lee Mulcahy is transparent, totally lacking in class and blatantly obvious as nothing but an attempt at damage control.
A very poor attempt at that.
Congratulations to all future employees of Aspen Skico!
Because of the hard-won efforts of employees who came before you there will now be transparency within the organization.
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