Posted on 08/09/2007 5:25:30 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
'Hundreds' cancel trips, homeowner threatens to move out
Telluride: Some of the ski fans who have patronized Telluride, Colo., now are calling the ritzy resort "the land of radical liberals" and canceling planned vacations there because the town board voted to approve an ordinance calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
One ski club of 175 people already has made plans to go elsewhere, another skier has threatened to sell his home there and another critic predicted the town soon would bow to Mecca.
"It's huge, unbelievable," said Telluride Mayor John Pryor. "Ski groups are canceling for the winter. Hundreds of people are bailing. The (town) website is flooded with people saying they're canceling their vacations here."
The storm of protest followed the town board's recent vote on the impeachment issue, according to a report in the Denver Post.
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Except for one thing. Liberals always like to put someone else's money where their mouth is -- seldom their own money.
This is just one more example of people making decisions without knowing who their customers are...
BUMP!
Telluride was the first to go when the Hollyweird crowd started buying up property there. Local people who work in the hotels, restarants, and stores do not live in Telluride - they can't afford to. They commute from Montrose, Ridgeway, Dolores, etc.
I grew up in that area and I had always hoped some day to move back, maybe when the kids are grown and gone, but seeing what's been done to the area has ruined it for me. There really is no going back.
I had not thought about this concept recently, but looking back, I have been to many places in my life, but if the politics of the owner, or the town shows (liberal or conservative), one visit is all they get.
Politics and business should never mix in public.
Ask me if I ever had Ben and Jerry's. Even once.
Good answer.
Watch for the left wing spin.. “Well, if Bush didn’t need to be impeached, the city council wouldn’t have voted on this and created the economic problem. The blame is on Bush!”
The latte-sipping crowd expects everyone to notice what they do and applaud. There are probably shocked that people have noticed and told them to go to hell.
I also think I would look into sueing them individually and not just as members of the council because their statements had nothing to do with town business.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Well, if I owned a resort that suffered economic damage because a town council, whose job description surely does not include making national political statements on behalf of the city, I would be contacting my lawyer right about now.
I also think I would look into sueing them individually and not just as members of the council because their statements had nothing to do with town business.
I’d figure the cost of the litigation you are proposing, and donate that to candidates to unseat them.
Then again, I’m a small business owner, and relatively successful one at that...
The liberal elite is the most disgusting piece of palpitating protoplasm on the face of the earth.
Try Sun Peaks north of Kamloops. We went a couple of years ago and had great skiing and less crowds than Whistler. Our ski group went back last year and they had great snow.
Lived in Sandy, UT for 4 years back in the late 80’s. Great skiing. I was only 20 min. from Snowbird/Alta. Then, I could go back to the valley and play 18 holes if I wanted.
Apparently, Utah still hasn’t gotten a name for skiing. I’d have thought by now it would have been ‘discovered’.
“Apparently, Utah still hasn’t gotten a name for skiing. I’d have thought by now it would have been ‘discovered’.”
I think it is a good thing. It is great to ski in a place that is not crowded.
When we were there, lines at the lifts were almost non-existent except on holiday weekends. That seemed to be changing about the time we returned back to Illinois (1990). Then, we thought the Winter Olympics would surely make Utah 'discovered'. Apparently, that still didn't happen.
I still recall the goofy liquor laws, but that was circumvented by joining 'clubs' for $25/year. I did a lot of entertaining of people from the 'outside', so had memberships in a few clubs every year. The ones at the resorts like Snowbird or Park City were big draws because visitors always wanted to see the skiing or the mountains up close. But my favorite ski runs were at Alta.
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There’s a great Humboldt T-Shirt with a picture of a logger on it, and the legend “Endangered Species”. Arcata’s hopeless, but there’s still some conservatives in the county, some of them are members here. For most of its history, it was a one business county until, as you noted, the environmental movement killed it.
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