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Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
Go to Banff all the jobs are foreign students working. People can not live on these low wages. It will not create 750 low paying jobs for Canadians. And go to lake Louise and Sunshine. People go golf when spring comes no one wants all year winter. Dumbest idea ever.
Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
Investors - stay home unless you want serious stink from locals and First Nations - I smell bail out before it even gets started - Jumbo's value is related to the Wilderness factor - this is what you will ruin!
Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
The creation of a municipal government for a corporation, as in Jumbo, is outrageous. The legislation is in place. Bill Bennett has the authority to create a new municipality anywhere on Provincial land and appoint who he wants as mayor on council. One person. No votes. No group hug. Nothing. One elected official has this authority. It is outrageous.
Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
Even reading the master plan and taking a little whiff of reality, Jumbo stands a very good chance of not being a, "global bucket list amenity" so much as a boondoggle, all ridden on the back of not the developers, but the taxpayers. Read the road maintenance costs. Read anything about decreasing skiing participants? Read anything about shrinking glaciers for your 30 year dream? All economic and environmental dispute aside, there is little doubt as to the shameful "process" Jumbo backers have wedged themselves into, arrogantly making themselves self-appointed local government "leaders" of a town with no population. No accountability. No conscience. Call it free enterprise or development if you want. It's a boondoggle that will come back to haunt area taxpayers for decades to come.
Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
Ditto on critique for this piece Diversify. The project does face many challenges, but what doesn't? No shortage of naysayers whenever someone steps out of the fold.
I for one would like to learn more about this and perhaps take a road trip for close up look.
Re: “Jumbo-skiers' dream or B.C. taxpayer's sinkhole?”
Could you write a more negative story? Perhaps we should just stick to mining, logging, oil and gas production? Of coarse no good can possibly come from Jumbo. None of us snow eaters could possibly be excited to see a jaw dropping new tourism amenity built. Stuart Rempel of Whistler Blackcomb supports Jumbo, oh it must be a typo. There are many sound bits in this article but no balanced reporting here. Wow I though this was a tourism town, at least WB knows their business. Gee a gondola ruining the view, I remember how the Pique spoke out against the Peak to Peak? I love the part about 23 lifts with a daily comfortable capacity of 2,700 skiers. So that is just over 100 skiers per lift per day. If that is the plan, I will eat my hat. Read the master plan, research your feature articles, this has the potential to become a global bucket list amenity. What good could possibly come from this? Lets get that pipe line built and chop down every last tree and ship them resources out of here, that's our future.
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June 17, 2013, 5:00 PM
Whistler Blackcomb Foundation donates $300,000 to Centrepoint complex
Social services, church and housing being built by Sea to Sky Community Services and United Church More...
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June 17, 2013, 11:15 AM
Whistler Farmer's Market sees busy first day of operations
Market opens with vendor numbers at maximum More...
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June 16, 2013, 12:30 AM
Neal Kindree takes Test of Metal win
67-kilometre mountain bike race sees 871 racers at the start More...
Re: “Thinking outside the Bubble”
Gotta say thanks to Clare for the excellent editing, she deserves a lot of credit as well on this piece, thanks Clare