VTKilarney
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Lifts are open by nobody seems to care. Just when they needed it the most. What a rough year.
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from_the_NEK
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My flag has been flapping pretty good all morning. I'd be willing to bet the breeze was a bit stronger at the top of the Poma.
VTKilarney
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whitemtn27
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Wow, I just checked in for the first time since the holidays, and I can't believe this thread is still going! Makes for some entertaining reading even if it's kinda sad. I am kinda floored by the EB-5 situation (although reading through this, you can see it coming a mile away). Does the hotel situation roughly boil down to this, or am I reading it wrong?
BUILDING INSPECTOR: Here's your certificate of occupancy.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: (to Ary) Since you have repeatedly paid me either late or not at all, I'm gonna hang onto this until your final check clears. (holds out hand)
QUIROS, STENGER, AND COMPANY: Umm... we can't pay you because the mean old government won't release the EB-5 funds! Stupid government! We would gladly pay you the money that we totally have and are not lying about if only they would let us!
(to GOVERNMENT, loudly, offscreen) Hey evil big government, we demand you release our money so we can pay our contractor, who has only not been paid due to your cumbersome regulations and definitely not because we committed fraud.
GOVERNMENT: LOL you owe them how much? You should like, find a bank account that has that much in it because yours doesn't.
BUILDING INSPECTOR: Here's your certificate of occupancy.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: (to Ary) Since you have repeatedly paid me either late or not at all, I'm gonna hang onto this until your final check clears. (holds out hand)
QUIROS, STENGER, AND COMPANY: Umm... we can't pay you because the mean old government won't release the EB-5 funds! Stupid government! We would gladly pay you the money that we totally have and are not lying about if only they would let us!
(to GOVERNMENT, loudly, offscreen) Hey evil big government, we demand you release our money so we can pay our contractor, who has only not been paid due to your cumbersome regulations and definitely not because we committed fraud.
GOVERNMENT: LOL you owe them how much? You should like, find a bank account that has that much in it because yours doesn't.
You got it
Vote Bernie??
Smellytele
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Feel the Bern!
ss20
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When done right, yes, it works like you said pain-free. Mount Snow's EB-5 funded West Lakes is nearing completion, and the Carinthia EB-5 is all funded for.
Management and idiocy may be to blame for other, more northern projects...
from_the_NEK
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I'll be skiing at Burke tomorrow if anyone wants to make a few runs.
So, here we are with a lovely building that by all accounts could be opened today should someone be able to pay off the "lien" the contractor has on the property since he hasn't gotten paid fr completed work.
If in fact the State of VT is correct and the amount owed is much greater than the amount in the escrow account, no one other than Q and Stenger can be on the hook as the responsible parties. Meaning, the decisions and poor management from which this situation resulted can only be traced back to Q with an assist possibly from Stenger.
So where can they go from here?
Ski season was an epic failure hotel or no hotel. Sure it sucked for all mountains in New England for the most part, but this would have been a mess regardless based on the latest set of news.
Would love a VTdigger article.
If in fact the State of VT is correct and the amount owed is much greater than the amount in the escrow account, no one other than Q and Stenger can be on the hook as the responsible parties. Meaning, the decisions and poor management from which this situation resulted can only be traced back to Q with an assist possibly from Stenger.
So where can they go from here?
Ski season was an epic failure hotel or no hotel. Sure it sucked for all mountains in New England for the most part, but this would have been a mess regardless based on the latest set of news.
Would love a VTdigger article.
VTKilarney
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It will be interesting to see what happens at this point. There is no point in opening the hotel for ski season. They should have a soft opening before the peak summer season, but you have to wonder if they have the funds to do that.
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VTKilarney
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The edges of the Dippers really need snow. They haven't been that careful about putting poles in front of trouble spots along the edges. Hopefully this wasn't something that could have been avoided. It's scary when it hits this close to home. Poor guy. I feel badly for his family.
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The single worst memory I have of skiing was riding up the Vista Quad one night at Bolton Valley listening to a guy scream into the dark for someone to get help for his buddy.
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