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  • Speak-Out :: Making it Great Again! By John Fry

    Speak-Out :: Making it Great Again! By John Fry In November 2016, 16,000 fans attended a World Cup alpine ski race in New England, where love of the sport has never waned.  Last November was a transformative month. . . not only for politics, but possibly for American skiing. In politics, a neglected bunch of underemployed voters, largely unobserved and resentful of political correctness and diversity, had grown skeptical of the Establishment’s message and mission. The result was an electoral surprise. A parallel with skiing may seem remote, but how about this? Two weeks after the election, more than 15,000 enthusiastic fans unexpectedly showed up at an alpine ski race. And as many ...

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SPEAK-OUT: LOWER DEBIT CARD SWIPE FEES FIZZLE ISSUE September 2011 AUTHOR David Eldredge VOLUME 50-5 PAGE 15 SUBJECT Opinion Relief was just three weeks away when the Federal Reserve caved to special interests, and businesses learned their heartburn over debit card swipe fees would continue until October...

SPEAK-OUT -- ARE NEW LIFTS ALL THAT BAD? ISSUE May 2011 AUTHOR Rick Kahl VOLUME 50-3 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Opinion As we suggested in Blue Pages last month, many of the lifts installed in the 1960s, '70s and '80s are approaching retirement or refurbishing. Those that remain in service will require greater and ...

SPEAK-OUT -- ABOUT THOSE DEBIT CARD FEES... ISSUE May 2011 AUTHOR David Frick VOLUME 50-3 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Opinion Having been in and around the credit card industry for 30 years, and having received a phone call from a ski area customer that had just read your article, "Keeping Your Money," (SAM, March 2...

SPEAK-OUT - MIDWEST GREATS ISSUE March 2011 VOLUME 50-2 PAGE 10 [Within days of one another, two industry greats from the Midwest died-George Petritz from Crystal Mountain, Mich, and Paul Augustine from Afton Alps, Minn. The following is an excerpt from Augustine's eulogy, given by his son, John P. Augustine. Throug...

SPEAK-OUT -- MORE MAS ISSUE January 2011 AUTHOR Rick Kahl VOLUME 50-1 PAGE 14 The Multiculturals in Action Sports Report, 2010 Hispanic Snow Summary, more simply called the MAS Report, is a wake-up call to U.S. resorts. It shows how large the potential multicultural market is. It puts the lie to the notion tha...

SPEAK-OUT -- HUMANS WERE NOT MEANT TO HIBERNATE ISSUE November 2010 AUTHOR Mary Jo Tarallo VOLUME 49-6 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Opinion When your industry attracts only 3.5 percent of the U.S. population, there is plenty of potential for growth. That's why 16 state and regional associations, representing more tha...

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