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Originally Posted by rocket21
1) Ski industry pay tends to track much lower than other sectors. Nevertheless, Cannon is a larger facility than Gunstock.
2) Government employment typically carries robust benefit packages. I do not know what the benefit packages are at Gunstock, but I suspect they are much more generous than other mid-sized ski areas.
If Gunstock were leased to a private operator, executive and staff pay wouldn't be taxpayers' issue. The lease proceeds would be. If using the Sunapee model, Gunstock would provide the county with significantly more revenue than the current model, while offloading the risk of bad seasons and bad debt.
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The lease proceeds are the only thing we should have been worried about even without it being privatized. It wasn't like they were violating the ''lease''; they made the payments as specified.
No private operator has ever even offered to take over the area, so your point is moot... since that option doesn't exist and wishful thinking will not make it happen.
The only privatized options placed on the table have been for food and lodging. There is an occasional look at further rec formats, but many of those come and go.
But all of that is over... the management team are back, the GAC is reformed, and all that is left is the $30K that will most likely end up in the lap of Silber and Sylvia.