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.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Money talks: impeachment walks.
Alright! Think these tin-pot wannabees will get the message?
Look for a new town board as the liberals move out of an economic ghost town.
Telluride is getting hit with a surprising amount of anti-impeachment venom,” the Post report said.
Why is anti-impeachment speech venomous but impeachment speech is OK?
I think they did it for publicity and I hope it backfires big time. I guess they think all the liberals will come there.
“impeach bush vote backfires.”
cool. freedom is certainly cool.
Way to go, Telluride! Morons!
Seems the town board is only exercising their right to free choice but so are the skiers and tourists that are canceling. lol
A good economics lesson for the moonbats.
A good place for them to move to would be Western North Carolina. Ski Beach and many other resorts available.
General WestMoreland and many other famous people have homes there, upwards of 5 to 10 million dollar homes.
Ck. it out?????
Skiing in Colorado and skiing in NC are not the same.
Don’t send them here! I live in WNC and it’s getting crowded enough as is. Besides, the skiing sucks.
Telluride has yellow snow
They just never figure out that actions have consequences.
The Dixie Chicks business model
It will be a city of pure leftists, with no other opinions whatsoever. They can try to create their utopia there.
Funny comment. Is it yours?
Is this the same resort that that punk blogger tried to tell off Rumsfeld and was yelling about war criminal until the secret service sent him running?
Who wants to go into a hotbed of stupid, politically correct, mind-numbed robots? Not me!
The Telluride City Council 1st amendment rights are being violated. They should not be punished for what they say.
- Natalie Maines
To bad you can’t bulldoze Telluride.
“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.
Any questions as to the business sense of LIBERALS?
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. I used to attend a hang gliding festival every September in Telluride from the early 80's through the mid '90's. As with many Colorado mountain towns, it started changing about 10 years ago. Telluride has become overrun with rich Liberals in the past 10 years or so and it shows. It's a beautiful place, but the transformation to a Liberal hell hole is nearly complete. It all started when the Oprah moved into town, actually up on Gold Hill. Now, they don't let us fly there anymore. You see, we're just peons to the rich elite Liberals who run the place now. Really sad. I last visited Telluride about 2 years ago and couldn't wait to leave. I won't be going back.......
Nope. They will believe that the ones that canceled are "uneducated" and not "sophisticated enough" to "understand."
You mean like Aspen and Sundance?
Correct...They’re acting like a bunch of high school kids trying to get attention but the kids don’t have anything to lose.
Actually, I think they figured it would bring business IN.
People like this think everyone else is like this. They are distanced from the real world.
That’s what happens when you ignore laws of physics: For every action, there’s an opposite and equal reaction.
Is this more of the politics of entertainment?
Surprise, surprise.
Liberals are shocked to find they don’t have the grip on the minds of the average American as they thought.
Welcome to reality, guys.
It was stupid, and I’m glad it backfired—just the way their foolishness backfired on the Dixie Chicks. [Haven’t heard or seen much of them, have we?]
That’s what happens when a person/group strays from its official objective. Start blabbing political and moral opinions in the wrong forum and people are offended and then do something about it.
That’s a good reason.
I went to the town’s web site. They don’t appear to be posting any of these complaints. I’m sure they have received them, but I can’t find them.
Instant karma's gonna get you...
Unter Leuntnant Pryor, your pomposity is only surpassed by your remarkable discombobulation. If you act like an ass, expect thinking people to notice the stench. And your "stuff" sure does STINK!
Go to the Denver Post and get a load of this survey:
Post Poll - Kids 1st
Would you consider paying $30 on top of standard vanity license fees for Colorado’s newest specialty plate, which reads “Kids 1st?” It’s designed to raise money for child health and safety programs.
70% say NO. But, but but.. it’s for the children [in whiney voice]
Telluride, AKA “To-Hell-You-Ride.”
What is it with liberals, that they have to move into some of the most beautiful areas of our great nation, and ruin them, economically and otherwise? The whole West coast, The Eastern slope of the Rockies, the Great Lakes region, New England, all socialist hells. Montana is on the way, thanks to ultra-rich libs who want a retreat from the hustle and bustle of California. Idaho, the Dakotas, and the Intermountain West are untouched for the most part, but that’s mainly because there isn’t much there. The South is on its way, starting with Atlanta, but conservative values still hold. Granted, few areas of the country are dull, but the corn belt, the rust belt, and the midatlantic region aren’t in the same class as, say, the Cascades, or Cape Cod, or Boulder Vale.
Interestingly I was planning to go to Telluride on a skiing trip this winter with me and my two brothers, and our families. Eleven people in all. I called my brothers this AM and we are now going elsewhere!
You know, it is VERY difficult and expensive just to get to Telluride, much less stay in their hyper-priced lodgings. There are literally hundreds of venues with better skiing at better prices elsewhere.
I really don’t think they will go broke. They’ll probably be bigger than ever. No conservative should ever go there but most people aren’t conservative because most people just watch TV all day and have no Idea what’s going on around them.
I hope they do go broke but I doubt it.
Good on those staking a stand. These types of motions are absurd. Hit them right back (in the pocketbook)
Why not??? You can break your neck just as easily either place, can't you?
How can you believe a city council that's trying to engage in national politics that it has no business being in, is making sure the streets and slopes are safe and up to code? How's the water and sewer systems doing? Are the police up to snuff? How about the fire department?
At least those liberals won’t have to worry about any more evil profit-making.
Next we will hear how liberals will flock their in droves
Nah. Liberals love economic ghost towns as long as they can get someone else to pay them to live in 'em. Look for a town with an increased density of liberals. Call it the Berkeley effect.
Telluride is nothing but Aspen Lite. When I lived in Colorado, we called it “Mascara Mountain.”
NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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