Shower Thought: Medical Marijuana Coming to Utah? Sure.

Everywhere you look on traditional media you see coverage about Utah legalizing medical marijuana. When my friends no longer have to go to Evanston to buy a keg of beer, I’ll believe it. For now, I wonder what the powers that be are trying to distract us from? Is it making public land available for obtaining oil …

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Stocks Versus Snow

Yesterday on KPCW, Ski Utah (a group representing our ski resorts) was talking about the season with Leslie Thatcher. They were talking snow. The point Ski Utah made was that SNOW is the key to booking visitors at our resorts. I’m sure, in some ways, that’s true. If the snow isn’t flying, neither are the people. …

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Vail is Spending $50 Million This Off-Season and it is …

You probably heard that Vail is investing $50 million in Canyons PCMR Park City Mountain Resort this off-season. I know, it sounds great. It’s like community service — they are doing this for the people of Park City. It’s like a big funnel being put over Park City’s mouth, and Vail pouring the juice in. MMMM. …

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Snow Versus Pocketbook…which Wins?

They say it’s going to be a great snow year in Utah due to an El Nino event in the Pacific. Evidently the El Nino event is similar to 1997-1998, and the thought is the snow will be like that too. That season, for instance, Alta had a little over 575 inches of snow. That’s not jaw dropping …

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