But they aren’t going dowhill.
And neither will a number of former customers at a popular ski resort in Colorado.
A backlash quickly emerged after the Telluride Town Council adopted a resolution last week calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.“It’s huge, unbelievable,†said Telluride Mayor John Pryor. “Ski groups are canceling for the winter. Hundreds of people are bailing. The (town) Web site is flooded with people saying they’re canceling their vacations here.â€Pryor called it a “silly initiative.†The council, he told The Telluride Watch, is too busy to weigh in on national global politics.
If this was a silly initiative, why did he vote for it? The answer would seem to lie in the fact that the council routinely adopts resolutions, on matters both big and small, with nary a further word. Further, such a resolution would be hardly controversial in Telluride, where only 17 percent of voters in the 2004 election cast ballots for Bush.
But, you must know your customers, lest you piss them off and they stop showing up.
Marketing 101.
Found @ Tim Blair’s
To quote the Soviet Alfa weapons officer from “The Hunt for Red October”:
“You arrogant bastard, you shot us!”
Do you think they learned anything? My money says no…
Telluride was a cool place a quarter century ago. Old mining town, when I first went there one could see horses tied up outside saloons, dogs sleeping in the main street, and such. It’s totally yuppified now, and a disgusting little rich man’s ghetto.