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(Continued from Page 3) employees this year were offered year-round employment.
Moore could not answer the question, but stated that the recreation area had 40 year-round employees with additional help—mostly youngsters—taken on during winter and summer months.
"Liberal unemployment laws are the fault of the government,” Gardiner interrupted. “Any idiot can quit and collect unemployment.”
Moore told the BZA that he expected to draw Alpine slide customers from Skyline Drive traffic and hoped to attract “one out of every umpteen” drive visitors.
“We’re not all that sure it’s going to be a success. Heavens, we don’t know,” Moore said. “We make more money for a week from skiers than we do from sliders...We budget a profit in the ski season, but not a large enough profit to let it (the ski area) lie idle during the summer months.”
He added that the shortness of Rappahnnock’s skiing season, between 70 and 80 days as compared to between 105 and 110 at Camelback, compounded difficulties.
Hal Forward asked Moore for his ultimate plans for development of the ski area property. “I’ve heard condominiums mentioned,” he said.
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