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roads were always pretty bad. “I’ve never been to a ski area yet—and I’ve been to 15—where the road wasn’t horrible,” she stated.
Pauline Bruce, also a native of the county, spoke next in favor of the ski area. "If it takes a slide to keep the slopes running, then I say, if at all possible, give them a chance." She added that she trusted the Board of Zoning Appeals and police department to take care of any problems that might arise.
Non-Native In Favor
“I’d like everyone in this room to know that a nonnative can be in favor of this too,” began Charles Eldred, proprietor for two years of a business in Washington. "I’ve heard allegations of traffic hazards but I’ve never seen a tourist speeding through our town. Funny thing, though, Main Street is kind of a drag strip for locals,” he commented.
As for the litter problems that ski area customers would cause, “you should go see what the local residents do to our dumpsters,” said Eldred.
He claimed that dollars spent by ski area customers would be recycled through the community and taxed every time they went around. Finally, he described objections raised as “paper tigers” and noted that most fell in the province of the State Water Control Board, the Health Department or Environmental Protection Agency.
“You could put a whole mountain of roller coasters (in Harris Hollow) and not damage the environment here,” said Eldred, calling environmental issues raised by ski area opponents as “25 cent words...generalities...a lot of rhetoric.” Jack Debergh reported that his wife’s litter records showed there was no difference in the volume of litter between the ski season and the off-ski season. He added that he trusted the Health Department to ensure the sewer system was adequate.
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