{"id":2439506,"date":"2019-02-03T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-times-columnist-misfires-in-lift-one-criticism\/"},"modified":"2019-02-03T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:40:00","slug":"aspen-times-columnist-misfires-in-lift-one-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-times-columnist-misfires-in-lift-one-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Times columnist misfires in Lift One criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to Roger Marolt’s article alleging a “sucker punch” associated with the Lift One Corridor, I reflect on my own naval service and find that he is way off the mark (“A sucker punch needs to be answered with a knockout,”<\/a> commentary, Feb. 1, The Aspen Times).<\/p>\n

My experience in the Navy was to be alert, watch the details and avoid surprises.<\/p>\n

The contribution of city funds to a public museum celebrating our important skiing past was hardly unseen, unknown or a surprise.<\/p>\n

It was publicly identified as an element of the corridor project from early in the process as a public contribution to a public benefit.<\/p>\n

It was discussed in public hearings and dialog among council members and staff.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the corridor is the response to a directive from City Council to “find a way” to bring the lift back to town \u2014 it was a public, city initiative.<\/p>\n

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And it is “our museum” \u2014 the community’s \u2014 not “their museum,” as Roger stated, alluding to developer interests.<\/p>\n

It is being built as one of many public benefits, will be owned by the Historical Society and is to the benefit of the entire community.<\/p>\n

In the Navy, you learn that things work best when all contribute and all benefit.<\/p>\n

And you learn to pay attention throughout the process.<\/p>\n

James DeFrancia<\/p>\n

Aspen<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Roger Marolt’s article alleging a “sucker punch” associated with the Lift One Corridor, I reflect on my own naval service and find that he is way off the mark (“A sucker punch needs to be answered with a knockout,” commentary, Feb. 1, The Aspen Times). My experience in the Navy was to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2439506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 03:40:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}