{"id":2456912,"date":"2020-04-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323982"},"modified":"2020-04-08T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:00:00","slug":"roger-marolt-trying-to-help-the-sun-rise-again-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/roger-marolt-trying-to-help-the-sun-rise-again-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Marolt: Trying to help the Sun rise again tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roger Marolt for the Snowmass Sun<\/strong>
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It\u2019s a unique time in the world of news from things of global importance down to neighborhood gossip.<\/p>\n

The masses are overloaded, overwhelmed and plain tired of coronavirus news, but at the same time not much else seems important enough to put much thought or ink into. Even the weather seems less important as skiing is gone and golf slow to start. On top of everything, there are no sports on TV.<\/p>\n

So, here is my weekly Snowmass Sun column in the center of The Aspen Times in the center of our town on complete lockdown in a world spinning completely normally, but which feels like a ride on a Tilt-a-whirl. And I am caught trying to make a good first impression.<\/p>\n

Newspapers in small resort towns get hit hard in recessions. A recession caused by a virus and the necessity of controlling the spread of contamination by shoeing tourists away and confining locals to house arrest is the worst kind. At least in the financial system collapse of 2008 it was still a possibility to entice someone to visit your restaurant with a discounted daily special or consider buying a new house with a commission cut. Now there is little reason to locally advertise anything because there is nobody here to buy it even if they wanted to.<\/p>\n

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