Reply To: ISLAND LAKE LODGE, Dialogue 2008

[zippy]

"FU_ILL" wrote:

For your record Zippy:

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ Garbage has way less impact that condos and more people.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ The flow of urban SUV’s driving to and from the lodge has more impact than locals ever had.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ ILL cuts ski runs every Summer. Is this better than harvesting?

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ The new OCP will not be "off the grid" or self sustained in any way.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ The land would be public if Shell Oil had favoured the BC gov’t of the day.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ Cisco is ILL’s largest food supplier.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ The mines are the Valleys biggest employer by far.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ Yo do work for ILL, admit it.

?¢‚Ǩ¬¢ A few months in the Valley gives you a narrow perspective, newbie!

1. Agreed. But at this time there are no hard and fast plans for condos and the process will likely take 5 to 7 years before they turn dirt (look at the Coal Creek Golf Course). The current issue is garbage, unruly local and how that impacts guests/access. It’s getting closed. Having watched this last summer, I wouldn’t blame them at all if they closed it off to everything but guest motorized traffic.

2. Not true. Most of the traffic in the summer is local, not guest. Guests drive up and stay.

3. Perhaps, but not determined at this time. At the very least it will be a combination.

4. If my research is correct, the BC gov’t declined an original offer to take it as a park and only then the property was offered for public sale. That’s a BC gov’t issue not a Shell issue.

5. I don’t know for sure, but I’d guess that Cisco is the largest supplier. In no way does that diminish the huge amount of produce they buy from Cindy, the Creston orchards and the 4-H beef they buy every year.

6. True. The mines are the biggest employer. And about the only ones growing. FAR had the same number of winter employees last year as they had 8 years ago. IIL has increased in the last three or four years.

7. Not true and not going to happen. I do not and will not work for ILL.

8. I may be a newbie on the board, but I’ve had a FAR pass for the last 8 years and more than get my money out of it. And I don’t ski at Christmas or on weekends, so figure it out. Mid-week most days I want to, I’m on the hill.