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Show C-8 it n r The Park Record Wednesday, November 8, 2000 (si ropossd hut draws haatsd opp BRECKEN RIDGE, Colo. (AP) Homeowners in a little-known little-known valley near Breckenridge are speaking out against a proposal pro-posal to build a ski hut near their property. Owners of secluded cabins scattered through the woods along French Gulch fear the Lew is Hut would bring throngs of visitors to their property, leaving waste behind and causing traffic nightmares and an end to the quiet lifestvle they've enjoyed. "The people going to the hut aren't the only ones who are going to go up there," said home- wssirci BREW PtJl PARK CITY, UHTAhH f m. rW lW r UTAH'S ORIGINAL BREW PUB ft MlCRQ- B r ewe ry Since 1 986 Offering Lunch and Dinner from 11:00 7 Days a week! Slick Rock Sports Bar 2 Satellite Dishes BIG SCREEN TV & 5 27" TV'S Expanded Menu Available New audio System by Sound Tube Humidor and Selection of fine Cigars from Out of the Humidor Pool Tables The SPqt 8c VIA TO LITE! ball Located at the top of Historic Main Street 649-0900 "We Drink Our Share and Sell the Rest" owner Laszlo Pook. "All kinds of other people who know about it will come up there. It's a magnet. It attracts people." "When bicyclists or hikers come up there now and they talk, 1 can hear that from a mile away." Pook said. "Multiply that by the number of people going to the huts and their friends and family, and it's going to be like downtown Boulder or Denver." Local miner Ray Difani has circulated a petition that he said has garnered 116 signatures against the hut. And homeowners homeown-ers are considering legal action to prevent construction of the hut. The proposed hut site in Black Gulch was recommended by an independent task force after a previous proposed site near Vail Pass drew criticism from environmentalists environ-mentalists and others. "The new site isn't ideal," said Leigh Girvin. executive director of the Summit Hut Association. "Really this one site floated to the top, and even it is not without issues. You can't go anywhere in Summit County now without running run-ning into problems." Girvin acknowledges the concerns con-cerns of about 18 entrenched homeowners but contends that a ski hut and the environmentally conscious people it typically attracts would be a benign, unobtrusive unob-trusive use for the land. "For the few people who do know about this area, it's a secret to them. It's one of those places to go where they're not likely to see a lot of people. If we put a hut up there, that s likely to change," she said. Girvin said the site -- 14-acres on a slope above French Creek neatly 2 miles from the nearest inhabited home - has both good qualities and liabilities. "It definitely has some pluses." she said. "It has beautiful, beautiful beauti-ful views. It has a verv remote osraon quality. It has views of Mount Guyot and Baldy that you can't really see from any other location. It has a road'' that would allow construction and visitor access. But the skiing terrain isn t as spectacular as the previous site at Stafford Gulch, and its location in an isolated valley would virtually preclude being part of a hut-to-hut chain. The hut association leadership has vowed to listen to concerns of area residents before building anything. "It's important to note that this is a site that SUA is considering." said association president Cindy Gray. "We want to hear from the community com-munity what people think about this alternative. If there is strong opposition, we can back out of our purchase option contract and stay with Plan A, which is to build the Lewis Hut in the original location loca-tion in Stafford Gulch." Cruise industry battles stormy seas FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. (AP) Cruise ships in recent years have had to weather more than storms at sea. They've been targeted target-ed as potential sources of tax dollars dol-lars and criticized for dumping waste. To keep their tropical-dream business afloat, the luxury liners have gotten into the political game. This year, they commissioned studies showing their effect on the state's economy. And they sharply increased their political donations. The cruise industry donated $262,925 to state candidates and political parties this year, according accord-ing to state campaign finance records analyzed by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. While giving less than trial lawyers, developers and other interest groups, the amount is a big increase from the $49,900 the industry contributed in 1998. Many contributions were pat: an effort to head off a tax on passengers pas-sengers to help the Florida Marlins pay for a new stadium, although most came later as part of a broader broad-er strategy to increase the industry's indus-try's clout. "They w ant to be a player iow." state Sen. Howard Forman. D-Pembroke D-Pembroke Pines, vice chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, told the newspaper, which is based in Fort Lauderdale, "They want to do what Big Sugar arid Big Tobacco do." The Republican Party of Florida took in the largest amount. $154,000. The Florida Democratic Party took in $41,300. The largest contributor was the Florida Cruise Committee, the industry's political action committee. commit-tee. Holland America Line was the largest corporate donor, giving $60,000 to the Republican Partv of Florida and $15,000 to the Democrats. It contributed $165,000 to the Florida Cruise Committee. The industry got motivated when the Legislature this year considered con-sidered a S4-a-day tax on passengers passen-gers to help finance the stadium. Gov. Jeb Bush killed the proposal, but not before the industry was put on notice that some see it as a source of tax revenue. "The cruise industry probably-learned probably-learned that when they werent super active in the political process ... someone almost took their head off," said Rep. Tom Feeney. R-Oviedo, R-Oviedo, the top House Republican. "I think they've decided they have to be active." Most major cruise lines avoid corporate income taxes by keeping their legal headquarters overseas. "What is the cruise industry paving? Is it paying its fair share of taxes?" asked state Rep. Tim Ryan. D-Dania Beach, who received $250 from the Florida Cruise Committee. The industry has responded by showing "it generates jobs.' ' An industry-commissioned study shows it generated $605 million mil-lion in wages in Florida last year. directly and indirectly. The 15 cruise lines with offices or headquarters head-quarters in Florida directly accounted for more than 10.000 jobs. Indirect effects, including another 12.000 jobs, were greater. "You're talking about an industry indus-try that buys in excess of $600 million mil-lion from local vendors." said John LaCapra. the industry 's chief lobbyist lob-byist in Tallahassee. Headlines have also linked cruise ships to oil spills, air pollution pollu-tion and illegal dumping. Royal Caribbean was fined $18 million for illegally discharging oily water at sea. Last month, a federal grand jury in Miami subpoenaed sub-poenaed environmental documents docu-ments from Carnival Corp.. the world s largest cruise operator, in a sign that federal prosecutors are continuing to investigate cruise ship pollution. The industry appeared to head off tougher regulation in Florida this year in a deal between the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. The industry agreed to comply with laws, minimize waste, cooperate cooper-ate with regulators, design environmentally envi-ronmentally friendly vessels and otherwise reduce pollution. In return, the state will accept the industry s waste-handling practices as meeting the law. and accepted 'trujl'The' 'chief resporHibTliiy for regulating the industries' environmental environ-mental practices rests with" the U.S. Coast Guard. f ACROSS FROM THE LAKE AND PARK! ' Description: Wonderful single level, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Silver Springs home. 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