Councilor Colin Van Ostern’s “no” vote, a vote in the minority at last week’s Governor and Council meeting on whether or not to approve Mount Sunapee Ski Resort expansion, is a vote for the citizens of New Hampshire and our resources.
In voting “no,” Van Ostern demonstrates the kind of leadership that I will look for in our next governor.
This proposed expansion of Mount Sunapee Ski Resort is a bad deal for New Hampshire. I appreciate Van Ostern’s business sense both in analyzing the proposed contract as biased favoring the developers and in voting to block a precedent for the leverage of other New Hampshire public land by developers.
Again, Van Ostern’s leadership, intelligence and integrity have been noticed and appreciated. I am hopeful that Gov. Hassan will also understand the inherent lack of balance in this expansion proposal and block it as have her predecessors, John Lynch and Jeanne Shaheen.
Kathleen Skinner Shulman
New London