John

Winner, "Best Investigative News Package" Colorado Press Association 2024 Better News Contest

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🚨INVESTIGATION: How oligarchs & corporations used campaign cash & political power to help ski monopolists kill antitrust laws, take over vast swaths of public land & turn an outdoor sport for middle-class Americans into an exclusive hobby of the rich.

Truly fascinating story.

[The Lever @LeverNews]

Skiing, more than ever before, has become a pastime for the elite.

Two companies now dominate the slopes, turning them into cash machines where a day can run you thousands.

Vail Daily reporter John LaConte dug into the deal that made it happen.

[John @johnlaconte]

@cushbomb haven’t been this excited about a comic book adaptation since Dark Tower ;)

[John @johnlaconte]

@kikiscrewedup Charlie Kirk shared some choice words about Mitt Romney when he visited Beaver Creek a few years ago

[John @johnlaconte]

@therealStout @TonlyFonly Was this because of the Park City strike post? @TonlyFonly dm me please I want to write about what happened to you after that post went viral

[John @johnlaconte]

Check out my story about #Vail’s history with ski patrol unions (link below). Thanks to @Truist Securities for the shoutout

https://t.co/cIV9rFPCHq

[John @johnlaconte]

@MeganNyvold @TheStalwart That’s not true

[John @johnlaconte]

@kikiscrewedup Here’s a story about Vail Resorts stranding H2B visa workers in the U.S. with no way home

https://t.co/fE0PYJ7hIo

[John @johnlaconte]

@Liv_Agar

[John @johnlaconte]

@LoisParshley Hi, good story. In his quote "I can see things that other people can’t see," is it ever explained what he can see that others can't?

[Beth Rankin @byBethRankin]

Colorado Springs' new Sunset Amphitheater became Ford Amphitheater after a multimillion-dollar naming deal -- but some concert-goers are confusing it with Vail's Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater and showing up with tickets to the wrong venue. via @johnlaconte https://t.co/66RN603QCE

[John @johnlaconte]

@kikiscrewedup Those SF streets will pretend corrupt even the most wholesome of pretend TV dads

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist Yes why would any home seller want to do that…

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist Ok so you are going to sell it for more than you paid for it then, got it

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist People “cutting prices” in Zillow to improve their ranking is not evidence of falling prices overall. Zillow itself says Conifer average home price is up 4.5% in the last year. Check out my bridge listing next!

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist This Zillow?

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist Sounds like you need to get out of Conifer more. Every other mountain town in the state has seen prices skyrocket.

[John @johnlaconte]

@smashmouthjo @colewist Yes home prices in the mountains will start falling any day now, bridge prices also, in fact I have one for sale if you’re interested