Matt Williams

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina The estimates they pitched us was a $50 round trip. That’s a lot for a trip up the canyon. Remember the idea is to get less cars, not push more people into cars by pricing out alternative options. That price point only makes sense for tourists

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina - you’re clearly a pretty smart and successful guy. So maybe pause before lecturing us about the logistics of a canyon that we keep running every day for people like you. We might just know a little bit more than you, so a bit of compassion and a humble heart goes a long way :)

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina No it would make your opinion more grounded. I say this respectfully, but you have no idea what a regular blue collar workers life looks like in 2026. So maybe the people who work in the canyons every single day aren’t the ones out of touch with reality. Maybe it’s you. -

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina I’m saying those of us who live and work in the canyons care more about them and have stronger feelings than out of touch rich people like you who recreate there a couple times a year.

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina Alright I agree with you on most things so I’m going to chalk this up to you genuinely being out of touch with regular people and let the patronizing comments slide. I’m going to focus on conference as should you 👍🏻

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina Go to the community meetings surrounding the project and you’d know that is overwhelmingly false

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

There’s a reason why almost nobody who lives/ works in the canyons wants the gondola. The millionaire who skis a couple times a year calling the blue collar workers who keep the canyons running for people like him “divorced from reality” is insane.

[Dr Manhattva @Manhattva]

@mattwill98 @ExerciseMachina Ah yes.

The powerful gondola lobby and propaganda.

I must deny reality and join with the radical leftists instead.

😂😂😂

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina The gondola would be more expensive for consumers (costing nearly 5x more than the ski bus per ride) it also can’t operate when it’s windy which would mean it would be constantly shut down. What about the billions in operating costs for something that doesn’t solve any problems

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina Snow sheds over avalanche zones and even a dedicated bus lane with regular service intervals would effectively eliminate the bottleneck during all but the worst winter storms.

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina That billion dollars would be much more effective if invested in the Ski bus service. Ski buses can continue to operate in severe weather, gondolas can’t.

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina And yes, anybody who lives near the canyon can tell you the propaganda is very real. They’ve been aggressively trying to sell us on this gondola for years and we’re not having it. They’ve come to our door, put signs up in our yards, etc. that’s called propoganda

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@BufflerRider @jcdav @Manhattva 100% correct. The only argument the pro gondola people seem to have is “it will have a nice view and attract more tourists!”

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva @ExerciseMachina Some of us love spending time in nature without a massive towering man made structure cutting through the landscape. You’ve fallen for the propaganda, I’ve spent years operating these things and most the claims the pro gondola people are making are completly false

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@Manhattva An overpriced eyesore that still shuts down in severe weather. Pretty wild for a conservative to want to spend a billion dollars in tax payer money for something that would only benefit a handful of private companies.

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@vegasstarfish @AlaskaAir Why do you hate fun?

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@HeartlandGuy @wdwpro1 Also the implication here is that woman can’t even be good guys and white people can’t ever be bad guys without a movie being woke. Judging a story on the identity politics and not the actual story is the exact same thing leftists do

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@HeartlandGuy @wdwpro1 You havnt even seen the movie, it quiet literally teaches the exact opposite of that

[Matt Williams @mattwill98]

@HeartlandGuy @wdwpro1 You’re literally playing the exact same game of identity politics that the left does.