Morning Read: Tupper mayor’s race focuses on resort
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting that Franklin County legislator Paul Maroun is running for village mayor in Tupper Lake. His big issue: The Adirondack Club and Resort.
“I’m 110 percent in favor of the Adirondack Club and Resort project. I’m not certain that the current administration feels that way,” Maroun said.
“I think that it’s the most important thing that’s happened to Tupper Lake since the Sunmount VA hospital in the ’20s.
Last month, North Country Public Radio reported on financial concerns about the project and its viability. Hearings are still underway at the Adirondack Park Agency looking at those and other questions.
Maroun says he feels that those questions have been answered and he blasted current village Mayor Mickey Desmarais for hiring a consultant, the Hudson Group, which has also raised questions about the project.
Regarding the Hudson Group, Desmarais said the consultants are well-known and respected. He said they’re not biased against the project; they’re just looking at the facts and are being paid to raise questions about the project to make sure everything is considered.
“We told them we want to make it work, but if there’s anything we’re not aware of, the people, the community, needs to know that,” Desmarais said. “If asking a question makes someone uncomfortable, what does that tell you?”
The election will be held in November. Read Jessica Collier’s full article here.
