{"id":4235,"date":"2011-05-12T07:36:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T11:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4235"},"modified":"2011-06-13T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T19:45:47","slug":"morning-read-tupper-mayors-race-focuses-on-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/05\/12\/morning-read-tupper-mayors-race-focuses-on-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Tupper mayor’s race focuses on resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a> is reporting that Franklin County legislator Paul Maroun is running for village mayor in Tupper Lake.\u00a0 His big issue:\u00a0 The Adirondack Club and Resort.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“I think that it’s the most important thing that’s happened to Tupper Lake since the Sunmount VA hospital in the ’20s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last month, North Country Public Radio reported on financial concerns about the project and its viability<\/a>.\u00a0 Hearings are still underway at the Adirondack Park Agency looking at those and other questions.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The election will be held in November.\u00a0 Read Jessica Collier’s full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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