Matt Williams

@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

@ExerciseMachina @mattwill98 Ok. $30 round trip. X 24,000 round trips per day. 275 days per year including summer and fall. $200,000,000 a year of revenue. $1,000,000,000 every 5 years.

A gondola would never have these problems. People can be as mad as they want at me for saying it though.

@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 :)

@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. -

@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.

@ExerciseMachina @mattwill98 Wut?

@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 👍🏻

@mattwill98 @ExerciseMachina Average people don’t attend those meetings. Only people with extreme feelings on topics.

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

@mattwill98 @ExerciseMachina Most normal people would gladly pay $10 to ride the gondola than pay $2.50 for the bus.

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.

@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

@mattwill98 @ExerciseMachina Utah generates a billion dollars every 36 months in tax revenue from the ski resorts. Infrastructure is actually an appropriate use of public funds. There is a massive problem of access to the canyons with no great solutions. This is appropriate.

@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.

@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.

@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

@mattwill98 @ExerciseMachina Ah yes. The powerful gondola lobby and propaganda. I must deny reality and join with the radical leftists instead. 😂😂😂

@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!”

Cost, parking, construction impact... LCC is steep and very narrow. BCC is long. It's like 18 miles from the mouth of the BCC to the resorts. Plus, there's private property to deal with. A robust shuttle system would be an improvement over the clown show it is now on snowy days.

@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

@ExerciseMachina You’ve been programmed.

@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.

@vegasstarfish @AlaskaAir Why do you hate fun?

Employees of @AlaskaAir are having snowball fights, meanwhile we’ve been on the tarmac at SEA for over four hours. Pilot says there is no one available to open the gate but we may get “lucky” after the next “shift change”. We missed our connecting flight to Tokyo as a result.

@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

@mattwill98 @wdwpro1 Its not because they are in it. Its because of how the sexes and races are framed. Women and POCs? GOOD GUYS! SMART! PRESTIGIOUS! White males? THE BAD GUY. This is very intentional. Come on man....

$40m would be horrific for Pixar.

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

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

Let's see: trailer opens with 2 university professors (both POC women by the way). Asian female runs in letting us know she is the lead in the story. First song that plays in the trailer is a rap song. We then see a third scientist. Black man. Then preachy message about humans are bad, and only take animals land. Then we see the main villain....an arrogant WHITE MAN. I mean.....could it all be any more obvious?