Change is hard to digest

This weekend, the editorial of the Park Record, Park City's own newspaper, was lamenting about the departure of Deer Valley's general manager Bob Wheaton and all the uncertainty his departure was creating.

Well, Park City resorts were always run by conservative companies that didn't want to push the envelope or innovate much, until Vail Resorts entered the scene as it purchased Park City Mountain a few years ago.

Add to this the fact that the now aging “Baby Boomer” were at the helm of Park City's renaissance from a dying mining town into a fast developing ski resort and it's now time for that generation that feel so “special” and irreplaceable to make room for the younger ones.

Yet, this change seems to create much pain and reluctance from those who, until now, were running the show. My old contemporaries aren't the fair players they ought to be as they still believe they're the best and are entitled to lasting forever.

Get a life, baby boomers, embrace change and please pass the baton!