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“The Town,” the Rise, Fall, & Redevelopment of Mammoth Lakes, CA | Part IV “The Reckoning”

“Scheezus Christ.  Fuck.  Somebody should get their asses kicked.  Some should get beat up.  Somebody should get shot for what they’ve done to our community.” – Steve Searles, Mammoth Lakes Wildlife Officer – “The Bear Whisperer” Part IV of Powder Magazine’s “The Town” shows just how badly Mammoth Lakes gets screwed in the end.  They owe $48 million plus interest to […]

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“The Town,” the Rise, Fall, & Redevelopment of Mammoth Lakes, CA | Part III “The Fall”

“We’re blessed to live in the United States of America. It’s one of the greatest places on Earth. And of all the United States, we live in California, one of the neatest places that there could be in the States. And of all the places in California, we live in Mammoth Lakes. What people all over the world eveyrday pray for and wish to God they had more of, we have in abundance. And…and we shit the bed, man…” – Steve Searles, Mammoth Lakes Wildlife Officer – “The Bear Whisperer” […]

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“The Town,” the Rise, Fall, & Redevelopment of Mammoth Lakes, CA | Part II, “The Mistakes” | by Powder Magazine

(to navigate to Part II, simply click on the ‘down arrow’ in the upper right corner after you click ‘play’) Part II, “The Mistakes […]

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“The Town,” The Rise, Fall, & Redevelopment of Mammoth Lakes | Powder Magazine

THE TOWN RECKONING AT MAMMOTH LAKES In July 2012, Mammoth Lakes, California declared bankruptcy. After disputing with a developer for nearly a dozen years, the town faced a judgment nearly three times its annual budget. The mood of the ski resort, a town of 8,000 tucked in an isolated patch of the Eastern Sierra, was darkened and anxious as reality […]

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