Having read Bill Hudson’s twelve-part series on the proposed purchase of the Mountain Crossing tract east of town as a location for “work-force housing”, and his recitation of the history of the west-end Aspen Village property, a nagging question lingers in my suspicious mind.
Why would the powers-that-be spend a lot of money essentially re-inventing the wheel — by which I mean, starting from scratch (roads, utilities, etc.) at Mountain Crossing — when those things are already in place at Aspen Village? It seems to make no business sense whatsoever.
So either buying property at Mountain Crossing is some sort of sweetheart deal for the subdivision owners, or the motive is even older than simply feeding at the government pork barrel. Could it be that the aristokrates on the affluent west side of town, where Aspen Village is located, prefer that the helots (serfs) live at the other end of town (across the tracks so to speak) in Mountain Crossing near the asphalt plant?
Is the answer to Bill Hudson’s inquiry, about why Mountain Crossing instead of Aspen Village, as simple as old-fashioned snobbery?
Hey… if it walks like a duck….
Gary Beatty
Aspen Springs (by way of Florida)
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