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 Controversy Section 

I just cut the following from the page, since it seems outdated and the citation is dead. It's posted here for archiving purposes... ""For the last 8 years, the exhausting review of Dean Gitter's proposed Belleayre Resort has overshadowed the future of the entire area. This controversial golf-ski-hotel-timeshare-shopping mall-real estate project has drawn intense opposition from local residents on environmental, economic and legal grounds. Last year, Governor Eliot Spitzer brokered back-door public/private negotiations offering up to $75 million in taxpayer money to expand the state run ski area to benefit the resort. State budget shortfalls make this increasingly unlikely to happen. A second round of Public hearings will be scheduled soon, giving skiers and residents an opportunity to participate in the SEQRAState Environmental Quality Review Act review process."""