noooooooooooo!

I specifically recall an earlier article citing that Mountain Valley Guides stated they had nothing planned that day that would conflict with the race. Also, as I recall, this is the same group of SKAT defectors that so prematurely announced the demise of SKAT some two years ago. Sounds like sour grapes to me. Very sad that 60+ participants have to pay the price for such pettiness.

I was present at the Village Board meeting when Kris came first talking about holding the race. She was asked if she had talked to Mountain Guides and she said "no". so it was suggested they talk and work out the details. Looks like either they didn't talk or they didn't work out the details. The Village Board should be helpful to business in the Village, yes, but not to favor one more than another.
Come on kids, talk to each other and work it out.

More importantly, it is unfortunate that the commercial interests of one group won over what could have been an event that could have attracted people to Cornwall and highlight the beauty of our community. In my humble opinion, it would have been honorable for the commercial group to yield to the greater community good in this charitable race.

To paraphrase Yoda, "Do or do not, there is no I'm right." Both of these companies have commercial interests, and neither of them owns the Hudson River. There is substantial bad blood between the two companies; the Mountain Guides people used to work for Seiz and didn't particularly enjoy it.

SKAT is trying to do an imaginative piece of marketing by sponsoring a kayak race, and charitable though it was meant to be, it's naive to characterize it as The SKAT Good Guys versus the money-grubbing, tour-running Mountain Valley people. They're both in -exactly- the same business, and there should be room for both of them in a river as big as we have.

Let's forget the he-said/she-said and, as Emily Thomas said, "talk to each other and work it out."

From the above article -
"Bill Garrison, Co-owner of Mountain Valley Guides said that his group supported the race, but had never been privy to any of the planning done by Seiz or the Bannerman Island Trust. "

WAS Mountain Valley Guides notified and included in planning of the use of the area for this event before hand?

If so it is disrespectful of them to cause a conflict. However, if not, which group is more important? I commend the effort for the race, but we need to be logical here. If they were not informed of what the plans were they could not plan for it. It is easy for everyone to comment on news reports, but very difficult for people to actually determine what the truth is behind the events that happen for the news reports. Charity is a wonderful thing, especially at home, but WAS it properly conveyed?

Why don't they work together and hold the race together? Would it kill them to do something that was good for everybody?