TELLURIDE — Chuck Horning was nowhere to be found.

It was 11 a.m. on April 1 and Telluride’s Town Council sat in its chambers in Rebekah Hall. The meeting agenda that day called for an hour-long update from Horning, the longtime owner of Telluride’s famed ski resort.

Telluride Ski & Golf is not just any other business in this remote southwestern Colorado town. The mountain represents the driving economic force of the entire region. Nearly every job, every resident in the area is affected by the decisions made by the ski company.

But Horning never showed up to give his update.

For the next hour, town officials and members of the public expressed deep-seated frustration with the erratic ski operator, lamenting a lack of accountability, follow-through and trust. A PowerPoint presenta

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