Maine ski ticket cost $6,000

By Ted Cohen/The Maine Wire

Skiing at Sugarloaf just cost a Massachusetts public worker $6,000.

Talk about an expensive lift ticket…

Scott Callahan, a foreman for the Auburn, Massachusetts Water District, violated conflict-of-interest laws by accepting freebie ski trips to Maine from a company that sells water meters to the town, authorities said.

The Massachusetts Ethics Commission ordered Callahan to pay $6,000 in civil penalties for going on ski junkets that the meter manufacturer paid for.

In his own defense, Callahan said the trips were all above board.

“They were described to me as opportunities to connect with others in the water industry and nothing more,” he said.