Well they are legally not allowed to, which i agree makes no sense, unless you are a borderline extremist environmental non-profit whose explicit mission is to keep everyone out of national parks so that they may be better preserved... They are literally trying to accomplish this mission by denying the reversal of…

Actually, A lot of the reason they cannot do major renovations is that the NPS has been slow to authorize them, due to a pending injunction by the Wilderness Fund, which halts all building/renovations in the park, except those that are either cosmetic, or necessary for public safety. The WF is literally trying to run…

Actually, 54 USC 101913: Award of concession contracts Explicitly states that Congress does not have the power to override/overrule the Secretary in matters of awarding contracts... So while Congress could pass a law to give them more of a say, right now the Secretary is virtually free of oversight in the matter, save…

No, actually they were forced to buy the property rights... It is a requirement of many government-issued contracts that TMs should be registered by the concessionaire, because the NPS does not want to pay the cost/legal fees of registering... Hopefuly that will change now

The NPS refused independent arbitration to determine fair market value, which is pretty much the only way to figure out fair market value... Even If you think DNC’s price was high, the NPS figures are insultingly low, lower even than when DNC bought them from YPCC in the 90's... both parties are at fault here

1) Delaware North does not, nor have they ever, operated in Delaware (seriously did you do any actual research on the company)