Entries Published On June, 2015
Do Our Local Governments Approach Housing With too Broad of a Brush?
This morning I read a Wall Street Journal Article entitled, New Housing Crisis Looms as Fewer Renters Can Afford to Own. The author’s main point is that “Last decade’s housing crisis has given way to a new one in which many families lack the incomes or savings needed to buy homes, creating a surge of renters and a …
Vail Earnings to Be Released Monday
With Vail now being such a large part of our community, you may want to listen to Monday’s company earnings call. Last quarter I learned that Vail does not actually forecast the number of visitors to its resorts. It forecasts the money made. So when Vail told Park City and Summit that they didn’t know …
More on Blyncsy And Privacy
Related to a previous piece on cell phone monitoring for traffic, a reader asked for a picture of the Blyncsy sensor (the device tracking your cell phone) and where they were located. I have put those at the bottom of this post. I’m glad there is some interest on this topic. Given that, I think …
Is Your Privacy Dead? An Interview with Blyncsy’s CEO.
You may remember an earlier post on Blyncsy, the company that has installed cell phone sensors around Park City in order to help monitor traffic. I raised privacy concerns over the capture of cell phone signals and had the chance to chat with Mark Pittman, the CEO of Blyncsy today about those concerns. I was able …
“Somebody Must Want It”
On Wednesday, County Deputy Attorney Dave Thomas provided an overview of how the Mountain Accord came into being, shifted its organizational structure, and major decisions it made. In some ways I felt like I was watching the trial of a mafia family… and I say that in a good way. The topic of the connection …
Is the Mountain Accord Legally Binding?
Yesterday’s Summit County Council meeting on the Mountain Accord presented a number of interesting angles on the Accord. I’m going to try to cover a few of those today. Perhaps the most interesting, and overarching, was the discussion over whether the Mountain Accord process is legally binding. “Legally binding” can take many forms but a …
You May Want To Put June 17 on Your Calendar
If you have concerns over development in the Snyderville Basin, you may want to attend a County Council meeting at the Kimball Junction Library on June 17th at 6PM. They are holding a public hearing to get citizens’ input on what we want the Basin to look like, how we feel about open space, whether …
Today’s County Council’s Mountain Accord Discussion
Today the County Council discussed the Mountain Accord and specifically how they want to participate in the program. It was a very interesting discussions that brought up a number of topics I hadnt heard before. The discussion is below:
Park City May Begin Monitoring Your Cell Phone Signals Soon. Do You have Questions About Your Privacy You’d like to Ask the Monitoring Company?
During last week’s City Council meeting, we learned Park City Municipal had engaged a company called Blyncsy in a pilot to monitor cell phone signals from drivers. According to the city, these cell phone signals will be used to “better understand how our population, employee base, and visitors flow throughout town.” My concern is how …
The Little School House That Couldn’t
As part of the new development that is going on at Silver Creek (the 1200 units being put in by Home Depot), the developer was required to build a school. At face value, that sounds like a good deal and probably made sense in someone’s mind when the agreement was being made. I can hear …
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