Park City School Board Skews the Numbers to Support Their Position

Quick quiz. How much bigger is 2% than 1.1%? It’s 81% bigger (thank you HP 12C calculator). Why does 81% matter? Potentially it’s confirmation bias and reflects skewing of numbers by the Park City School Board to support their position. I was reviewing slides from last night’s Park City School District Board meeting related to capital needs …

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Danger Park City Main Street…Danger

Reuters is reporting that the 2015 holiday season could be the weakest since the recession started in 2009: The truth is that you never know. A healthy dose of El Nino snow could change everything, but as of right now, the default forecast doesn’t look good for the holidays.  

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Coming to a Mailbox Near You …

Part of the requirements of any local bond offering is to provide language, in favor of the bond offering, that will be sent to voters. This year, Park City School District is placing a bond on the ballot for $56 million to renovate and rebuild schools. Therefore they had to submit language for the postcard. …

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Provide Public Comment on Toll Canyon Management Plan

I will file this one under Gone But Not Forgotten. The leaders of the group CAGE (a group that fought for the environment around Park City for many years) reached out from their residence in Portland to make sure we were aware of developments related to Toll Canyon. Their thoughtful letter is worth a read: Hello …

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