Entries Published On September, 2015
Park City Businesses Who Take Credit Cards Face Upcoming Liability Shift
Many of us are getting geared up for the winter season. If you are a local merchant, you probably are even making more preparations. However, as you are getting ready, don’t forget about the looming change that Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are dropping on your counter starting October 1. Beginning October 1, merchants who do not …
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 …
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.
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. …
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 …
Is the School Board Acting Like a Dictatorship?
A friend of the Park Rag emailed in reference to the idea that the Park City School District will move forward with rebuilding schools even if the public votes down the bond. The person described the district as a DICTATORSHIP and asked what I thought. I definitely think the term dictatorship is too strong and in …
Does Your Vote For Or Against the Park City School Bond Matter?
Over the weekend, I received a number of emails regarding an interview on KPCW on Friday. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher was interviewing Park City City Council member Tim Henney. Ms Thatcher asked Mr Henney about public comment received during Thursday’s meeting from citizen Bill Humbert. It appears Mr Humbert was concerned that Park City was participating with the School District in …
Another Awesome Autumn Aloft
I can’t say enough great things about Autumn Aloft, the balloon-fest that was resurrected last year near Treasure Mountain Junior High. This year’s event took place this past weekend, and it appears even more people attended this year’s event than last year. It’s a great, family friendly way to spend a weekend morning during the fall. …
Should Park City and Summit County Hire a “Mountain Accord Czar”
Many of you suspect I’m probably a tea party republican hiding out on the outskirts of Park City. To be truthful, I’m more of a middle of the road sort of guy. On the right you may call me a Moderate Republican. On the left you might call be a Blue Dog Democrat. Either way, …
Mountain Accord… It Only Seems to Gets Worse
I have often thought of this quote from the movie The Godfather when thinking about Mountain Accord and the people involved. Mountain Accord is a “process” by which leaders from across the region are officially working together to “preserve the Wasatch” but in reality each “partner” has different motives. Some groups cooperate because they think there will be …
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