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Who We Wish We Were … Versus Who We Really Are
An interesting debate took place at Wednesday’s Summit County Council Meeting. The topic discussed was whether to help Basin Rec fund a tunnel or bridge across Highway 224 near Sun Peak. On one side you had Basin Rec, the County’s new Transportation Planning Director, and Council Chairperson Kim Carson. They seemed to show vocal support for a …
2500 Accounts From Park City are in the Ashley Madison List
You may have heard of Ashley Madison, the website which helps arrange extramarital affairs.. They were recently hacked and 30 million accounts were exposed by a group of hackers that are still at large. As you can imagine, this is a big deal because it deals with infidelity — and lots of it. Lest you …
How Many of Our “Traffic Problems” Are Really Design Issues?
Suppose you were Apple and had just released the newest iPhone. Let’s also suppose that the round button at the bottom worked about 99% of the time. You’d usually press it, and it would bring up Siri or the lock screen (as expected). Yet, sometimes if you pressed it, it would do nothing at all. Or …
Park City Area is the Richest “Small Town” in America
Bloomberg created an index that judges the richest small towns in America and Summit, Utah came out on top. We beat out areas like Jackson Hole, Steamboat, and Martha’s Vineyard. The index is based on geographic regions with between 10,000 and 50,000 people, the share of households making more than $200,000 or more, median home …
How Does the Stock Market Relate to The Success of the School Bond?
I had a couple of questions from readers on why I believe the stock market relates to the likelihood the Park City school bond will pass. Here is why I think it may be one of the biggest factors in this year’s election: Yesterday the stock market (i.e., the S&P 500) lost about 2% of …
What if …
What if the haze from forest fires becomes the rule instead of the exception. I miss the blue skies and the view.
If The School Board Really Wants Their $56 MM Bond to Pass …
If The School Board Really Wants Their $56 MM Bond to Pass… They Better Hope This Thing Turns Around in the Next Couple of Months. Oh and we can’t forget this…
What is Wrong With the Park Record’s Editorial on the School District Bond
In Saturday’s Park Record, the Editorial Staff expounded on the Park City School District’s desire to create a $56 million bond for upgrades to its facilities. It was a good editorial that explained history of school bonds in Park City, what a bond would cost an average Park City taxpayer, and what the School District wanted …
Vail is Spending $50 Million This Off-Season and it is …
You probably heard that Vail is investing $50 million in Canyons PCMR Park City Mountain Resort this off-season. I know, it sounds great. It’s like community service — they are doing this for the people of Park City. It’s like a big funnel being put over Park City’s mouth, and Vail pouring the juice in. MMMM. …
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