Entries Published On September, 2015
Would a Brewery Start the Boyer Tech Park on the Road to Success?
Headphones, skiing, and a developer. What do they have in common? A brewery. As you may know, the Boyer Technology Park (across from Redstone on 224) is a controversial topic. It started out as a pretty good idea; bring high paying technology jobs to Park City. Yet, it has failed to deliver on that promise. …
A Reader Provides a Reason to Vote for the Park City School Bond
Yesterday I wrote an article titled Do You Want to Pay for New Park City Schools for 3 Years, 5 Years, or for 20 Years? It attempted to lay out the case for why citizens may opt to vote down a school bond and pay for rebuilding schools in installments of 3 or 5 years. Reader, Dave, …
If We Vote Down the Park City School Bond, Do We Essentially Get Two Schools for Free?
You may have heard the school district wants to float a bond for rebuilding our schools. The bond is for $56 million and would be paid over 20 years. This bond is up for vote on November 3rd. One of the reasons touted for doing the bond is an affordable interest rate. When a municipality issues …
Do You Want to Pay for New Park City Schools for 3 Years, 5 Years, or for 20 Years?
Let’s say you were a TV dad from the 1980’s or 1990’s — let’s say you were Bill Cosby that guy from Growing Pains (Alan Thicke). Your college aged daughter wanted to buy a TV for her dorm room and she came to you asking for your advice on how to buy it. What would you …
Vail Reports Earnings and What it Says About Park City
On Monday, Vail Resorts reported a loss of $70 million in the last quarter of its 2015 Fiscal year. The loss was more than stock analysts expected and the stock dropped 4% in Monday trading. However, its revenues surged 20% to over $162 million during the quarter. In looking historically at the financials, a 4th …
Is the School District Educating or Bullying? People Likely See It Differently.
This weekend’s Park Record had a guest editorial calling out resident Bill Humbert for remarks made to the Park City Council. According to a previous Park Record article, during Public Comment Mr Humbert said he overheard a conversation between a city council person and a school board member regarding the upcoming $56 million bond. Mr Humbert …
What Exactly Is the Role of Mountain Accord?
I received an email over the weekend, touting Mountain Accord’s involvement in funding a trails project at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. When I first read the email, I thought, “Well, at least some good is coming out of the Mountain Accord.” Yet a question kept nagging at me. Is this what we expect the …
The Super Market Scam That You Should Be Aware of
I was in Walmart on Sunday morning and saw something that may happen often but I’d never been aware of it. There was a man standing by the strawberries opening a number of tubs. I thought may be he was just inspecting them, trying to find the best batch. Then I thought maybe he was a …
Mountain Accord As a Political Issue
Remember the Mountain Accord? It was that crazy plan that was going to build a tunnel from Brighton to PCMR in order to enable light rail up Little Cottonwood Canyon to Park City. Over 400 people showed up at Park City High to provide their opinion on Mountain Accord and the tunnel. Most of it …
You Don’t See This Every Day …
A reader emailed this picture of the General Lee UDOT cruising the streets of the Snyderville Basin this morning. I suppose you have to admire this driver’s creativity, and as a fan of the Dukes of Hazzard, I have to give the obligatory golf clap. Yet, slapping a confederate flag on the back of a state of …
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