Entries Published On November, 2015
PSA: Be Aware of Your Shipping Options This Holiday Season
A friend contacted us yesterday with a warning: understand your shipping options or be prepared to be ripped off. It seems she was trying to ship children’s clothes that no longer fit across the country to a relative. She took her box to the post office in Kimball Junction and told the worker that she …
The Fight For Our Moose
If you’ve lived in the area for even a short period, there is likely one wild animal you’ve seen roaming our hills. The majestic moose. These giant creatures, for the most part, only cause harm to our trees. Due to their size and the fact that they are indeed wild animals, they do occasionally hurt people …
The School Board Needs a Reboot (not a script rewrite). They Need to Pull It Apart and Put it Back Together.
When a TV series or movie is being resurrected from the dead like Battlestar Galactica or Dallas, there are generally two options. You can start it fresh with new ideas and out of the box thinking or you can simply tinker with the script. The cheap way out is the latter option, but the more …
What the School Bond Vote Can Teach Us
We, held the day In the palm Of our hands They, ruled the night And the night Seemed to last As long as six weeks… – Goodnight Saigon, Billy Joel One of the ways the Park City School Board failed in their attempt to pass a bond was in communication. This failure wasn’t due to lack …
Why You May Want to Consider the Park Record E-Edition
A couple of months ago I wrote about blocking ads using an iPhone and ad blocking’s impact on the Park Record. Since that time, I have been using iPhone ad blocking software and it makes the experience of browsing the Park Record on a mobile phone much better. At the time, I mentioned subscribing to the Park …
The Rise of the Citizen (Again)
Things are changing around Park City and the citizen is at its heart. Across the city and basin, citizen groups are popping up. Citizens for Better Education successfully challenged the school board’s bond. Save People Save Wildlife is a Facebook community dedicated to getting wildlife fencing throughout the city. A resident from Jeremy Ranch, Alex Brown, has …
This Has to Be Said
Sometimes you choose to write because you are excited about a topic and want to scream about it at the top of your lungs. This isn’t one of those times… We are now a few days out from our School Bond Election. The public voted and the bond was rejected. Yet, what were we voting for? What were we …
4 Reasons Why the Park City School Bond Failed
When the tale of the 2015 Park City School Bond is finally written, the conclusions may be different. However, sitting here on the morning after the stunning defeat of the Park City School Bond, there are at least four reasons why the bond failed. 1. School Board Plans Were Not Specific Enough When the public is asked to …
Park City School Bond Defeated 61% to 39%
In a somewhat surprising outcome, the Park City $56 million school bond was voted down by residents. Of the 4945 voters, 3001 voted against the bond and 1944 voted for it.
Shower Thought of the Day …
Is it too much home field advantage for 3 of the 5 voting locations, for today’s school bond election, to be at schools? 🙂
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