Entries Published On February, 2016
Should Community Opinion Matter to the Park City School Board?
What is the role of the Park City School Board? I hadn’t really considered the question until a Park Rag commenter mentioned the subject. Even then, I guess I thought it was one of those questions that gets brought up now and then but is more hypothetical… until…. I received an email exchange between a …
Teen Gathering Spot Makes Sense
In today’s Park Record, citizen Melissa Band wrote a letter entitled, Kids need a place to call their own. Essentially, Ms. Band is calling for a location where teenagers could hang out in a safe place. It frankly makes a lot of sense. For twenty years, the knock on Park City kids, from outsiders, has …
Park City School Board Has Likely Violated Open Meeting Laws
On February 9th, Sheila Page from the Utah State Attorney General’s Office met with the Park City School Board. She provided training on the Utah Open Meetings Act. During the meeting, Ms. Page told the school board “that looking at the meeting agenda, you are not properly going into closed session.” A closed session …
The Greatest Skiing Video in Existence?
We’re definitely on the back half of the ski season. Yet, if the video below doesn’t get your juices flowing, I don’t know what will. Candide Thovex skiing in Val Blanc, France, not only films a great adventure but also jumps a helicopter, steals a horse, skis through a truck, and breaks down a barn window… …
Showerthought: Now that the Park Avenue Starbucks Will Be Serving Beer and Wine…
This morning I heard that the Park Avenue Starbucks will start selling wine and beer and wondered what that meant for our other local coffee shops. Would they try to follow suit? It’s not a cheap or easy task… as you have to apply for a liquor license, have 70% of sales be from food …
Park City 5.6 Degrees Warmer Than Average in 2015
According to the New York Times and Accuweather, Park City was over five degrees warmer than average in 2015. We also had 36 inches less precipitation than normal during the year. Let’s hope 2016 returns to normal.
Should We Take a Pound of Flesh from the School Board?
You may have heard that last November, the $56 million Park City School District bond failed. Six months on, it is probably fair to say that it failed due to a lack of specifics, a lack of trust, and perhaps an overreach. It was a big failure. People in Park City are willing to spend …
Complaints About Hyatt on 224 Are Growing
Over the past month we have been hearing more complaints about the new Hyatt on 224. Those complaints seem to be mostly about light pollution but also a little about noise. I remember the Summit County Council meeting where this hotel was first proposed. The land was zoned for office space and a restaurant. The …
Tracking People Running For Election… and Their Promises
With the deadline for submitting names for the November election just under a month away, we thought it may be a good idea to keep track of who was running for what, what their goals are, and election promises they make. Thankfully Phil Kaplan just happened to assist our efforts by announcing he was running …
C’mon Park Record, We NEED You to Be Better
The Park Record does a good job of reporting what goes on around Park City. Having met many of Park Record reporters over the years, they are genuine and good people. I am also fondly aware of the fact that there isn’t always a lot to report here in Eden and understand that it must …
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