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That about sums up Park City’s Snow Day
Note: The fact that the Park Rag screws up language all the time is not lost on us. However, we just couldn’t resist.
Be careful if you brand your car and drive like a jerk
One of the trends around Park City is branding your car. You’ve probably seen the cars around town with decals plastered across the car, magnetic signs on the doors, or signs in windows. They may be advertising their property management company, their coffee shop, their landscaping company, or any of a hundred different businesses. However, …
Park City School Closures
We’ve received a few emails and comments on the school district closing school today. As is typical, we don’t really get the comments praising the school district for bowing to the snow gods (we’re sure many parents are happy to go skiing with their kids). However, we did get a few emails from parents who were upset …
Should Summit County help accelerate growth at the Canyons?
A fundamental question we face as a community is how much growth we want. We know that more growth is coming, not only from our own existing entitlements, but from Wasatch County. Now, it seems we have another question to answer: Do we want to accelerate growth? This Wednesday the Summit County Council will discuss creating a …
Could Park City and Summit County do more to keep our air clean?
Most people agree that idling vehicles are bad for our community. Every year, it seems, the Park Record comes out with an article about Park City upping enforcement of anti-idling laws. Currently Park City and Summit County have laws that say you can’t idle for more than one minute. It used to be three minutes, but …
A reminder why to put the safety bar down on the lift
Yesterday in Colorado, a mother and her two daughters fell from a ski lift at a small resort in Colorado. The 20 foot fall into snow killed the mother and seriously injured her 9 and 12 year old daughters. While the official cause of the fall has not been released, witnesses of the accident said the …
Would a few signs on Highway 248 lower Park City’s collective blood pressure and make traffic more efficient?
This morning I drove Highway 248 to get to Deer Valley. As usual, traffic had backed up and the road rage was starting. What’s the problem? The merge from two lanes to one lane right before the narrows going into Park City. You had some people getting in the left lane way before the merge. You …
Did the restaurant you are going to tonight in Park City have any health inspection issues?
A few years ago, we used to make a trip to the Summit County Health Department to review paper restaurant inspections. About a year ago, the health department began putting inspections online. We view it as a great service provided by the county. Having watched our share of Kitchen Nightmares, we know that running a …
How much do Park City teachers and administrators make?
In an earlier story. We had made a comment that $82,000 could pay for two Park City teachers. A reader commented that it was more like one teacher, due to benefits. We weren’t really sure what Park City School District personnel made, so we checked out Utah’s Right to Know website, which shows government employee …
Amazon charging tax in Utah as of January 1st
PSA… If you are going to buy something big from Amazon, you may want to consider buying it before the beginning of next year. According to Fox 13, Amazon will begin charging sales tax in Utah as of January 1. While legally, residents were supposed to pay this tax independently, this change forces the tax …
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