Category Archive For "Mountain Accord"
Is Mountain Accord’s Plan for a Train Built for A Different Kind of People?
Sometimes you want something so badly that you ignore reality in order to fool yourself into thinking that it will work. We’ve learned more about trains in the last few weeks than we ever thought we would (and 6 of my uncles used to drive/ride trains for Union Pacific). We’ve learned that it likely won’t be high …
Mountain Accord Debate Live Online This Wednesday @ 5PM
Want to learn more about Mountain Accord but you haven’t been able to make the meetings? This Wednesday, four key parties will he having a discussion online about the Accord. It’s billed as a debate, so we hope some hard questions are asked and answered during the meeting. The participants include: Laynee Jones, Mountain Accord …
Representative Kraig Powell Would Like Your Input on Mountain Accord
On Friday we had written about Utah Representative Kraig Powell’s response to a question on Mountain Accord from KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher . We had written that we felt Representative Powell should take into account his constituents’ opinions when deciding to vote for or against appropriating more money for Mountain Accord. Representative Powell was kind enough to …
PCMR is 1850 Feet Below Brighton… How Does That Impact the Mountain Accord’s Plan for Trains?
One thousand eight hundred fifty feet is over a third of a mile. It’s also the elevation difference between Brighton and the base of PCMR. After writing our last article about the time a cog rack train would take to get up Little Cottonwood Canyon, a concerned citizen enlightened us on a factor we had …
Is Summit County Representative Kraig Powell Out of Touch on Mountain Accord?
This morning on KPCW, Utah Representative Kraig Powell was interviewed by Leslie Thatcher on a number of topics. However, what caught our attention was a response near the end of the interview about Mountain Accord. Leslie Thatcher: Apparently there is a bill or it is part of the appropriations bill that would fund Mountain Accord up to $5 …
Would You Ride Rail From Park City to Snowbird?
We went skiing today at Snowbird, in Little Cottonwood Canyon. As we were driving down I-80, we commented that it may be nice to just hop on a train at PCMR and ride it over to Snowbird. Our friend said, “you mean drive through traffic into town, go to PCMR, find the parking lot full, …
Park Record Editorial on Mountain Accord Is Misguided
In Saturday’s Park Record, the editorial staff say that “abandoning the Mountain Accord would be an unpardonable mistake.” So what they are saying is that our leaders could never be forgiven if they sit out the Mountain Accord. Those are strong words, so let’s see what their justification is: Our watersheds, moose, eagles, and playgrounds are …
The Myth of Public Input
Often times you’ll be in a city, county, or school district meeting and you’ll hear our leaders say “how important” it is to get public input. We most recently heard this in a School Board Master Planning Committee meeting. The Park City School District is likely proposing realigning grades, building a new Treasure Mountain School, and issuing a bond …
Is Summit County’s Chris Robinson Playing Chess While the Rest of Us Are Playing Checkers with Mountain Accord?
During Wednesday’s Summit County Council meeting, council members Chris Robinson and Claudia McMullin were having a heated debate over whether there should be a connection between the Cottonwood Canyons and Park City as part of Mountain Accord. McMullin argued there was “no way in hell” that it should be allowed while Robinson asked something to the effect …
Is the Utah State Legislature Unaware of How Much They Are Spending on Mountain Accord?
During Wednesday’s Summit County Council meeting, council member Dave Ure said he would be surprised if more than a handful of Utah State Legislators knew what was being spent by them on the Mountain Accord. Mr. Ure, having been in the Legislature, probably knows better than most what is being paid attention to. It also appears …
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