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Monday, December 26, 2005
Set the agenda for 2006
What do you think should be the top priorities in 2006 - for your neighborhood, your town, your county, your country? Tell us what you think is most important to make our world a better place.
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I'm sure there will be some very thoughtful responses to this post...my response will be off the top of my head, so take it for what it's worth.
I'd like to see Francis and Kamas get some more commercial, retail activity. There are a lot of folks living here, but not a lot of local buying.
I'd like to find out what the heck is going on at the intersection of Brown's Canyon Road and 248. It seems that those folks are trying to move a mountain on the south side.
I'd like to see some meaningful changes to the traffic problems in the Junction, before the end of the year. I want to know why building a high school in the Basin is not a huge priority for those living there.
I'd like to see Walmart remodel that dump of a store and replace it with a real Super WalMart (in the same spot).
I'd like Chief Evans to consider, one last time, getting rid of those incredibly ugly french blue police uniform shirts, because despite the fact that they match his eyes, they still look like complete sh*t. Grow up, Chief, I'm sure Frank won't mind if you finally change his stupid shirts.
I hope the State will consider getting Utah out of the bottom 3 states or whatever in school spending this year. I'd rather be in the top three. Tax me...I don't mind if it's for schools.
At the rate kids are getting lost in the Uinta's, isn't it about time that the US Forest Service actually put some people and resources up there? Those boys need to find a few of THEIR helicopters sitting around in storage across the country and park them at Bear River Service by spring, Summit Search & Rescue folks are going to need them.
Lastly, President Bush, would you please oh please consider getting our boys and girls the hell out of Iraq? Let's take the first two months of 2006 and find the enemy, destroy the enemy by any means necessary, on as wide a scale as needed, with as few US and allied casualties as possible, and then pick up our toys and go. Forget the infrastructure, forget the people, forget democracy. Their democracy is not worth one US life. You say you are worried that if Iraq is left in a shambles, they may be a problem for us in the future, but I'd prefer we keep all this money and spank them again if needed, down the road. It is beyond me how you or anyone else can think that it's a good idea for our tax dollars to "rebuild" Iraq or anywhere else when one considers the filthy, squalid, subhuman conditions that so many Americans live in, right here at home. Every one of our people, no matter where they are, should have a warm, clean place to live and raise children LONG before we every spend a cent on people who don't pay US taxes.
Lastly, although world peace would be nice, I'll take a 2006 without the first suicide bomber incident on US soil...but I am not counting on it.
The top priorities for 2006 at all levels should be honesty. National leaders should be honest on the war in Iraq and the state of the economy. State leaders should let us know where we stand with taxes and education spending. Most importantly, local leaders should be honest on why they are embroiled in litigation and controversy -- development, personnel, water, criminal conduct -- and how they are going to resolve these issues not only for the currently pending suits, but to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.
Fire Blair Feulner and his lapdog board of directors and turn KPCW over to the community under new, truly representative management. The IRS will probably revoke the charitable status of the corporate entity that owns KPCW, but Blair could show some class for once by turning the station over to the community before that happens.
I hardly consider myself an unabashed supporter of the local press -- neither KPCW nor The Park Record seems able to really critique the local government. I guess if you bite the hand that feeds (either in the form of interview fodder or advertising revenue) the news business goes down the tube.
However, I see no problem with Blair Fuelner's and the current board of director's management of the parent of KPCW. Clearly Blair is receiving adequate compensation for his efforts in running KPCW and KCPW -- read that correct, two stations. The general quality of the stations is very high and some of the guests and interviews are incredible given the small market (neither Park City nor Salt Lake City qualify for any significant market size compared to New York Metro, Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay Area).
Finally, what exactly would be the so called "representative management" and "community" ownership? Should it be the Park City elitists? Perhaps Summit County needs another business enterprise? Maybe Jim Doilney can take over?
I read with interest the editorial suggesting that Park City and Summit County seek to become "Top 10" in their respective categories. One can hope.
Then again, one can be realistic and acknowledge that to excel, an entity (and yes, Park City and Summit County each are entities) must take some very basic steps:
Self analysis -- who are we and what are we doing?
Acknowledge fault and responsibility -- are we responsible for the problems that we have (or are they really all the fault of someone else)?
Determine the steps necessary to cure the deficiencies -- can we accept the consequences of our actions (whether committed by the current governing board or the some past board)?
Take action to fix -- are we strong enough to do what it takes (or do we wait until our term expires and leave the problem to the next guy/gal)?
My view of the current county government is that they cannon meet the task. Thus, top ten percent is a very distant dream.
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6 comments:
I'm sure there will be some very thoughtful responses to this post...my response will be off the top of my head, so take it for what it's worth.
I'd like to see Francis and Kamas get some more commercial, retail activity. There are a lot of folks living here, but not a lot of local buying.
I'd like to find out what the heck is going on at the intersection of Brown's Canyon Road and 248. It seems that those folks are trying to move a mountain on the south side.
I'd like to see some meaningful changes to the traffic problems in the Junction, before the end of the year. I want to know why building a high school in the Basin is not a huge priority for those living there.
I'd like to see Walmart remodel that dump of a store and replace it with a real Super WalMart (in the same spot).
I'd like Chief Evans to consider, one last time, getting rid of those incredibly ugly french blue police uniform shirts, because despite the fact that they match his eyes, they still look like complete sh*t. Grow up, Chief, I'm sure Frank won't mind if you finally change his stupid shirts.
I hope the State will consider getting Utah out of the bottom 3 states or whatever in school spending this year. I'd rather be in the top three. Tax me...I don't mind if it's for schools.
At the rate kids are getting lost in the Uinta's, isn't it about time that the US Forest Service actually put some people and resources up there? Those boys need to find a few of THEIR helicopters sitting around in storage across the country and park them at Bear River Service by spring, Summit Search & Rescue folks are going to need them.
Lastly, President Bush, would you please oh please consider getting our boys and girls the hell out of Iraq? Let's take the first two months of 2006 and find the enemy, destroy the enemy by any means necessary, on as wide a scale as needed, with as few US and allied casualties as possible, and then pick up our toys and go. Forget the infrastructure, forget the people, forget democracy. Their democracy is not worth one US life. You say you are worried that if Iraq is left in a shambles, they may be a problem for us in the future, but I'd prefer we keep all this money and spank them again if needed, down the road. It is beyond me how you or anyone else can think that it's a good idea for our tax dollars to "rebuild" Iraq or anywhere else when one considers the filthy, squalid, subhuman conditions that so many Americans live in, right here at home. Every one of our people, no matter where they are, should have a warm, clean place to live and raise children LONG before we every spend a cent on people who don't pay US taxes.
Lastly, although world peace would be nice, I'll take a 2006 without the first suicide bomber incident on US soil...but I am not counting on it.
I'd love to hear more about the US Senate race in 2006. I think it will be very interesting.
The top priorities for 2006 at all levels should be honesty. National leaders should be honest on the war in Iraq and the state of the economy. State leaders should let us know where we stand with taxes and education spending. Most importantly, local leaders should be honest on why they are embroiled in litigation and controversy -- development, personnel, water, criminal conduct -- and how they are going to resolve these issues not only for the currently pending suits, but to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.
Fire Blair Feulner and his lapdog board of directors and turn KPCW over to the community under new, truly representative management. The IRS will probably revoke the charitable status of the corporate entity that owns KPCW, but Blair could show some class for once by turning the station over to the community before that happens.
I hardly consider myself an unabashed supporter of the local press -- neither KPCW nor The Park Record seems able to really critique the local government. I guess if you bite the hand that feeds (either in the form of interview fodder or advertising revenue) the news business goes down the tube.
However, I see no problem with Blair Fuelner's and the current board of director's management of the parent of KPCW. Clearly Blair is receiving adequate compensation for his efforts in running KPCW and KCPW -- read that correct, two stations. The general quality of the stations is very high and some of the guests and interviews are incredible given the small market (neither Park City nor Salt Lake City qualify for any significant market size compared to New York Metro, Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay Area).
Finally, what exactly would be the so called "representative management" and "community" ownership? Should it be the Park City elitists? Perhaps Summit County needs another business enterprise? Maybe Jim Doilney can take over?
Pray tell.
I read with interest the editorial suggesting that Park City and Summit County seek to become "Top 10" in their respective categories. One can hope.
Then again, one can be realistic and acknowledge that to excel, an entity (and yes, Park City and Summit County each are entities) must take some very basic steps:
Self analysis -- who are we and what are we doing?
Acknowledge fault and responsibility -- are we responsible for the problems that we have (or are they really all the fault of someone else)?
Determine the steps necessary to cure the deficiencies -- can we accept the consequences of our actions (whether committed by the current governing board or the some past board)?
Take action to fix -- are we strong enough to do what it takes (or do we wait until our term expires and leave the problem to the next guy/gal)?
My view of the current county government is that they cannon meet the task. Thus, top ten percent is a very distant dream.
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