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Show pete i Ta = ay sami Jury 13, 1999 tion of Wasatch County for future annexation with- This is a no brainer. The county’s major asset, in out even involving Wasatch County. The reason we most often hear for the annexation (other than getting money for doing nothing) is that only Park City has the skill required to rape a development of this magnitude. Bunk. We have plenty of skilled people in this county. forth coming. It seems that whenever we come across some weirdness in the county the same BY DAN names and schemes are Courter Pusuisuer | involved. Deer Crest is © /Manacinc Enrror | = no different. _ Heck, Heber Valley residents do most of the real work in Park City. I suspect the real truth of the ‘matter is that county government didn’t have the | necessary skills or inclination. Why didn’t we tell the Deer Crest developers we’d love to help them with the project, but the control, planning and money would all have to stay - in Wasatch County? After all it is, or rather was, oe Editor of the things I always hear from recent transplants is how difficult it is to get the established community to accept you. As a transplanted gentile I can ae receive. We promise not to pick and choose which ones to publish based. on our own: agenda. However, a few rules are probably in order. 1. We reserve the right not to . print letters we deem to be inflamma- understand the sentiment. However, it is a two way street. We The Swiss Days Committee is looking for members of the community who are interested in getting involved in the annual celebration. We want all members of the community to have the opportunity to join in this community building event. We can always use extra hands setting up the festival. During - Swiss Days we can use help in food booths and support services. Whatever works in your schedule. Come out and meet your neighbors. Please call me at 654-1178 and we’ll set something up. transplants are forever changing this community and the old timers are understandably concerned. Sometimes they may seem hard to approach but I’m here to tell you once you get to know them they are wonderful people. Most of our friends are from “old time” families and I frankly cant imagine a finer — group of people. We are lucky to live among them. One of the secrets of meeting you neighbors is to get involved in communi- ty events. Be proactive and ask to be involved. And dont give _ up, nothing happens overnight. When you are covered with dirt and sweat no one can tell a Mormon from a Baptist. unsupported accusations. 2. We apologize in advance if we SEND IN YOUR of space considerations. But, please, - don’t stop writing. We will try our _ best to print your next letter. 3. We will print letters as they are submitted, with spelling and gram- matical errors. This is not because we request to do'so after the signature. Of course, we won’t print that You are also invited to come to our office and write your letter at one of our computers. Please call 6542661 in advance to schedule a time on one of our machines. _ 4, We give priority to letters submitted on 3 1/2 floppy disks in text only format. Please keep your letters under 500 words. We do reserve the right to edit long letters for brevity. All letters must include a signature and a phone number. Please bring a photo ID with your submitted letter. The Courier will confirm the identity of the writer. We will not print your letter without conforma- ; © tion. The Wasatch County Courier i is not responsible for, nor do letters to the editor express the views of The Wasatch County Courier. The Wasatch County Courier cannot and does not vouch for the accuracy or validity of any Letters to the Editor. a ee = Sa . oe ee ae & ¥ nA AS tte CatenaReIDt eres ie nec eeeta st ese aeen eee NE ln tint Menten . neetitE Seinasnainicilalae tases atlantida eremecnre = steve — r re mraererecrs sae neanenns smoenerem—oenareh aetna eA aa request in The Courier. = ae . a We will be glad to proof and corc DIFFERENCE. scent NESS SAC " a : t37 rect any letters that have a written ICE VOR TOO DIT OUR OPINIONMAKEA : t not want to unintentionally change the meaning of your letter. Some letters are written in character with intentional errors to emphasize aa - point. LETTER TO THE — ¥ are unable to print your letter because want to embarrass or ridicule writers with their errors. It is because we do | Brad Wilson Bal tory, factually inaccurate or with « ! 4% sasha Publisher’s Note: One We invite the submission of read-. _ er opinion letters. for publication in.... The Wasatch County Courier. We sl do our best to print all letters we - — & bs te _ EDITOR POLICY —= f { | I | af sanon ‘at \= Deér Crest appears to involve self promotion, empire building and who knows what else. What ~ seems abundantly clear is that the interests of county residents were way down bs list. T . | seas n STEPHENS errr ] ieesaentil involved have been Letters to the Editor a 55. 0 Regardless of the reasons given, most folks in the county know this wasn’t right. And finding out what really happened isn’t easy. Few of the people ‘spat a _ million dollars over the next ten years. Add in the economic impact of all those rich people spending their money in Park City, a dollar figure that will surpass the value of the direct taxes. Park City is after all a city of businessmen. In fact Park Cityfigured they cut such a great deal they have started planning the Bonanza Flats sec- fact its only asset, is the land it contains. The primary definition of a county is its geographical borders. To give up control over land within the county by definition devalues the value of the county. To give up the most valuable land in the county, Deer Crest, is hard to imagine. How the Deer Crest avila and Park City convinced Wasatch County to go along with this is beyond me. The county’s justification seems to be that we _ get the lion’s share of the tax revenue from Deer . Crest for doing relatively little work, and that is true. But the Park City boys are no dummies. You and I know that Park City would never — have agreed to this deal if it hadn’t been in their part of our county. best interests. Park City stands to collect at least 25 ee outside city control over any portion of our county. ae Cross Border Annexation? - Duh ross border annexation is when a city in one county, say Summit County, annexes land in a neighboring county, say Wasatch County. The case in point is Park City annexing the Deer Crest area of Wasatch County. This is one of those — subjects that makes you wonder why you even have to discuss it. Of course it is a dumb idea to give an daemernertt thitas ‘ait ait : sae i COURIER a COUNTY Ccepeetins WASATCH PAGE 11 it i Opinion and Editorial rere rt i oe ov CEES “ Se pa ATES Ao $ Ce eer ate A 2i t é A £ a a men EORTEnoae sove ~ Sire aia e tment mmeneEner : m= 2 ie = ws a a a a Sac ~~ oh Ah ai Sn Rr ee A Ie a tin Rees cela. cae a ae. ee soe hy |