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Show ftiij City's Only OJWIWEST CORPORATION 3322 SO . 3rd EAST STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84115 Wednesday, October 27, 1976 Volume Two Number Six Locally Owned Newspape 'US Puy. Kh 88 ' - ' ' ' . ........ V$": v , . ' ..,.'" ' . . 'Mi ; y; ? . SNYDERVILLE'S the Fourth Grand . By Hank Louis Monday the Newspaper again employed the random talents of pollster Weewon Harass to pull the political teeth of Park City, seeking answers to the questions whether and to whom potential poten-tial votes had shifted since our last joint polling effort September 15. We sought also .the national issues which most concern local residents, Presidential debate de-bate and other campaign after-effects, and current leanings toward candidates now in their stretch runs for local and state positions. We found that although the varing X and check styles have not, some opinions, some if-it-were-held-today voteshave indeed changed. Cursing his ill-fortune at having lost to Veteran's Day the Post Office, that favorite spot of lazy and out of shape pollsters, and the added inconvenience of slippery snow, Mr! Harass upped and downed more this month than last to get' his blanks filled in. Thus there exists the possibility of this poll having been more random. From Mt. Air Market to the Double E he sloshed, from i he Kindersport to Day's to bring you the following results. . Ford Economic Victory The people polled were asked to mark any of a list of issues that concerned them most this election year. The following list begins with the , voting issue which received - 1 Tool Hughes Is shown mounted on her mare Triton Easter National Morgan Horse Show. the most marks and continues con-tinues to that creating least local concern: 1) the .economy; .econ-omy; 2) the environment; 3) defense budget and nuclear arms control; 4) government corruption; 5) decriminalization decriminaliza-tion of marijuana; 6) abortion; abor-tion; 7) crime; and 8 ) amnesty. " The overwhelming (82 percent) per-cent) concern about the economy, about the double-headed double-headed Inflation-Unemployment monster, we feel must be directly proportional to the somewhat surprising results obtained from "If the election were held today, who would you vote for"?" The response was as follows: Ford 50 percent; Carter 30 percent; McCarthy-6 percent; Undecided 12 percent; Anderson 2 percent. President Ford was supported suppor-ted by only 40 percent in our . September 15 poll, at which time Jimmy Carter trailed close behind with 35 percent; but, if you remember, in that same poll we asked under whom the people thought the economy had the best chance of achieving stability.' 50 percent said Ford, while only 27 percent answered Carter. We seem to have uncovered a remarkable and hardly coincidental' similarity here, stemming, of course, from the evergrowing concern about our whoops there goes another price raise economy. And this support of the President's economic program pro-gram must surely come from a fear of upsetting a long range, forward-looking plan INSIDE THIS WEEK: Story on page 8. n already in motion; a fear that with a new man will come a new plan and hence a longer wait for stability and we all know changes in the economy econ-omy don't overnight come. But then, economists are not necessarily Republican or Democrat either. More so they are advocates of certain economic schools of thought, all of which on paper, seem to come up roses. And, like most things, the economy doesn't always do what on paper it was supposed to. Neither candidate can say he has a foolproof way to curb inflation at best all he can say is he thinks he has huddled around him better crystal ball-gazers than the other guy. Debate, Playboy After-effects Unless the people we polled distrust a better speaker (which, glancing historically at, say Hitler, could be a valid, gut feeling), or unless they beleive a debating ability lends nothing to leadership, the response we received to "Who do you think won, or gained most from the recent televised debates?" doesn't hardly figure in light of how people said they would vote were the election held today. . As to who won the debates overall, 42 percent answered Carter. Only 30 percent thought Ford came out on top. Yet Ford, after "losing" the debates, three of the most written about and widely seen television programs pro-grams ever, comes away with 20 percent more of the vote ' . . . .... . i -. .- Dolly. The duo placed among the top ten In ' f than the conceded "winner" Carter, If debates were held here in Park City between candidates , for ' local office, would each be trying to lose? We then asked" Did the debates influence your decision de-cision to vote for or against a cnadidate?" The answers offered little surprise: Yes -30 percent; No -H2 percent. . Our final question how could we resist was "Do you think the Playboy interview hindered or helped Carter's bid for the Presidency?" Presi-dency?" Only 12 percent believed it helped him, while 48 percent though it hindered hinder-ed his campaign and 40 percent could not see how it has had much effect. Party, Sex and Age An even bleaker picture of Jimmy Carter's Park City chances is painted as we break the people polled down into the parties with which they normally affiliate. Only 12 percent consider, themselves them-selves members of the Republican party, while 44 percent call themselves card-carrying card-carrying Democrats. The Independent voters were also counted at 44 percent. Examined no further, these figures lead to the simple deduction that Carter cannot even convince members of his own party, much less woo the Independent voters. 'Among male voters Carter trails the President by only 7 'percentage points, but females fe-males we found favor Mr. Ford by nearly 3 to t To thjese astounding figures we are left without a clue. Candidates for various local statements on qualifications and More easily understood are the age group breakdowns. The 18 -25 year-old group favors , Carter by 2-1 over Ford, although there were as many Undecided as Carter votes. , The rest break down as follows: 26 through 35 Ford leads 3 to 1; 36 through 45 Ford is favored by more than 2-1; 46 through 55-Ford all the way; and S and over Ford and Carter draw. State and Local The Democrats not only swept in our poll of the state races for Governor, U.S. Senator and Attorney General, Gen-eral, but all three won by veritable landslides, which reflect the extreme disparity between Park City and the remainder of Utah. In the gubernatorial race we found Matheson leading Romney 68 percent to 12. By a margin of 64 percent to 20, our poll showed Moss ahead of Hatch for U.S. Senator. And for Attorney. General, Athay led Hansen SB percent to 12. We also polled the four-way battle for Summit County 2 year Commissioner and the results were, to say the least, interesting. Write-in candidate candi-date Bruce Decker came out' on top by a fairly substantial margin with S percent of the vote. Wallin followed with 14 percent, then Burns with 10 percent, and Trepanier with 6 percent, while 18 percent remain undecided. political posts issue positions. Pages 6 and CemmQreial Zemin IBy City Couneiil The Park City Council Wednesday night denied a request to rezone commercially commerci-ally an 11-acre parcel of land along Highway 248 adjacent to Prospector Square and Prospector Village. Appearing at a public hearing in City Hall, attor- . ney Alan Frandsen, who owns the property with Bill Blonquist, told Mayor Uriarte and Council members Eleanor Bennett, Jan WitiV ing and Steve Dering, "I can't see how that property along the highway can lend itself to anything but commercial." comm-ercial." ::-yC: rdm "".. The council decision marked the end of a year-long campaign by Frandsen to have the 11 acres zoned commercial. At a public hearing held . Oct. 16, 1975, the land, which was at that time unzoned, was zoned as forest estate, the city's most restrictive classification. Then Mayor John Price told Frandsen, "This .forest estate zoning is a stop gap measure to allow jul'iiine stuay me suuaiion. ,. -. ..Subsequent requests for rezoning were held in abeyance abey-ance pending . the recently adopted Land Management Code. Under the new code, the 11-acre parcel is designated as RDM, a medium residential resident-ial zone created just prior to approval of the revised zoning ordinance. Protests ! The hearing was attended by a handful of protestors, most of whom have interest in either Prospector Square or Prospector Village. Frandsen told the council Fate of Water System Improvements Hinges On Tuesday's Election The Park City Council Thursday night unanimously , endorsed passage of the water system improvement bond which will appear on the November 2 ballot. The council emphasized that approval of the bond whould not increase taxes or water rates. A "yes" vote Tuesday would allow the city to accept a 1500,000 loan from the Farmers Home Administration Admini-stration to upgrade deteriorating deterior-ating water lines in the older part of town and to install water meters. The loan had previously been approved by -both the FH A and the city council but court rulings, which have come down since work on the loan application began two years ago, now require that a bond election be held before the indebtnesses can be assumed. . City, Manager Wayne Matthews has said, the loan funded water improvements "are necessary to insure to adequate water flow from respective reservoirs to the several commercial enterprises enter-prises have expressed interest inter-est in leasing space on his property. Those interested, he said, include Spencer's Auto in Heber, the Taco Time fast food chain and Colony Kitchens, an Eastern firm. The attorney said he intended inten-ded to build and lease commercial space rather than sell the land outright. Phyllis Holt of Salt Lake City, one of those objecting to the rezoning, said she had purchased property in Prospector Pros-pector Square with., the understanding that it would be the only commercial land in the area. Florist Steve Neff. who currently operates a shop on Main Street and who owns Prospector Square land, told the council, "There is a' lot of commercial space available now that is not developed...I would like to see Main Street filled in some more. Commercial Commer-cial space is more serviceable if the shops are clustered." v Residential : "I have several peices of reafcstte ja' ?ropect6f Vfflaga" and. I 'miMtyMfW. this zone change because I think it would hurt the residential in Prospector Village." said Lee Wheelock. Marv Steadman, a representative repre-sentative of Murray First Thrift Bank, developers of Prospector Square, described the existing 48 acres of commercial land in the area as being "bigger .than Fashion Fash-ion Place Mall" and said there would be "too much commercial" if Frandsen's request was approved. Steadman admitted that he had heard the "too much commercial" cries when he older section of the city." , Insufficient water line sizes ' and general decay of the lines make the existing distribution distribu-tion system undependable, he said. Fire Hazard One of the areas hardest hit by a fire insurance underwriters under-writers evaluation of Park City was the water flow. The city manager said an increase in the size of the distribution lines would enlarge en-large the restricted flow which presently exists and which poses a fire fighting problem. "With the new system, we could be assured of having adequate water throughout s WEATHER Ftlr through the weekend with Irttlt or no chance of tnow. Hlght In the 50's and lows ntar 20. was proposing approval of Prospector Square. Attractive Nuisance Frandsen's property is just across Highway 248 from the new high school currently under construction and Park City School District Superintendent Superin-tendent Dr." Richard Good-worth Good-worth said, "I would hate to see an attractive nuisance which would endanger the . lives of students." , Councilman Jan Wilking asked Goodworth if Prospector Prospec-tor Square did not constitute an' attractive nuisance, also. The s superintendent replied, "It's already there." Response' After listening to the protests, Frandsen responded. respond-ed. "Then is alwlays the -, argument that there's too much commercial,"he said. He called the asking prices for existing commercial property prop-erty "rediculous" and pre- ' dieted some commercial owners will to ever develop. Due 'to inflated prices, he said, many types of commer-. commer-. cial use "won't come here." fnct amtgtiiig to,, qbe tfrmitmiW'tW that people won't do. anything i with it," Frandsen added. As for the proximity of the high school, the attorney . remarked that it would be safer for students to walk across the street than to get into a car "for a cheese- x- - , Decision Although there was little discussion among the council, coun-cil, it appeared that concern over the existing amount of underdeveloped commercial z land was the major cause for the unanimous defeat of . Frandsen's request. the city while enhancing our fire protection capabilities as recommended by the insurance in-surance underwriters," Matthews Mat-thews explained. , Other benefits to be reaped from the upgraded system, according to Matthews, would be reduced maintenance mainten-ance costs and a reduction in the inconvenience to citizens caused by major water line breaks. Rates Both the city manager ami the city council stressed thai repayment of the $500,000 at five percent interest over forty years has already been incorporated into the existing exist-ing water rate schedule since contonpage5 |