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Show DECEMBER nn? sea asatch C ounty’s Motto: uid Pro Quo is Latin for “something for some- tions _ into the second-guess dirt and them you every can time. in | They must need a full two years return for another. This should be > to make good on all the Quid Pro Quo’s still hanging out there. thing” or one thing the inscription chiseled over the entrance to the county building. It certainly seems to be the code the county commissioners live by. So the commissioners picked — November 2002 as the election date for the new county council. We predicted that very thing on this page last week; it didn’t take _ Carnac the Magnificent to guess that one. Just lower your expecta- Wait a minute you say, our commis-— sioners are honest, respectable men, they wouldn’t exchange a favor for a favor. Well was the recent hiring of administrator, that’s aa were tee for.” However apparently they don’t have enough time to administer the water services of the county and need to hire a full time person for just water administration. Are we soon going to _have county administrators for Buildings and Grounds? Weed Control? County Fair? Will all these administrators have played a role in the county commissioners “Vote No” group? _ The commissioners must grade on a curve. In spite of losing the election by Mike Davis along with Mike Moulton a sizable margin they still offered the was the co-chairman of the “Vote No” group that fronted the commissioners’ opposition to the Change of County. ‘Government Initiative. These are the same commissioners whose mantra was “we don’t need a full time county ts uid Pro Quo” a Quid Pro Quo? We have to wonder. Mike Davis as the county “Water Czar” 6, 2000 $46,000 to $50,000 a year job to Davis. With benefits running roughly 30 percent of base salary, that is approxi- tax was due?. Assuming the average Wasatch County taxpayer paid around ‘$2,000 in property tax, 30 Wasatch County families are giving their entire property tax payment to finance this _ new position. A job that we thought we were already paying the commission- ers to do. Quid Pro Quo, how low will - you go? Our prediction for this week: | The Binggeli asphalt plant is either approved or moved sideways at this Wednesday’s Board of Adjustment meeting, but not killed outright. We - don’t believe the commissioners were ever serious about stopping it and only opposed it so LaRen could be reelect- mately $60,000 a year out of the tax- ed. Now that the election is over. we'll payers’ pockets. Remember back to— - November 30,eS the date your property ja see if their opposition to the plant was real or just election year posturing. “Hard” CDecision On Asphalt Plant? We'll See . DAN STEPHENS | COURIER missioners found EDITOR. of touch out just how out they: are with their con- against ‘he plant Binggeli Rock and’ Gravel's appeal of the County Commission’s denial Building Permits to build and oper- The: a? between UPCM, 3 Park City Corporation and Deer Valley soon see asphalt trucks rolling out of © anticipates that Wasatch County will showed up at the public hearing to voice their opposition to it. County officials had made numerous site visits to discuss site plans and had actually recorded the much-discussed CC&R’s with Daniel Township. All of a sudden the ‘com- Bonanza Flats support. for the plant. | say they, from Wasatch County through. the ‘“A person d-believe to.-be reputable.. -Bonanza Flats project, They don’t want........ were just buying ti me until afterer the ; ee knowledgeable’ told ‘me that’ Sani” the riff-raff from. Wasatch County ,Allen’s opinion piece where he specuusing the back way to get to their jobs election. lated that some of the funding to fight in Park City. Use the servants’ They could have put a permanent the seven member council initiative was entrance please. Do we want Deer end to this matter on May 22nd by coming from United Park City Mines Valley, which got an “F” on an environ-— approving a recommendation by the _ was about half right. Sam thought. -mental report card from The Ski Area Daniel Township Planning Commission UPCM might be preserving its stake in Citizens Coalition, having a say in the for establishing a 6 month temporary the Jordanelle Water Treatment Plant planning for our county? Do we want zoning regulation in the I-1 and G-1 that treats contaminated water from Wasatch County to look like Park City zones. This would have in effect placed ~ UPCM’s Ontario Drain Tunnel (mostly with homes shoehorned togetier as a moratorium on any new permits, at JSSD’s expense.) Right people, — closely as possible? while allowing the county to decide if it wrong project my person says. UPCM Big bucks here. Could: it. ~ that wanted asphalt plants anywhere in the - has spent a ton of money on the Summit without the annexation of Bonanza county. By voting this recommendation County side of this project, the Flagstaff Flats the project doesn’t pencil out. Do down the county lost any real chance of Project.. Development of Bonanza Flats the developers think they have better permanently eliminating asphalt plants is the trade off UPCM made for lesser odds with the current three commisfrom the county. The Binggeli matter density on the Park City side on the sioners than the seven new council peoaside, anyone with I-1 property in the Flagstaff Project after intense opposi- ple? Interesting thought. But since county. can currently build an asphalt — tion from the Park City environmental there is no disclosure law regarding ini- plant by just applying fora permit. Were — group Citizens Allied for oe -tiatives,. we'll likely never know where the commissioners ae ee z ete or CARG. all the money came from. - Conviction Serves. > lotice to Reckless Skiers , speeding «skier for slamming into and killing a novice skier happened in Colorado. But the avalanche of repercussions is being felt at ski resorts throughout the West and. may clear the slopes for a safer ski season home. here at 2 _ Nathan Hall was barely old enough to vote when, in April 1997, he headed downhill on the last run of the day for his - off a knoll without looking _ below for skiers; Hall's skis, flailing out of control, crushed the skull of 33-year-old Alan Cobb, who was moving much ‘slower on_ this, only his ae time on the slopes. Two juries acquitted Hall, indicating that skiing is an inherently risky sport, and the pur- chase of a lift ticket is an implicit acceptance of that risk. But the Colorado Supreme Court came upon a cliff at Snowbasin — be held accoubiable for their: = _ but was unable to stop or turn actions. So, now that Utah's skiers. According to his taped aside, falling some 200 feet: own resorts are winding up for. © confession hours after Cobb's — down a rocky slope. The fact a busy season, it's prudent to death, Hall said he considered is, at such fast speeds, skiers remember that actions occurhimself an expert skier who | and snowboarders simply have ring in the space of a heartbeat lost control “this one time.” no time to react in a safe mancan have consequences that ~ Those who hurtle down the ner. endure for years. mountain without regard for Awareness among skiers of Parents, remind your young fellow skiers may consider the importance of safety has - skiers to slow down; others' _ themselves to be in the expert grown dramatically in recent safety besides their own is at category — and so they will, _ years, thanks in no small meas: stake. And don't add alcohol and - until “this one time” throws a ure to the well-publicized deaths drugs to the mix. Although we'll child or a putt-putt skier in of Michael Kennedy and Sonny never know the role of this fac- their path and they are unable Bono. These days, many ski resorts are now more likely to ruled Hall's behavior sufficiently reckless and, two weeks ago, to regain control. Last year, some 30 people pull the passes of hotdogging a jury convicted him of reckless manslaughter and sent him to. died accidents. skiers and snowboarders. This time, however, the precedent for punishment has prison for at least six years. The attitude of the then 18- in U.S. ski We've had our share of scares here in Utah. In March 1999, for instance, a snowboarder been set. Reckless skiers will. tor in the tragedy, Hall was also found guilty of possession of marijuana and consumption of alcohol by a minor. We want this to begin and end as a safe season for Utah skiers. | e he cieahclar: of a job as a Vail eth operator. | ‘year-old skier reflects a comReports indicate that he flew mon line of thought among er “From the Standard: Decince: i et LRU MU Daniel. The county seemed to be all in favorof it before 400 people allow Park City to annex Bonanza Flats into Park City. Park City also required ~that there be no access to Park City et i LOUIE ate an asphalt plant at their pit in laboe Re I. of a Conditional Use Permit and SO Hof ORR | December 6th to decide the fate of in " Bublic could win reelection? We'll know if you he Wasatch County Board of 3 stituents. Some say they found reli- _ the Binggeli Pit. Adjustment will meet on gion by. recanting their previous min { “WASATCH COUNTY COURIER A6 |