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Show THEp Page 9 Wednesday, June 21, 1978 5 People, Places And Things By Doc Murdock Only two days into it and already L.A. is coming at me from all directions. As I sit here in this noisy hotel (as advertised: Only one block from Hollywood Blvd., where the stars come out to play) I wonder how to write about this place. The problem is that while things usually happen in a straight line in my life the first thing happens first, I write about that then the next thing happens and I write about that here it comes in from all directions. I'll tell you what I mean. Less than one hour after I hit Los Angeles I was walking, down Hollywood Boulevard. I'm in this city trying to get a script I wrote accepted for TV: It's about a gambler who gets killed in Las Vegas. A guy I know says he can get it on "The Rockford Files" so I end up walking down Hollywood Boulevard trying to follow up on the leads he gave me. But it's not like walking down Main Street in Park City you have to watch where you are walking. There are lots of things on the sidewalk which I don't really want to describe. Lots of thingsAlso the air above me had to be noticed: It was a sort of rosy brown color that went on as far as I could see and never moved at all. O.K. I was walking down the street paying attention to things above and below, and that's not even counting the busy traffic and the constant noise, when this fat and puffing woman runs up to me and sticks a piece of paper into my hands. "Vote for the tax revolt," she said, "it's the people's law. Get Proposition 13 Out of the bureaucrat's hands and onto the books ! " I was fairly amazed at how fast she could talk but instead of telling her that, I said I wasn't from here couldn't vote. She snatched the paper out of my hands and took off down the street to begin the same speech with the next passer-by. I turned to leave but found myself nose-to-nose with a hard looking character who had shaved almost all of his hair off and who had a colorful snake tatooed on his arm. The rattled tail of the snake was etched into the man's bicep and the rest of the snake curved its way down to the back of his hand where the snake's jaws were tatooed on his two middle fingers. I realized that if he opened his fingers the jaws of the snake would open with them. But for now the snake's jaws were plamped down tight .on a , piece of ctlimpled.yeUow, paper which the .man held abtfCtTelgnl ' inches in 'front" of my face. Hand printed in bold (angry?) capitals the note read: "GIVE ME SPARE CHANGE." Something was also printed on the other side of the paper but I couldn't quite read it. I wondered: Was this guy deaf and dumb? Or did he just prefer not to speak; maybe he felt the printed word carried more weight (threat?). I didn't know what to Council Record Continued from Page 1 ago and a more than twenty-fold jumj. in the last decade. Last year's amended budget, which also received council approval Thursday, Thurs-day, totaled $1,480,177 and most of this year's increase is due to a general fund surplus carried over from 1978. Many of the items on the revenue side of the new budget are close to or less than' the previous year, with the exception of property taxes. Despite the three mill decrease, property tax revenues are projected to rise from the 1978 figure of $312,709 to $345,000. However, as in past years, the revenue projections have been calculated calcu-lated conservatively and could well exceed expectations. General sales and use taxes are tagged as the second largest revenue producers at $171,500, the same as last year. Impact fees are projected to decline from $157,881 to $105,600. On the expenditure side, the city's say. I figured the best thing would be to give him all the change in my pocket and move on quickly. But before I could do anything a very tall black man dressed in Levis and a net shirt decided to intervene: "Hey man, leave him alone!" They glared at each other while the fast moving stream of pedestrians flowed around the three of us. The black man turned toward me. "You, move along! "he said. The man with the snake tatoo bowed dramatically to the young black. "O.K. man, I'll leave him alone, man," he sneered. The light changed green and I joined the crowd hurrying across the street. But you see what I mean: It comes in from all directions never giving you a chance to react to one event without a cautious awareness of the potential for another. I'll tell you another example. Having seen the . movie "Chinatown," which was set in the Chinese section of L.A., I decided last night to find a restaurant that might still be open at three in the morning. In the movie the worrisome theme of the story was that inexplicable things happen in Chinatown and one would be well advised not to attempt understanding or to delve too deeply into Chinese affairs. I found a restaurant there that seemed to support that theme. I was the only non-Chinese in the place. There were no women. The eight or ten men sat in groups of two or three and none of them were i eating. Each wore the same clothes : White shirt, tan slacks, black shoes white socks, of course. No one looked at me. Oh, I almost forgot there was a petition attached to the wall next to the cash register: It was in favor of Proposition 13. The waiter, who was dressed like the others except that he wore a white apron tied around his waist, brought me a grimy menu that was printed in English to replace the Chinese menu on the table. He waited while I read it. Apparently I took too long because he said in a thick oriental accent: "Number One plate good." I shrugged and handed over the menu. He didn't write it down, just walked away and said: "and tea." I would have rather had coffee but he said it with such resolve that I didn't want to disagree. Now I'll tell you how things happen in L.A. I ' 'was still waiting for my number one plate (and tea) when a short and dark haired girl came through the door. She was maybe seventeen, took one look around, and came over and sat down at my table. Like it was the only possible thing to do: As if I was waiting for her. She didn't say hello or ask to sit down, she just sat; she whipped off a bright colored scarf and tossed a A pproves Budget operating expenses are pegged at $939,614 and total capital improvements improve-ments will consume $667,918. The largest capital improvement allocation alloca-tion comes under the streets department. depart-ment. The budget shows $379,607 for this item but city officials have said that some of this money is likely to be spent on land acquisition for streets, parks and other needs. Also under capital improvements, $21,425 has been set aside for improvements to the municipal library li-brary and $17,500 for the cemetery. The streets department also will have the largest operating budget at $185,913 with the police department second at $175,871. City administration administra-tion is budgeted at $96,402. When silence greeted a call for any audience questions on the budget, xVfayor Green commented, "That's the best response." SAVE TRIPS Electronic Cords Phono Needles Photo Batteries Projection Lamps Darkroom Supplies C.B. Accessories Tapes and Records Blank Tape Music Books INKLEY'S Film Finishing Main & Center HeberCity 654-3985 County Commission Hears Silver Springs Debate thin black notebook on the table. "What do you do? " she asked. "Uh, what do you mean?" "Like what is it you do?" She sounded as if she were angry at me for not answering. "Are you a writer or what?" . . . "Uh yeah, a writer." "Figures." She still had not looked at me. "Hey!" she yelled at the waiter who was sitting over by the wishing fountain. "Bring me something to eat." "What do you want?" he yelled back as if yelling had now become the conversational norm of the restaurant. "I don't care," she hollered back, "anything but that damn number one plate. And bring us some coffee!" That taken care of she turned back to me. She fixed my chest with a direct stare and began: "O.K. What is it you write? The usual stuff? All about how sad the world is, I suppose. Heavy stuff about dingy bars and hitchhikers. Well it's OK I guess. Good stuff if you like that sort. Here let me show you my songs." She pushed the black notebook across the table to me. I picked it up and leafed through. It was all about dingy bars and hitchhikers and how sad the world was. "Now me, I'm gonna be real famous soon," she said, "a regular Dolly Parton, only Hollywood style, of course. I know because I can read the future. I really can. It's simple if you know the trick. Oh, here's our coffee." She was a pure talker. She didn't need to think or even breathe and she kept talking all last night; made me throw all my change into the wishing well (even the quarters), and ate all of her Won Ton Soup and most of my number one plate, too. She said she would be able to tell my future, too, as soon as she got to know me better. But she hasn't done it yet. So, you see how it is here? It doesn't let up. And I haven't even told you about what happened to me yesterday on the beach out at Venice: A confusing place where some people play paddle tennis while others happily shave their heads and hand out Proposition 13 propaganda. The people march (run) to a different drummer here. Park City just floats along like, the cool mist along the river. Drifts from chilly mountain mornings to a couple or six lazy beers and some pretty fair machine table pool at night. Well, L.A. just sprints from hot and smoggy red-t?lipwn, red-t?lipwn, dawn to fast .walkin', watch where you step, don't talk to nobody neon lit streets and tire squealin' gold cars nights. What I'm gonna do is mail this story off to The Newspaper tonight before I go to bed, finish my business here and be back in Utah by the weekend whether I get my script on "The Rockford Files" or not. I don't believe anybody can tell the future anyhow. YMCA Campouts Registration for the YMCA's summer campouts at Camp Rogers in the High Uintahs are still being accepted, ac-cepted, Dave Wilson, youth programs director said. - According to Wilson there is still room in the weekly summer sessions which continue con-tinue until August. Camp Rogers is open to boys and girls, ages 8-14. The camp has facilities for 140 youngsters. young-sters. Boys and girls are housed in sleeping cabins. Facilities also include a rustic chapel, corral with riding horses, craft shop, health center, bathhouse and cabin for nature lore. Boating Boat-ing is available at nearby, lakes. The goal of the camp, Wilson said, is to provide experience in cooperative group living in the outdoors, utilizing the resources of the natural surroundings to contribute con-tribute to mental, physical, social and spiritual growth. Each week's session begins be-gins on Sunday and con- Continued from Page 1 The Silver Springs proponents said Park Meadows has filled a proven need and defended it as a good development. Koleman called Highway 224 a "dangerous and heavily traveled road" which would not be able to accommodate additional local traffic. He also said the state has "no formal plans" to widen the road, The Silver Springs people said there are few days when 224 handles its maximum capacity of 1,100 cars per hour. They also contended that a widening of the road is posed as a possibility in the state's study of Park City's transportation needs. Former county planner Max Greenhalgh formerly questioned the need for commercial space in the Silver Springs development and Koleman said this opinion has been ignored. , , , , The proponents noted Greenhalgh s re-evaluation which proposes that 80,000 square feet ot commercial space be included. "Unbridled development will cause taxes to skyrocket," according to Koleman. The developers responded by commenting on Park City's strong economic condition. Koleman claimed that approval of the Silver Springs master plan would set a precedent for western Summit County which would result in heavy concentrations of residential and commercial developments, causing the loss of "natural unspoiled land." The Silver Springs proponents said approval of their master plan would set a positive precedent. They expressed pride in their plan and said ; the county would benefit if every other development was as good. A public hearing on the Silver Springs meeting has been set for July 18 and it may be held at Park City Higi. School. 5 W. C. GREENFIELDS Nursery and Landscaping! Ask about our landscaping package For Example: PETUNIAS & MARIGOLDS Flat of 72 Plants BEDDING PLANTS y in individual containers (no pony packs) $9.95 June 26 Debbie Miller Wesley Leatham I June 22 Janie McQuirk David Neu I June 23 vSS John Ellsworth Gbdj" Chuck Folkerth v"y K-S June 24 Jjanv Jan Sundell . yg June 27 Jan Wilking June 28 I Marlene Ligare Lynne A verill Jennifer Lewis Have a friend or relative you would like to see congra-tuated congra-tuated in the birthday column? Send their name(s) and date of birth (day and month only) to Birthdays, co The Newspaper, Box 738, Park City, Utah 84060. tinues through the following Saturday. Youngsters may be registered for a one-week session or several sessions. Chartered buses are also available to transport Salt Lake area campers to the camp. For registration information informa-tion call the Salt Lake YMCA at 322-1291. Business Licenses The Park City Council, at its Thursday night meeting approved licenses for the following businesses: "JB Ltd.," an interior design firm operated by Jill Barnard at 803 Red Maple Court in Park Meadows. "Donovan F. Symonds and Associates," a mine engineering firm operated at 713 Aspen Court in Park Meadows. "Rosies," a liquor outlet located at 436 Main Street and operated by Paul Robert Becker. VACATION FOOD FAT Don't let it add up. With this ad, join for 1 month, get 1 month free! Limit one per person Expires June 30 health studio 1505 empire 649-7232 New Hours: 1 0 -1 0 Daily - Closed Sundays Open 7 days a week 9 a.m. 5 p.m. 649885s In Snyderville midwoy between Pork City & Kimball's Jet. : ', wot iwjunii iu jsh IMtvwu .. O.aCJ crab, scallops, and shrimp sauteed with mushrooms and garlic CftftVIUIS if. 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