Park Record | 2003-10-04 | Page 15

Viewpoints. A-1 5 SATSUNMONTUES, OCTOBER 4-7, 2003 law EDITORIAL Vote now so there s no recall later THE PARK RECORD The best way to avoid the kind of recall vote that is now embarrassing California is to make an informed vote in the first place. Tuesday, Park City voters will have the opportunity to narrow the current field of 11 candidates for three seats on the City Council to six finalists. They have laid out their platforms and their qualifications, knocked on strangers' doors to introduce themselves to constituents and subjected sub-jected themselves to numerous interviews and debates. As always, The Park Record commends com-mends the candidates for their willingness to undergo what can be an emotionally stressful campaign process. This particular City Council race has drawn a number of qualified candidates, many of whom have already demonstrated a high level of civic commitment. They also offer voters a range of different perspectives and leadership styles. Importantly, they have revealed a variety vari-ety of positions on several important issues, including expansion of the city limits toward Kimball Junction, revitalization of Main Street and how to develop the city's water resources. Among these 11 candidates are the three who will make decisions affecting residents' daily lives for the next four years. Examples of the kinds of choices previous councils have made include parking meters, the skate park, neighborhood speed humps and installation of the Olympic legacy tower. We'll let you say whether they were good or bad decisions. The point is that they were made by citizen legislators legisla-tors elected by you. Another compelling reason to vote Tuesday is that more than in any other election, a single vote cast in a primary election carries a huge amount of clout. Typically only 10 to 15 percent of the electorate turns out for off presidential-year presidential-year primaries. In a pool of only 5,535 registered voters, if only 750 ballots are actually cast, and those votes are spread out over 11 candidates, one or two votes could be decisive. Parkites are lucky. Tuesday everyone who votes gets to pick their three favorites out of 11 qualified candidates. There are no primaries pri-maries on the east side of the county where some cities were fortunate just to get enough candidates to fill the general election ballot. The candidates have done their part, now it is time to do yours. THE STRIKE ON MOUNTAIN REGIONAL WATER IS CANCELLED. WE FOUND OUT THEY'VE UPGRADED THEIR SECURITY TO WATCHING FOX NEWS AND NOW ITS JUST TOO RISKY! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support for Joe Kernan JOHN KLBOmH PARK RECORD cost you one vote I am sure of and. I sincerely sin-cerely hope, many more. Kent Hugus. voter Editor: I am writing this letter in support of Joe Kernan, who is running for Park City Council. I have known Joe for almost 10 years and, in that time, I have observed his commitment and dedication to the Park City community in many ways. Joe was one of our first volunteer Family Advocates for Summit County (FACT), an organization which provided funding and services to at-risk children and their families in the mid-1990s. For many years, he has volunteered with Mountain Mentors, an organization that provides mentors to disadvantaged children in Park City. Also, his development of local recycling businesses and his participation with related recycling programs show his initiative and commitment to the environment envi-ronment and the future of Summit County. Joe's community spirit has a fun side as well. He invented the "Parko the Miner" character several years ago. Since then, Parko has braved the heat of many July 4th parades while strolling down Park Avenue. He explained to me that he . thought Parko would be one good way to create a shared identity for the people of Park City.' I thought it demonstrated a great deal of creativity and an uncommon uncom-mon commitment to the development of community spirit. I encourage everyone to "get to know Joe," and support him in the upcoming primary election for Park City Council. Sincerely, Merrilee Buchanan City tour a boondoggle Editor: I am not surprised to see our elected reps go on a tour of Colorado under the guise of mutual information exchange when it is obvious they were SALARY SHOPPING at taxpayer expense. It has Remember the troops Editor: We have a friend who has been stationed sta-tioned in and around Iraq since February of this year. Through e-mails, he has let me know how lonely and homesick a lot. of the troops are in his unit. A lot of them don't have family who write or send them things from home, and some feel because of the money this war is costing and the anti-war sentiment they see on TV, that we are not supporting them and have forgotten for-gotten about them. We are trying to "rally the troops" in Park City to donate items and send letters let-ters to these men and women who are away from home, doing their duty for our country. No matter if we are for or against our troops being in Iraq, they are there and they need some support. They would love DVDs. CDs, books, magazines, maga-zines, batteries, letters, pictures of our area, small games, pictures of smiling happy people, etc. There are over a hundred hun-dred names of troops on a list that my friend has given me who would be so appreciative of anything that was sent, and would love a return address to send a letter of thanks. Our phone number is 649-6358. If you would like one of the names off the list to send a personalized letter andor gift, that would be great! Please pass this letter let-ter on to churches, schools, businesses or anyone who would like to send a book or letter and know that their effort would really mean a lot. We will be sending everything through the Packaging Store, so any checks made out to them will help in covering these costs. Please call me and we will go to your home or work to pick up any items. Thanks in advance, Park City, for your thoughtfulness and generosity. Sharyn Jones and Sam Belling Park CitySummit County Government Directory Park City Council Members Peg Bodell, 649-2636 Candy Erickson, 640-3498 Kay Calvert, 940-0850 Fred Jones, [phone] Jim Hier, 649-5900 Mayor Dana Williams, 615-5010 Summit County Commissioners Shauna Kerr, 649-6718 Bob Richer, 647-8066 Ken Woolstenhulme, [phone] Summit County Planning Commission Chairmen East side: Arlin Ovard, [phone] Snyderville: Donna Vanburen, 649-5351 Park City School Board Kim Carson, 649-1743 Kathryn Adair, 645-0819 David Chaplin, 649-9613 Jim Santy, 649-9285 Supt.Dave Adamson, 615-0225 Carol Murphy, 649-3385 State Government Governor Mike Leavitt, [phone] Sen. Scott Daniels, [phone] Rep. David Ure, [phone] Sen. Beverly Evans, [phone] U.S. Congress Rep. Rob Bishop, [phone] Rep. Chris Cannon, [phone] Rep. Jim Matheson, [phone] Sen. Bob Bennett, (801 ) 924-5933, [phone] Sen. Orrin Hatch, [phone], [phone] The Park Record welcomes letters to the editor on any subject We ask that the letters adhere to the following fol-lowing guidelines:They must include the address and telephone number of author. No letter will be published pub-lished under an assumed name. They must not contain libelous material. Writers are limited to one letter even 28 davs. Letters must not be longer than 350 words (guest editorials, 550 words) and should if possible, pos-sible, be typed. We reserve the right to edit letters If they are too long or if they contain statements we consider' con-sider' unnecessarily offensive or obscene. In addition, thank you letters may be limited in length with regard to businesses and event sponsors. The meaning of courage Editor: A letter was written by Lily Grove (letters (let-ters to the editor, Sept. 20-23. 2003) regarding a public thank you for the courage and tenacity of Rich Wyman in again approaching our City Council in an attempt to add Park City to a list of cities opposing today's USA Patriot Act. First, the USA Patriot Act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The 911 terrorist attack killed more than 3.000 people from 80-plus countries. Even though I may not approve of all the actions taken by our government since the 91 1 attack, and that the Patriot Act may ruffle some feathers of civil liberties advocates, I do believe that much of the change is in a direct effort to stop any further fur-ther terrorists from doing this again. Ms. Grove also indicated that citizens must now re-engage with the political process and that if the air you breathe, the water you drink, the right to move freely and express your opinions openly without fear is important, then you must become a. political person. Additionally, she mentioned men-tioned that it is time to teach our children about freedoms upon which this country was founded. I would like to remind Ms. Grove that because we live in a free society soci-ety like the United States, this is exactly the reason why she is allowed to voice her feelings, oppose issues and participate in movements of this type, freely. Mr. Wyman and Ms. Grove are free to display their feelings against my government's govern-ment's policy, but I would never be a participant par-ticipant in the anti-USA Patriot Act as I cannot forget the images of mothers, fathers, relatives, friends and children walking around New York City after the attack holding pictures of their loved ones in an attempt to see if anyone had seen them. The fact is that nearly every person in the Trade Center towers was never seen again! The only thing we saw was rubble and dust. Secondly, I would like to address the section where Ms. Grove spoke of the courage and tenacity shown by Mr. Wyman. In my view he may show persistence persis-tence in his beliefs, but it is far from what I feel is courage. COURAGE is the hundreds hun-dreds of firemen and police who went into those burning buildings to try and save innocent lives and never came out. COURAGE is the iron workers and volunteers vol-unteers who came immediately to cut steel beams and move rubble, bucket by " bucket, in an attempt to try and save a single life. COURAGE is our forefathers and military personnel who have died for our country and for other countries in an effort to make this world a safer place. Ms. Grove, courage is NOT standing before a city council in an attempt to oppose an anti-government policy. We can never be perfect as a government, govern-ment, but I give thanks that we live in a country like the United States where we have the freedoms that are given to us. Sam Bova Taking exception... Editor: Was last Wednesday's editorial written writ-ten by several people who were not talking talk-ing to each other? Fire away by all means, but please try to organize your thoughts in a more rational manner. Oh, and just for once, can't you find an alternative alter-native to the imminent destruction of Old Town as a subject on which to hang your eager hopes of an election scandal worth reporting? ; .? . ' Firstly, I will take issue with your opinion opin-ion that the general population of Park City remains paralyzed by fear and uncertainty uncer-tainty stemming from the war in Iraq and the tragedy of 911. So much so, that we fail to protest Tom Bakaly's attempts to manage City Hall in a way that is unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to your paper. I will note that in the same editorial you report that "...local constituents seemed to accept the rationale..." ratio-nale..." Consequently I am at a loss to identify the terrorist link and would hope that you refrain from such insensitive commentary in the future. As for "...leaving Old Town defenseless defense-less against those who would compromise compro-mise its historic fabric... " I cannot follow your reasoning. The power of legislation lies in people's knowledge of it. What good is any legislation if those who are " responsible for its creation or implementation implemen-tation abuse it to satisfy their all too often misguided personal dream? Reason enouch for the demise of the last iteration of the HOC. Apparently you seem content to perpetuate perpet-uate the myth that development in Old Town is no longer governed by any form of legislation that seeks to protect the worthy and prevent abuse. I am sorry but you simply have not been paying attention. atten-tion. Ignorance of the Land Management Code and Historic District Design Guidelines is a greater threat to the fabric of Old Town than a staff position that is only funded part time. Personally 1 believe that the historic fabric faces greater dangers from deteriorating streets, overhead power lines, on-strect parking of huge cars, large trucks, boat trailers, trash cans and the like, than anything any-thing a builder ever produced. (Although, some of the trash docs appear "historic") Yours, etc., Peter Barnes Junior X-Men team a success Editor: We would like to thank and commend coach Teresa Eggertsen of the Junior X-Men X-Men bike team for her unselfish contribution contri-bution to the development of youth and young adults in the popular sport of biking. bik-ing. This past year our son, along with other junior racers, took part in Teresa's first year program of both mountain and road biking. Having been involved in coaching ourselves, our-selves, we felt extremely fortunate in having Teresa share her love of cycling, She ran a complete, cost-efficient pro--gram. Each athlete was tested prior to the start of the program for their specific workout zones, fitted properly to both their mountain and road bikes, and given an individualized monthly program to follow according to their specific goals and races. Teresa made all travel arrangements to both local Intermountain Cup races and national level races, and traveled with the older athletes to four nationals. She also secured sponsors, and our sincere appreciation appre-ciation extends to all of them, including Park City Orthodontics, Cole Sport, Canyon Bicycles and Beano Solomon. - Teresa, a world-cup racer for years with a degree in exercise and sport science, sci-ence, provided positive character development, devel-opment, high expectations and encouragement encour-agement to each and everyone of her participants. She knew what was required to reach the next level of performance. per-formance. Teresa often competed alongside along-side her athletes and was able to teach them by example the skills necessary to achieve their goals. She maintained a delicate del-icate balance between the athletes having fun and performing to their full potential. Teresa always believed in each athlete's ability to ride their hardest in every race SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION 1 Year inside Summit County, $37, outside Summit County, $70 6 Months inside Summit County, $20, outside Summit County $39 Mastercard or Visa No.. Name . Exp. Date: Mailing Address Mail to: The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, Utah 84060 and. to the team's credit, several national podium and top-10 finishes were achieved this past summer. Our son and several other junior racers are now off in college competing on club cycling teams. Thanks to the Junior X-Men, X-Men, they have the knowledge and the ability to achieve future success as they continue to participate in the sport they love. Sincerely, Marcy and Ron Allen Park City filmmakers Editor: This week Aspen Film Fest celebrated it's 25th year as a festival of independent films. Along with premieres of films by Robert Altman and conversations with Sidney Pollack, we were graced by the presence of Enzo Mileti. Chris Gay. James Fields. Jason Reid and Adam Hull, who presented their film "Pipe Dreams." The film was terrific and served as inspiration for the wannabe in us all. But even more inspiring was the story of the boys from Park City who wanted to make a film and sot it done, thanks to the fine folks of Park City. You all should be proud of the job you guys did with the Olympics and the way you supported not just the athletes but the home-grown filmmakers as well. Kudos to Park City on a job well done. Kelly J. Hayes Aspen, Colorado The Park Record Staff PUBLISHER Editor Staff writers Contributing writers Editor's assistant Classified advertising Office manager Circulation manager Accounting manager Advertising director Advertising sales Editorial production Photographers Production director Production Distribution Cartoonist Andy Bemhard Nan Chalat-Noaker Jay Hamburger Pat Parkinson Monika Guendner Jennifer R. Merback Casey Basden Brett Larsen Tom Clyde Rick Brough Teri Orr Gary Weiss Jay Moehan Joan Jacobson Silvia Leavitt Linda Gorton Isaac Wilson Courtney Herzinger Inkama Black Alice Hummons Patti Christensen Michael Duffy Kate Keesee Valerie Deming Wendy Halliday Ian McNeil Anne Cummings Shanelle Russell Cathy Vandeweghe Christy Wilson Molly Ballard Erin Donnelly Kat James Scott Sine Grayson West Matt Gordon Kristi Ruppert Scott Schlenker Katie Perhai Jason Plawecki Kyle Burress Carrie Winston Justin Deuel John Kilboum Contents of the Tlie Park Record (ire copyright & 2003, Diversified Suburban Newspapers. All rights reserved. No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor edi-tor or publisher. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-94X3) 0745-94X3) is published twice weekly bv Diversified Suburban Newspapers. 1670 Bonanza Dr., Park CitV. Utah. Periodicals Postage paid at Park City. Utah. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Tlie Park Record. 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