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Show C-1 B-1 PARK CITY FILM PLANS A FESTIVAL FOLLOW-UP WAY WE WERE, A-9 JOIN THE LOCAL CONVERSATION The Park Record is always looking for letters to the editor. Send your opinions to editor@parkrecord.com HOMECOMING AWAITS WORLD CUP ATHLETES Park Record. COLUMNS, A-10 SUPREME COURT ONCE MINED A PARK CITY DISPUTE AMY ROBERTS FAVORS SCIENCE OVER SPECIAL INTERESTS The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Serving Summit County since 1880 | W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Vol. 140 | No. 1 Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 5-7, 2020 $1.00 Senators back bill to regulate fetal remains As well as facing off against others on the ballot, local congressional hopefuls must compete with image of Park City Legislation has sparked intense debate, though Christensen and Winterton say it’s misunderstood ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record There are two Republicans from the Park City area running for Congress this year. And there is one local Democrat who understands how difficult it might be for either of them to become the next member of the House of Representatives from the state’s 1st Congressional District. The political season is not expected to start in earnest until March, but Howard Wallack and Chadwick Fairbanks III have announced candidacies for the Republican nomination in a congressional district stretching through a wide swath of northern Utah. It includes Park City and surrounding Summit County. The two are expected to compete against a field that could include well-known politicians from elsewhere in the district as the Republicans vie to succeed the retiring GOP incumbent, Rob Bishop. There could be intense interest in the party’s nominating contest since the candidate who emerges from the GOP will be expected to win the seat on Election Day in November in the heavily Republican 1st Congressional District. Wallack is a retired busi- PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Donna McAleer, a Pinebrook resident, twice was the Democratic nominee in the 1st Congressional District, losing both of the contests. She says there is a preconceived notion in the district that the people of Park City are wealthy, something that made it more difficult for her to raise campaign funds. As goes Summit County, so goes…? Donna McAleer vs Rob Bishop Election results in 1st Congressional District Districtwide 3.8 2.1 24.7 2012 nessman who lives in the Aerie while Fairbanks lives in the Snyderville Basin and is a self-employed entrepreneur and property manager. Neither has held elected office and both of them have unsuccessfully competed for elected office in Park City. Summit County, with a population estimated to be approximately 42,000, represents only a small portion of the overall voters in the congressional district, making it more challenging for a local candidate to gather the Please see Perceptions, A-8 Summit County 43.3 54.6 71.5 7.2 5.1 28 64.8 Donna McAleer 2014 39.7 Rob Bishop 55.2 Proponents of a bill in the Statehouse that would regulate how fetal remains are treated say it gives women choice and adds dignity to a process they say has been lacking. Opponents say it’s a choice women don’t need and would add an intrusive layer of regulation between a woman and her doctor at a very personal time. S.B. 67 seeks to regulate how fetal remains from abortions and miscarriages are disposed of by requiring the mother or parents to choose whether to have the remains buried or cremated, or to leave the decision to the health care provider. It does not regulate miscarriages that happen at home, but would give women whose abortions are completed at home the option of bringing remains to a health care facility to have them buried or cremated. It also bans disposing fetal remains with other medical waste and adds provisions to ease traveling between states with fetal remains. Both Summit County senators voted to pass the bill out of the Health and Human Services Committee. It succeeded on a 4-2 vote Friday, with four male Republicans in support and two female Democrats in opposition. State Sens. Ronald Winterton and Allen Christensen, whose districts cover Summit County, said the bill is misunderstood and that they supported it because it would increase dignity for the unborn and add choice for women. “To be right honest, it does not change anything other than give the parents, the mother the right to choose,” Winterton said. “Right now, they don’t have that choice. That’s all this bill does.” Christensen added that the committee heard testimony from multiple women who had miscarriages and who were saddened to find out the remains had been disposed of as medical waste. Karrie Galloway, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Utah, said that women have that choice now, however, and that she knows of many occasions when women have requested to handle the remains as they wished. State law requires remains from an abortion go to a pathology lab, and Galloway said her organization has helped make arrangements for those remains to later be returned to the woman many times. Galloway said ensuring women are informed they Other candidates Please see Senators, A-6 Planning officials launch County Council campaigns Stevens and Harte will seek to replace retiring Councilor Kim Carson ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record There are six Summit County officials whose seats are up for reelection in November. All but one has decided to run again, and all are running as Democrats. In addition to three seats on the County Council, the county’s assessor, recorder and treasurer positions will be on the ballot. The County Council seats are currently held by Roger Armstrong, Doug Clyde and Kim Carson. Carson has announced she will not run again, and two members of the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission have announced their intention to throw their hats into the ring for her seat: Canice Harte and Malena Stevens. Assessor Stephanie Larsen, Recorder Rhonda Francis and Treasurer Corrie Forsling all said they will 3 sections • 30 pages Classifieds .............................. C-7 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Restaurant Guide.................... A-6 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 seek another term. Harte is running for County Council after being appointed to the Planning Commission six years ago. “As you might imagine, I’m quite interested in the work,” he said. “It’s the first time I’ve run for office. I’m really excited for it.” Harte is a Pinebrook resident who moved to the area in 2006. He’s a vice president of sales and marketing for an Italian outdoor gear company and works with the Kimball Arts Center. He’ll be running as a Democrat but said he was independent of party affiliation for a long time. “I personally value pragmatic decisions,” Harte said. “I’m fiscally conservative and at the same time, I believe in helping people. I think that life can be challenging and you should do everything you can to make it as good and positive and better for the people around you.” One of the reasons he’s seeking the office, he said, is the amount of discretion councilors can use while making decisions. The Planning Commission is often in the position of making administrative decisions about whether an application com- plies with the development code, as opposed to making legislative decisions that can take into account factors like public sentiment. “A classic one was the Colby School, when that went through,” Harte said. “The Planning Commission may have, and most likely would have, made a totally different decision if it had not been presented to them as a conditional use permit, (which limited commissioners’ discretion.)” Harte said he admires Carson’s level of professionalism and ability to navigate tricky situations. He added that he’s seeking the office to work with others to better the community. “What I like about running for County Council is that your fellow council members are just making the best decisions they can for the community,” Harte said. “And I love that focus. That’s why I’m so keen on this.” Stevens has been on the Planning Commission since 2017 and is the current chair. She has lived in the Snyderville Basin for eight years. She works as the executive assistant to the Park City chief of police and PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO PHOTO BY CHELSEA NORTH Canice Harte, left, and Malena Stevens have announced their intention to run for the County Council after years on the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission. has worked as a victims’ advocate in the department. She said she would bring a different perspective to the County Council. “I think that having different viewpoints is really critical in any sort of government capacity because we come to more innovative VISITOR GUIDE Tracy Lawrence will bring the good ole days to the DeJoria Center solutions when we have a variety of perspectives,” she said. “I think my perspective isn’t always represented on council and that is something that could be beneficial to the community.” Please see Campaigns, A-2 Grammy-nominated country singer Tracy Lawrence will perform Friday, Feb. 7, at the DeJoria Center, 970 N. S.R. 32 in Kamas. Lawrence’s critically acclaimed album “Good Ole Days” hit No. 1 on the iTunes Country Chart. For information, visit dejoriacenter.com. |