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Show Ten D'Clock Whistle by David Fleisher Park City could now escape from bondage Several public hearings are being held to consider reorganizing government in Summit "County. The present proposal contains one interesting change; that is, to expand the county commission from three members to five. This means that Park City would more than likely be assured of having two representatives on the commission as well as a strong voice in determining a third representative. And if Park City could somehow get three people on the commission, we would have the majority vote. What would that mean? Well, to use those famous words of the past: "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last!" It's no big secret that Parkv City and the rest of Summit County don't get along all of the time. In fact, it's sort of like apples and oranges. Although there are exceptions, Park City people tend to be wild and crazy while our neighbors in the rest of the county are more down-to-earth and conservative. Park City people tnrow parties at the drop of a hat, and fairly outlandish parries at that (as one small example, the "Snowflaker's Ball") while the rest of Summit County residents spend their evenings sitting at home having rational conversations. Although Park City can boast of having a number of talented athletes, we aren't terribly healthy; that is, compared to our neighbors. As we sit over here drinking alcohol until it flows out of our ears, the corss-county residents sip water, orange juice and punch, plus they have the sense to stop before it flows out of their ears. Again, I would like to qualify these statements by saying there are exceptions on both sides. Park City sticks out like jk sore thumb, not only in Summit County but also in the' entire state. Some consider us heathens. What is a heathen? One definition of a heathen, according to Webster's Dictionary, is "a person regarded as rude, illiterate, barbarous, or irreligious." Most of us aren't illiterate, many of us aren't irreligious, some of us aren't rude, but by God everybody knows we're all barbarous.. We ' scream and yell at j each other during city council meetings (remember the one at Marsac regarding the fired employees?), throw temper tantrums about construction on Park Avenue, and get downright angry if there's not enough snow. j I saw this man walking down Main Street the other day talking to himself! So besides being barbarous, some of us are even nuts. But the one thing that the residents in other parts of Summit County fail to understand is that we enjoy being this way. If we didn't, we'd move to Kamas, or to Sioux City, Iowa, or to Omaha, Nebraska, or to Memphis, Tennessee. We live in Park City because it's Park City, and there's probably no other town in the United States, maybe even the world, that's like it. Anyone wishing to be partly heathen and completely nuts can certainly live in Park City and not be harrassed. If reorganizing Summit County government would give Park City a stronger voice in determining our future, then I think it's worth considering. Let us muddle in our ways and we'll let you muddle in your ways, and by the time all of the muddling is over, we'll se who's on top. As I walk up Main Street, I hear the Ten O'Clock Whistle. |