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Show year-round, clean industry and jobs they have brought to this town, surely a healthy contribution that enables our young people to remain in this community with the chance to establish a career rather than get by with a 5-month job that depends on the weather. I for one think the new Main Street Marketplace is a handsome building, and I give full credit to the Council and the Planning Commission for controlling the design so that the building recedes as it gets higher, rather than allowing further excessive exces-sive heights that hang heavily over Main Street now. I'm sure the construction of Main Street Marketplace Market-place is not as economical as building a towering brick box, but this compromise has resulted in a facade that Park City can be proud of. All that is historical is not necessarily beautiful. Surely these people didn't descend on Park City to make a fast buck and get out, as some do. They have contributed to our community generously and wanted to make this their home. I don't know the details of the "little red house" transaction, but if the basic facts as stated are accurate, it seems to me like some sort of blackmail. The Council and Planning Commission usually do a good job of protecting our best interests, but isn't there room for compromise on this issue? Suzanne Rowan Room for compromise Editor: Let me state at the outset that I don't have all the facts, but I was deeply saddened when I read last week's front page story about the Fields' decision to cash in their chips and leave Park City as a result of their alleged harrassment by the City and the Planning Commission. I am not acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Fields, but I am well aware of the |