Cult Gathering and Another Tidbit -- Updated

It is reported in this morning's Std-Ex that the local "Ogden Gondola Cult" will be meeting behind closed doors tomorrow evening, for a revelation by cult-master Chris Peterson, presumably on the specifics of his inspired Golf Course, Gated Community and Gondola Proposal. Surprise of surprises -- the general public is not invited. Many arcane and secret rites are practiced at the Ogden Gondola Cult secret gatherings, which must not be divulged to the uninitiated, we suppose.

The Lift Ogden group's year-long "stealth marketing campaign" has been a true masterpiece of guerilla marketing psychology. The gondola "buzz" truly resounds throughout Ogden... or so we are told by those "in the know."

Can the scheme plan's actual public unveiling be forthcoming soon? We of the unwashed Ogden lumpenproletariat can only hope for an imminent breakthrough within our lifetimes. We're sitting on the edges of our seats for sure, waiting with abated breath. Perhaps there will even be a ticker-tape parade in downtown Ogden -- April 1 would be a fitting date -- as a possible prelude for the public announcement.

And another Std-Ex story this morning confirms what Weber County Forum regulars have known for almost a week. The City of Ogden is indeed the payee/beneficiary on a $2.5 million insurance policy, resulting from the Shupe-Williams fire. A tip of the hat to our gentle and intrepid readers, for breaking this story on our comments pages first.

An additional hat-tip to the Mayor's administration too, for having had the prescience to have insured the old building for five times what she was actually worth.

Who would have the audacity to argue now that the Ogden City administration is in any way lacking in the "vision" department?

The floor is now open, gentle readers.

What are your thoughts of today?

Update 3/29/06 12:32 p.m. MT: Rumor of the Day -- A group of people are going to the Lift Ogden Meeting this evening to inquire what it takes to attend it. As Dave Hardman, the President of the Ogden/Weber Chamber of Commerce, seems to be sponsoring it, some feel that it should be public. It also seems that some members of the Chamber were not even invited, and there is a question about the propriety of this.