Powder Mountain Update: Two More Articles from Ogden Valley Forum

A County Commission meeting reminder, and some eye-opening tax analysis

Just to keep our readers up to speed on the Powderville situation, we'll highlight two new Ogden Valley Forum articles this morning.

First, we find a reminder of the County Commission's Tuesday hearing. The text is brief, so we'll incorporate it in full:

This is a call for all Valley residents to attend the Weber County Commission meeting on Tuesday, August 19th at 10:00AM. It appears that the Weber County Commissioner's will name the makeup of the Powderville town council.
It will be noteworthy to see if they name a representative council, or a town council packed with Cobabe family members and employees from Powder Mountain.
Since there are so many potential conflict of interest issues with the original list submitted by Powder Mountain, we will find out how much intestinal fortitude our Weber County Commissioners are willing to display.

It's our understanding that the Commission will now be choosing from a significantly expanded Powderville citizen candidate list, rather than a narrow roster of the ethically-conflicted "gang of six" whose names were cherry-picked and arrogantly submitted by the developer for a "hoped for"Commission rubber stamp. Indeed, Tuesday's meeting will give the lumpencitizens a golden opportunity to see exactly what the Commission is really made of. Will the Commission select a town government which represents a cross-section of the regular folks who were dragged unwillingly into the developer's company town; or will the Commission meekly roll over, and commit several scores of its constituents to fascist-style dictatorship, under the jack-boot of the developer's corporation? We guess we'll find out on Tuesday, won't we?

Next, we'll turn to the latest Kim Wheatley tome, in which Dr. Wheatley provides some thoughtful tax analysis, founded upon a fair amount of diligent research. Among Dr. Wheatley's conclusions, based on Weber County tax records: Upon completion of the town incorporation process, the Powder Mountain developer will enjoy the bulk of the economic benefit flowing from the incorporation of Powder Mountain Town, while the citizens who are unconnected with the developer's resort project will pick up 95% of the economic tab.

Don't let the cat get your tongues, O gentle ones.