Powder Mountain Update: Spotlight on Two Ogden Valley Forum Articles

A few probing citizen questions; and an eye-opening overhead map

For those readers following the still festering Powder Mountain situation, we'll take advantage of the current pre-holiday news lull to provide another Powderville update. In the interim since our last article on this topic, our friends at the Ogden Valley Forum blog have put together two additional articles which we haven't yet spotlighted here on Weber County Forum:

First in chronological sequence is a 7/12/09 article, which reels off some probing questions which were asked at Citizens Rights Defense Fund booths in Huntsville and Liberty on July 4th. Among those questions we find this most interesting query, which brims with delicious innuendo:

If Powder Mountain really wishes to be a good neighbor in Ogden Valley as they claim, why is the word on the street in the Valley that they are offering $750,000 to the new town after incorporation if the town residents agree to sign off on the development of up to 10,000 home sites on 1/3 of an acre lots along the base of the mountains facing the Valley?

To find out what else average Ogden Valley citizens have been asking about, check out Larry Zini's full article, which is linked right here:

• Valley Citizens Questions

Next in order, we'll direct your readers to this 7/17/09 article which presents an eye-opening overhead graphics representation of the portion of Ogden Valley which would be affected by a new Powderville township, a circumstance which could lead to the approval and construction (if all goes well for the greedhead developers) of up to 10,000 new residential units, situated on tiny 1/3 acre lots:

• Read it and Weep!

And yes. The aggrieved Powderville litigants are in the process of preparing their appeal, and remain in need of your generous donations. If you're inclined to want to lend your helping hand, you can conveniently do so via this page, which even contains a handy PayPal donation button:

• Citizens Rights Defense Fund - Contact/Support

Alternatively, we understand that you can also make arrangements to volunteer your time and/or treasure, by dialing out to to the CDRF's Darla Van Zeben, at 801-745-4740.

Whatever you do... we hope you won't sit back idly while Ogden Valley morphs into another Park City:
That's it for now, gentle readers.

The floor is open for your anticipated flurry of comments.