[Utah Girl]

I did go up to the ski jump last summer, took some out-of-state friends there. This is one Utahn you'll never see do a ski jump! And SLOC worked really hard to make sure that the venues would be used after the Olympics are over. It will be interesting to see how many more Utahns (the young ones) take up Olympics sports, we now have world-class facilities.

And John McCain has been complaining about Utah getting light rail and a reconstructed highway. We got TRAX earlier because of the Olympics, it was scheduled to be built here a few years later.

And the NY Times did miss the point, you are absolutely correct. Salt Lake City is the way it is because of the people. If we changed, then SLC wouldn't be SLC anymore, it would be a little NYC or San Francisco (heaven forbid!)

[Dog Gone]

I visited the jump and bobsled run last June. They were pretty impressive!

St. Lake City is a great place, unless you are into a lot of hedonistic pleasures. It's like a family town that became a real city. There's nothing wrong with that, and there's a lot to like about that.

New York City reporters, who look down their noses at the rest of us, not only don't understand that but actually abhor it.

[marajade]

And John McCain has been complaining about Utah getting light rail and a reconstructed highway.

That's because AZ taxpayers pay more in federal transportation dollars then it gets back. He's got a legitimate beef.