Desert Airs

Year: 2017

Boondoggles over Practical Projects

by Paul
The Reserve at East Bay, Provo, Utah | Logo golf ball from T… | Flickr

Stand up for East Bay Golf. Meeting planned Wednesday, 5 pm at the course. Be there. Stop insanity. – Dick Harmon w Deseret News.

Apparently the city of Provo is needing cash after all the leader’s spending on boondoggles and are going after green space.

So basically, to pay for a bus that no one will use so that the city can look to the outside world as more “green”, they are going to sell actual green space to put down concrete and asphalt…. makes sense…

Just FYI, that bus that no one will use, has a cost that is now over $200 Million!

East Bay GC is one of the busiest courses in the state. Home to four high schools, one college, and two college’s student classes. Not to mention all the locals who use it.

Here’s a run down of other projects Provo has spent money on in the last ten years, and these are only ones that come to mind.

New Courthouse – $90 Million

New Rec Center – $45 Million

New High School – $60 Million plus?

New Elementary Schools – $100 Million Plus?

Park Redesigns – Who Knows

New Conference Center – Unknown contribution

New Hospital – Unknown contribution

Sound and responsible spending right?

Project Audi A8

by Paul

The new power steering pump failed and caused other issues to my son’s car so it went back in the garage. The worst part that failed as a consequence was the water pump, which is not super easy to get to and is driven by the timing belt.

Finished the car this weekend, finally, hopefully. We did quite a bit of work, but the power steering pump has been the worst because we’ve gotten 3 bum units… talk about bad luck. More like, cheap knock-offs.

This is after the timing belt and tensioners are back installed to spec. Music to my ears.

HS State Golf Tournament

by Paul

Tommy finished 16th out of the 101 invited players at the state championship. He played as the team number one. Last year, as a freshman, he finished 48th, so good improvement. He’s been struggling lately with his swing, but that said, he’s pretty amazing to watch even when he’s struggling hitting the ball. Hole 7 is a pretty good example -see https://youtu.be/tA9i_g6AQDM?t=11m23s. He made the sports cover of the local paper and here’s a link to more pics from the paper Daily Herald.