Comments about ‘Sandy planning '08 ad blitz’

Sandy has a lot of ground to make up. City officials are giving our tax dollars ($10m, apart from the hotel tax) to unpopular RSL owners, they are well known as a 'ticket factory' to generate revenue, the city is overdeveloped, and, most embarrassing of all, we are the home of double-dipper/back-door dealer Rep. Greg Curtis.

I hate Sandy and no advertising campaign will change that.

Lets see, build Wal-Marts, build a soccer stadium that most residents did not want to pay for, collect taxes. But will Sandy lift a finger to help protect homeowner property values, NO. Sandy is no longer a community, it is turning into a commercial development, why not entice hazardous waste disposal and other seedy business that generate big tax revenue. Dolan and his clonies are only in it to pump up their egos at the cost of everyone living in Sandy before their time.

In 10 years, all of Sandy's "cool" projects will be in dire need of redevelopment. The "other Downtown" will likely be further down the street in Lehi in 10 years. Its the cycle of poor urban planing that plagues most Utah communities. Could the cause of this plague possibly be developers in bed with the local governments?

Now there's an oxymoron. Let's pump up our image using billboards!

I have to agree that the auto ticket traps are numerous around Sandy. I got one for merely turning too wide on a left turn. It was nearly $100! How can someone on a Utah salary pay for that? The City Council did a poll last year showing what great leaders they were. BUT, they did not ask if Sandy residents approved of the extreme commercial development path they have taken. Fifteen years ago Sandy was the best place to live in SL County, sadly that is no longer the case. Apparently Sandy residents won't realize what "southern california" Dolan has done to them until he is long gone. But historically his city council will eventually be seen as the worst in the history of the City. The whole idea of putting up ads on those ugly, tacky billboards (many which block the views of the Wasatch Range) are another example of where their persepectives are.

Whatever, Sandy is cool and you are all just jealous. I've lived here my whole life and loved every bit of it. I am proud to be associated with Sandy, including the new soccer stadium. I would have liked to see the gravel pit be a huge city park rather than a development, but I am still very happy with this great city.

I live in downtown SLC - the real downtown! I avoid Sandy @ all costs, have to go for business - leave as soon as possible, the traffic is horrible, the RSL stadium is a joke, Sandy deserves what they get from the bad press! Their representatives are a joke along with the legislature

The Stadium will put Sandy on the map, and will soon draw people from all over the world. The Olympics will be the only thing that comes close to that kind of publicity. Good on ya Dolan.