You CAN Fight City Hall - The Case Of Holladay Residents Vicory Over A Tyrannical Mayor & City Council

Holladay Utah Residents Emerge Vicorious Over Mayor Rob Dahle and the City Council after Utah Supreme Court sides with Unite For Holladay to put the High Density Development up for referendum.

In January 2018 the Holladay Planning Commission voted against changing the General Plan of the city to rubber stamp a proposal by the Mayor and City Council to build stack & pack housing and mixed use transit oriented development (TOD) which would give Ivory, Woodbury and UTA Developers, who renamed the development "Holladay Quarter" and called it "a decade of dirt", referring to the demise of the Cottonwood Mall, tax incentives at the taxpayers expense to implement the carbon copy general plan adopted by cities across America sold by the American Planning Association.

Ivory & Woodbury

The plan proposed would bring 775 high-rise apartments, 210 other housing units that would include twin homes and condos, dozens of retail shops and $22 Million dollars in tax subsidies to the developers.  More crony capitalism, also known in history books as fascism, at the public's expense.  On May 17, 2018 the City Council bypassed the Planning Commission vote of 5-1 against the development, but the City Council with dollar signs in their eyes overrode that vote.  In June of 2018 the residents organized Unite For Holladay to put the General Plan to a vote then Ivory & Woodbury started a PR Campaign to stop the referendum ballot process and threatened legal action.  By July 12th 8000 signatures were gathered, 35% of registered voters of the 2016 general election, a substantial opposition to the City Council plan.  In August Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen verified that there were enough signatures to put it on the ballot for a vote, but the City Council turned a deaf ear to the residents lawful path and on August 6th committed taxpayer funds to initiate legal action against them in which District Judge Richard McKeilve ruled the petition valid and ordered it be put on the ballot.  That same day the City Of Holladay joined with Ivory & Woodbury against the residents of Holladay and took the case to the Utah Supreme Court and ultimately ruled the issue be put on the ballot.  October 8th ballots are printed containing the measure giving the residents a voice in the matter.  The people spoke and the measure was defeated, a victory over a tyrannical Mayor and City Council and their cronies.  The case can now be made that "politics is local" and that politically active individuals can bring about change but organization is key!  Although these plans are federal, with the driving force by the United Nations and the global elites, these "plans" can be opposed in our communities, and just like this one, it may take a court battle to get it done.  Residents of Holladay and the Unite For Holladay organization along with the Planning Department deserve accolades for their vigilance on this matter.  Kudos to those residents that were "awake" and through their watchdog efforts organized in an effort to defeat this plan and remind the Mayor and City Council [they] are their employees, they hired them and they can fire them, and I hope the residents will remember this "coup d'etat" when they are up for re-election.

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Recently the Salt Lake County Council approved a high density project being called Olympia Hills in the area of Herriman in which Mayor Ben McAdams has proposed a plan that includes 37 residents per acre, as opposed to Herriman's 8, Riverton's 7 and Daybreak's 11, which translates to 33,000 people on 900 acres, which would make the area the most populated area in Salt Lake County to include 4,738 apartments, 2,485 town homes, 1,497 single family homes along with retail shops and a satellite campus for the University of Utah.  Ben McAdams was on the campaign trail in June of 2018 and held a town hall in which Herriman residents showed up in droves to voice their opinion to McAdams' plan saying, "it's inappropriate to build and entire city in my back yard", and another stating, "Olympia Hills would be like New York or Los Angels" siting the fact that they have trains, light rail and a fleet of buses.  Remember, this is the Delphi technique, problem, reaction, solution so, that will initiate the plan for UTA to come on board, and cities like Sandy and Draper can tell you about the problems that creates, which, it so happens, that the Holladay Plan also included plans for a TRAX line down Highland Drive (page 30).  Other residents voiced opposition due to the infrastructure it would take to support such a population and that "putting 33,000 people into the transportation corridor, hospitals, sport venues and schools is the dumbest idea ever"!   Someone else asked, "how did this plan get so far"?  And, "the County has failed us massively"!

It is important to note that I believe that if it hadn't been for the election campaign  of Ben McAdams ,which includes donations from Slhnet Investments a real estate investment firm, he would not have been involved in this town hall where the community voiced its opposition to Olympia Hills.  I've learned by experience that Ben McAdams does not like opposition to his "plans" and holds closed door meetings to hide his intentions and turns a deaf ear to the community opposition as he exhibited in the Salt Lake County Community Preservation act .  It is no secret Ben McAdams is giddy about Envision Utah and their sustainable development agenda that is evident throughout Salt Lake County, obliterating the "small town feel" he talks about.  It's easy to see that every community across the Wasatch Front is a carbon copy of the next, it's like Groundhog Day in Utah . . . and every other city across America.  Olympia Hills would be the "planned community" of Daybreak on steroids!  Every time I drive into that place it reminds me of the old western Ghost Town, so cold and uninviting.  Narrow streets and no parking, roundabouts sending you in random directions.  I can't ever wait to get out of that place!  Thanks Rio Tinto!  Remember the “Sugar Hole” in Sugarhouse? This is what is becoming of it. You can hardly move in that place and they are still talking about putting TRAX down 1100 East, and that will ELIMINATE cars! I would estimate that, for an example, the city of Midvale now boasts more multi dwelling units than single family homes which is where the tax revenue is generated, and just like Olympia Hills, there are city officials who are profiting off these renters and landlords selling insurance protection and mediation services among others.  It's the day of crony capitalism hidden under the cloak of Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Stay strong Herriman and surrounding communities in taking action against a tyrannical Salt Lake County Council and their plans to build a monstrosity opposed by the people, and don't let Aimee Winder Newton fool ya, she voted for this monstrosity!  Don't give up!  Take a page out of Holladay's book of how to fight against those only motivated by money and power and ready to sell you down the river.  Don't be silenced by the threats and flashy PR campaigns.  Learn to see through their lies, and for heavens sake, let commonsense direct your paths.  These government types are always dropping the "population bomb" saying "our population is going to double by 2050 and we need a place to put these people"!  These people are counting on you not noticing that there is a lot of open space out side of the urban corridor, what's known as "flyover country".  The truth is America is only inhabiting 6% of our land mass and I'm willing to bet that Utah is the same despite the claim the Federal Government has to land within our borders.  In short, IT'S A CROCK!  It is very rare that single family homes are being built in most areas in Salt Lake County.  It's been five years since I've witnessed one being built in Sandy, they are all twin homes or multi family dwellings, don't let this happen to your community!  The reason home prices are soaring is because there is too much demand and not enough inventory.  Despite what the "experts" tell you, people want single family homes, even the millennials, and this is why they are saying we need high density, because incomes can't keep pace.  One thing I have noticed is that Zions Bank is, more often now, involved in these plans somehow.  As in the Community Preservation Act in Salt Lake County they produce some analysis, but always look at the numbers, and don't let their name intimidate you into not looking.  Although their job is to "seal the deal" you will find the numbers don't add up.  It's a red flag!

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It is important for individuals concerned about high density development to learn the language.  Learn to recognize the organizations and the individuals integral in pushing these plans they claim are endorsed by the communities they plan to transform.  Here are a few warning signs, Chamber of Commerce, EPA, US Forest Service, Health & Human Services, HUD, Downtown Alliance, Envision Utah, Downtown Rising, Land Use, Urban Design, Neighborhood Preservation, Transportation Network, Transit Oriented Development, Economic Development, Resilience, Open Space, Natural Resources, Sustainability, High Density, Mixed Use, Wasatch Front Regional Council, Fiscal/Environmental/Social Equity, Metropolitan Planning Organization, American Planning Association, Green Space, Walkability, Public/Private Partnership, Redevelopment, Pedestrian Friendly, National Heritage Area, General Plan just to name a few.  Many of my articles highlight these terms and the agenda behind them.  These are the people and organizations you need to watch out for.

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 Holladay and Herriman, you make Tom Deweese proud!  I suggest you visit his website American Policy Center for a continuing education on Sustainable Development.  His website and his new book can help alert you to the terms used and their agenda.

  I also suggest you check out Rosa Koire's website and her book Behind The Green Mask, this will also help you with the terms and agenda.  I also recommend watching her video about the General Plans being adopted by every city in America.

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Please check out my blog archive for more great articles.

The Smoking Gun and the Smokescreen That Brought Death to the Canyon Inn

Sandy City Trying To Erase History

Just to name a few.

Bonus Feature:  Complete Streets Notice how the young man says "as a bicycle rider he will share the road with us".  The young man needs to remember, that if it weren't for vehicles purchasing fuel he would have no roads to ride his bike on.  Just one point, although more could be said.  I'll have to dedicate a new post to the subject.  Enjoy!

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Links -
https://americanpolicy.org/?s=general+plan
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/06/21/upset-holladay-residents-want-to-stop-the-development-of-the-old-cottonwood-mall-site-says-plan-calls-for-too-many-apartments/ 
https://kutv.com/news/local/ivory-companies-to-purchase-cottonwood-mall-site 
https://www.woodburycorp.com/woodbury-corporation-ivory-homes-announce-project-name-block-party-details-cottonwood-mall-redevelopment/
https://holladayquarter.com/what-is-holladay-quarter/#what
https://www.planning.org/search/?keyword=general+plan+holladay+utah

https://www.uniteforholladay.com/
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900033082/utah-supreme-court-weighing-cottonwood-mall-project-referendum.html
https://www.bitchute.com/video/xsspMldXtyFR/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/7irBYpbq7qhB/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/06/06/proposal-for-nearly-8800-new-homes-and-apartments-in-southwest-salt-lake-county-project-okd-despite-drawing-fire/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/06/15/loud-crowd-asks-salt-lake-county-mayor-ben-mcadams-to-veto-controversial-olympus-hills-project-a-growing-issue-in-his-congressional-race-against-mia-love/ 
https://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2014/03/city-master-plans-bait-and-switch.html 
http://cityofholladay.com/file/2016/06/General-Plan-2017.pdf 
https://ballotpedia.org/Ben_McAdams 
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=36213175 
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900037418/mountain-accord-critic-seeks-expanded-investigation.html 
https://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2015/10/theres-something-rotten-in-denmark-salt.html 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRp8AeS5xA&feature=youtu.be
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=corrupt+rio+tinto&bext=mcr&atb=v140-7a_&ia=web 
https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/sugarhouse-shows-its-resiliency/
http://www.utahprojects.info/projects/area/sugarhouse
https://fox13now.com/2018/06/19/its-back-to-the-drawing-board-for-olympia-hills-development/ 
http://gardner.utah.edu/utah-facing-several-threats-housing-affordability-2/ 
http://gardner.utah.edu/people/natalie-gochnour/ 
https://www.bitchute.com/video/zD1cinGmMo7J/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/gT7UrSPB0c0p/
https://americanpolicy.org/ 
https://americanpolicy.org/store/ 
https://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/great-source-info.html 
https://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/buy-behind-the-green-mask.html 
https://www.bitchute.com/video/CAbxCpjgzI2B/ 
https://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-smoking-gun-and-smoke-screen-that.html
https://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2015/11/sandy-city-trying-to-erasing-history.html
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lCNubujXHojN/

"There's Something Rotten In Denmark" Salt Lake County Community Preservation Act

 

 

It ain't Denmark but it still stinks!  The famous quote from the Shakespeare's Hamlet, I think, depicts this situation.

 

"Hamlet Act 1, scene 4, 87–91

This is one time when the popular misquotation—"Something's rotten in Denmark"—is a real improvement on the original. But you ought to be careful around purists, who will also remember that the minor character Marcellus, and not Hamlet, is the one who coins the phrase. There's a reason he says "state of Denmark" rather than just Denmark: the fish is rotting from the head down—all is not well at the top of the political hierarchy."

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, (former Senator 2009-2013),  through prodding the Utah Legislature, constructed a bill forcing Salt Lake County residents to decide once and for all if they will remain independent.  Salt Lake County Residents will participate in a, "Mail In Ballot Only" election, November 2015 in which County Islands and Townships will have to choose whether to join an adjacent city or remain an entity of Salt Lake County.  Governor Gary Herbert signed the 236 page bill (SB-199) which passed the Senate (25-5-1) and the House (68-6-1) into action March 30, 2015.  Salt Lake County's first notice to the public was for June 3 and the 30th was the second public notice, of which I received none.  These hearings where to discuss boundaries only, and it has been on the "bullet train" to it's destination ever since!  They waited until September to approach the residents with their "sales pitch".  No public comment was allowed at our meeting at Eastmont Middle School in Sandy.  Hand-written questions only!  Can anyone say "Delphi"?  We have the Utah Legislature to thank once more for "saving us from ourselves" as all government is afraid of "organic government" percolating from the bottom up!  They are, metaphorically, "putting a gun to the heads" of county residents to commit to annexing while putting ourselves out of their misery of thinking we have an ability to come up with a plan of our own.  Before this bill was passed residents could come together and petition the county for annexation into a neighboring city, now they are forcing the remaining islands to decide once and for all this November.  And In my case, cramming to do research from the late date of September 18th!  This effects our personal property rights and should not be taken lightly, but the county is banking on it!  There are many reasons I see for them coming up with this scheme, some of which I'll mention here.

 

 

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams leads the way on bike path.

 

 

As you may or may not know, Mayor Ben McAdams serves on several Un-elected Boards and Councils of Governments (COG), including Envision Utah (Board of Directors) and Wasatch Front Regional Council, Smart Growth America, Transportation For America among others.  He clearly endorses and advocates for United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development Smart Growth policies.  For example-  He's been seen sporting a bike helmet in a photo op where he reveals the county put up $700,000 in grants to ensure bikers safety on county roads, (that's money raised from motorists mind you).  I think it's his agenda to get the county, including cities and townships, locked up to deliver them as prisoners to the global governance goal of control of every one and every thing!  He, and his cronies, have to cement this plan through planning and zoning, which was required language in the bill.  I have seen him giddy as a school girl "skip" to the podium as he opened the meeting for Wasatch Choice 2040 in which he praises Andrew Gruber and the regional plan.  "Celebrate the end of the beginning", you say?  Maybe a subliminal meaning there?

 

Where the CPA is concerned, I do feel that the islands are expendable as far as the plan goes.  The county could care less about them, with the exception of Willow Creek.  Willow Creek residents, from what I heard in the public hearings on boundaries, has been courted by Sandy City for many years trying to get the high income area to annex into Sandy.  The county, I feel, initiated the "divide and conquer" technique in order to force residents to choose between Sandy and recently incorporated Cottonwood Heights.  Township?  Nope, that's out!  It's rumored that both cities are in need of property tax revenue, and Willow Creek would provide that.  Single family private property owners are the bread and butter that keep cities humming, although a member of our panel made it sound like we are mooching off Kennecott and Snowbird!  "Might I remind you, the residents built the towns."  At any rate, I think this is why the county did not include the islands in the middle of the map in any of the committees and discussions in hopes that we would get mad and join an adjoining city.  I'm irate mind you, but I don't want to be a part of a city that is "hook line and sinker", neck deep in the global agenda, and is waging war against private property rights and individual sovereignty (Sandy City).  They can't make the people comply with UN Agenda 21 (Re-branded 2030 Agenda or Plan 2030) if they aren't a part of these cities.  They have their operatives in the townships, islands are expendable.  At this point it's resist and fight to the death!

 

 

 

 

Now to the process.  The assistant mayor, who ran the meeting, (Kimberly Barnett), bragged about having over 100 individuals participate in the process, but when you consider there are 160,000 property owners effected that is less than one percent!  It's a pittance!  They should be ashamed not BRAGGING about it!  The mayor said, "they advertised for positions on the committee", yet I could only find this where he describes an effort to, "bring peace to a decades-old fight", the old Hegelian Dialectic at work.  And if you watch this, it's almost laughable they couldn't find anyone to participate in an episode of Trib Talk who wasn't "in house", and where no viewers submitted questions.  In short there was a limited few on the committee and no one represented my island, one being a Salt Lake Tribune Employee, makes you wonder about the rest of the appointments.  During this process the committee should have been communicating with the members they represented and I didn't hear one word about it.  Aimee Winder-Newton even admits to "rushing the process so they could control the message".  The first time I heard about it was when I received a postcard in the mail informing me I would be voting on the measure in November by mail in ballot, and that a community town hall would be held in a little over a week.  Needless to say, I was dumbfounded!  I scrambled to find out what in the heck was going on.  In my search I found that Zions Bank was awarded the contract to do the financial study.  I found the report online and several things puzzled me.  Why Zions Bank?  Why not private property rights groups or tax watch dogs?  Why did Zions not do a complete and comprehensive comparison?  Why did they "cherry pick" a handful of line items to feed the public?  I found it interesting that in their report each comparison found a cost benefit to annexing to a neighboring city of an average $115.00.  I did ask a very detailed question at our town hall about Zions Bank winning the bid, but was not given a honest answer.  I asked, "who competed for the contract and why was it awarded to Zions Bank"?  Kimberly Barnett, assistant mayor, basically said, Zions won!  We were informed at our town hall September 28, 2015 that we would receive a pamphlet in the mail before the election in order to provide us with the information to make an "informed decision".  I told Aimee Winder-Newton after the meeting, "I already printed mine off online"!  I did it as part of my research, and as far as I'm concerned it's not worth the paper it's printed on!  And-I've already received my ballot and not the pamphlet!  And that's the plan, to not give residents enough time to investigate and time to protest.  The town hall meeting I attended was a "let's control the agenda so these people don't get any ideas on their own", and "let's go through the motions so we can say we did...this is a 'done deal' these people are going to Sandy City" type attitude.  There was a table set up at the front of the auditorium with a podium.  Three mics on the table and one at the podium.  As far as I remember there were only two council members there, the mayor and assistant mayor, county attorney rep. someone from public works I think, two Zions Bank personnel and other staff members.  One woman was practically laying on the table she was so bored!  John Hiskey, council to Sandy City Mayor, was summoned from the audience to answer questions from the residents.  No other neighboring cities were represented. There was a "supposed" panel of our peers, (2) reviewing our questions before they were given to the assistant mayor for panel answers, but she was monitoring the whole process scrutinizing the hand written questions and instructing them as to what to do with them including altering them with pen or pencil.  Kimberly Barnett did not ask the questions as they were written, and when clarification was needed, she still did not invite us to address the panel members via microphone.  Ms. Barnett and Zions Bank presented power point presentations as "tokens" to the process in which Kimberly Barnett spoke to us like kindergartners and Zions bank tried to make their incomplete report look like they had spent more than an afternoon putting it together.  And if you've ever looked at your property tax statement, it wasn't even close in comparison.  I wonder how much we paid for that study?  This whole thing is a sham!  As was reported at the June 3rd Public Comment Session,

"I don't want to become part of the debt of Cottonwood Heights or Sandy," said Michelle Greer, one of many Willow Creek residents who expressed a desire to keep their community intact and remain part of the unincorporated county.

"Hands off, bozo," added Cindy Deckard. "I am adamantly opposed to the division of our neighborhood and annexation to either of these towns. We don't need to encourage building their mayors' kingdoms." ~ Salt Lake Tribune

Awe...music to my ears!

 

 

 

 

Although our Community Town Hall at Eastmont violated Utah Code I managed to pull out my phone on the fly to try to capture it for the public.  In order to publish it I created a video, which I will display below as soon as it is uploaded.  Leave it to the citizens to do what government won't, as it should be.  Town Halls are also supposed to be a time for the politicians to LISTEN to the citizens, but at this one all they wanted to do is have us ask questions, they did not want dialog!  I won't cover every little detail in this blog post, but I will post links for information that will help you catch a glimpse into their involving, or not involving the public, whatever the case may be.  If you want to listen to the public hearings on boundaries check this link (June 3 & 30 audio).  I also made a video of the comments I intended to make at the County Islands Community Preservation Town Hall, which the public was barred from speaking at, it also gives some insight into other topics I did not include in this post that I think are important to point out.  There is also an effort to petition the County Attorney Sim Gil to have a more comprehensive report done, another thing we'll pay double for for sloppy contract work.  Remember Syncrete?  In short, at this stage in the game, I want LESS government not MORE!  We do have a choice...a choice we are FORCED to make, but "I" for one, am voting to eliminate a level of government...the city level.  I like the idea of the citizens percolating their own ideas, not being spoon-fed by politicians even if, "it's a messy process our founders left us", quoting Mayor Ben McAdams.  That's the problem with psychopaths, they want to make decisions for others, always unaware of how their decisions effect them.  I hope the Islands will Stand With Me and Vote To Remain A Salt Lake County Island this November and help support private property rights and an independent citizenry.

 

Well, I hope I've "cleared the air".  When something stinks, pull out the air freshener.  Enjoy the links and the video!

 

 

 

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Links:

http://le.utah.gov/~2015/bills/static/SB0199.html
http://www.seanet.com/~barkonwd/school/DELPHI.HTM

http://envisionutah.org/about/board-of-directors

http://wfrc.org/committee/Current_Members_WFRC.pdf

http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/2014/04/08/salt-lake-county-mayor-ben-mcadams-on-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-governing-a-rapidly-urbanizing-area/

http://t4america.org/about/advisory-board

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865635875/Mayors-take-a-ride-on-new-Riverton-bike-lanes.html?pg=all

http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/microsite/global-governance/audio/The-Green-Movement-Agenda21-GlobalWarming-Alarmism-and-Global-Governance.mp3

https://youtu.be/neRp8AeS5xA

http://kuer.org/post/county-seeks-applicants-community-preservation-committee

https://youtu.be/ZPKxI4xkfl4

https://youtu.be/69wR9WAi0BU

http://www.slco.org/community-preservation/Citizen-Committee/

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2580020-155/info-limited-as-county-residents-asked

http://slco.org/uploadedFiles/depot/fMayor/community_preservation/Fiscal%20Evaluation_FullReport_9.11.15.pdf

http://www.sltrib.com/home/2586029-155/community-preservation-or-severation-salt-lake

http://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title52/Chapter4/52-4-S203.html

http://slco.org/council-agendas/CouncilDetail.aspx?id=2147485084&Year=2015

http://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2015/09/salt-lake-county-community-preservation.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncrete