Elder J. Golden Pittakos wrote:

Betz wrote:

Elder J. Golden Pittakos wrote:

Iceman, Member, Quorum of Heathens and Uppity Wenches wrote:

Why not build a tunnel to Herriman? I'm opposed to any road that would facilitate Eagle Mountain access to a metro area.



Forget the tunnel... let's just build a wall around Eagle Mountain.


Yeah, make them dig their own personal tunnels!

Isn't tunnel digging one of the subsections taught in Eagle Mountain's schools for the "Prepare for a Career at the Point of the Mountain" class?


You might want to include American Fork in your concentration camp. The $39 million American Fork Ponzi scheme is bigger than the entire EM city budget. What is it with pyramid schemes and financial scandals in Utah anyway? Utah has been listed as one of the most fraud-prone states in the nation for over two decades now.



American Fork charity directors ordered to prison
December 11th, 2007 @ 10:23am

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- The former directors of an American Fork charity will spend time in prison and pay more than $39 million in restitution for their Ponzi scheme that bilked hundreds of school districts out of "free" fitness equipment.

A Minneapolis, Minn., federal judge handed down the sentence Friday.

Cameron J. Lewis of Highland will spend 17 years in prison for having hatched the idea. His father, J. Tyron Lewis, of Monticello, will serve more than five years for running the illegal pyramid scheme.

More than 350 schools districts nationwide and dozens of banks were defrauded of more than $40 million by the pair.

The father and son team ran the National School Fitness Foundation from 1999 to 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway

Lake Pontchartrain is similar to Utah Lake in that it is shallow and has lots of silthowever - it's also a LOT larger than Utah Lake. They made it work here, perhaps in Utah County as well? (I live on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and have taken the Causeway many times - it's actually only a toll southbound, so I'll sometimes take I-10 when I'm heading south and then take the Causeway home).

Iceman, Member, Quorum of Heathens and Uppity Wenches wrote:

Why not build a tunnel to Herriman? I'm opposed to any road that would facilitate Eagle Mountain access to a metro area.


You make a very good point.

If this causway leads to Eagle Mountain, what I ask would be the difference between what we're doing and Alaska's "Road to Nowhere?".

James T. wrote:

If this causway leads to Eagle Mountain, what I ask would be the difference between what we're doing and Alaska's "Road to Nowhere?".


Look as long as no one tells them about it. What's the chance that they'll ever find it on their own?

James T. wrote:

If this causway leads to Eagle Mountain, what I ask would be the difference between what we're doing and Alaska's "Road to Nowhere?".


In Alaska, the $350 million dollar bridge originates in nowhere and leads to nowhere (about 100 people). In Utah County, the bridge originates in Provo (which might be nowhere to some people) and connects to about 40,000 people in SS, EM, and West Lehi. It is a good way to take traffic off of I-15, but of course, some people may enjoy sitting in traffic.