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Cold water: Mayor Kaufusi says she opposes selling land at base of Slate Canyon to Splash Summit
Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi made an emphatic statement via social media Monday night by declaring “Slate Canyon is not for sale.” In a video posted to her personal Facebook account and the official Provo government account, the mayor said she is against Splash Summit’s proposal to purchase city land at the mouth of Slate Canyon to build a new water park. “As for me, the owner's proposal to buy this land is fully and completely declined,” she said. “No sale can happen without my approval. So this puts an end to it.” Splash Summit presented a plan in an April ...