CABLE dispatch from a Range Rover stranded at SR‑224, 7‑mile east of the Marsac Building, recounts the procedural ballet that proved inefficiency to its core. Jack Rubin, a perennial polishing‑green wizard, petitioned a recount two days after the certification by the Park City Municipal Corp, a mere seven votes from Councilor Ryan Dickey. The council’s lawyers fanned out in the faded municipal beige hall, while UDOT’s paint crafters perched behind safety‑orange barricades on SR‑224, transforming a quiet while into a circus of bureaucracy. The recount period, slated to commence this Friday and extend to the middle of next week, shows how long‑handed councils prefer paperwork over actual decision‑making. Meanwhile, commuters flowing through Guardsman Pass are mistrusting the dull “traffic signal” upgrade plans that never reach the asphalt‑black slurry floor. To avoid the tedium, take the Richardson Flat bus; if you must drive, circumvent SR‑224 entirely by looping back via the North Pass.
Cable #5142November 21, 2025
Recount Baffles Builders
Jack Rubin’s last-call recount request exposes a procedural circus on SR‑224 that keeps public traffic both in traffic and out of prosperity.