UTOPIA != dead
Posted: 4 March 2004 at 02:03:09
UTOPIA is not dead.
The Utah state legislature passed a much-watered down version of Senate Bill 66 a mere 30 minutes before the close of the legislative session.
If signed into law by the governor, the 18 current member cities of UTOPIA would be allowed to proceed with bond financing as planned as long as they allow for more format public input.
The proposed law requires other cities to hold public elections to acquire bond financing to build a telecommunications system like UTOPIA. I’m not personally worried about that so much because I think it’s going to be at least a couple of years before that happens. A lot will happen between now and then.
In any case, we need to party!