And all this time the political leaders and newspapers in Salt Lake and Davis counties couldn’t figure out why Utah County has been so slow in wanting to increase mass transportation. They have wanted to say that Utah County is holding up progress for the whole state. I say, “What progress?”

Davis County, after six years of paying an additional sales tax and not knowing where the money was going, is finally getting some work started on their commuter rail. Maybe misery wanted company. All Utah County wants is an alternative that will work for our communities. Even UTA is now admitting there should be some changes to future plans.

I don’t want to be one that holds up progress. I hope the county commissioners give the citizens the opportunity to vote on additional sales tax to be used for transportation, but I am glad we have the ability to hold the money as a county and know how it will be allocated in the future. That way we should have better control of our own destiny.