Salt City Sinner

 A Photo Blog posted by:  ViewFinder 8/22/12 (photographs from 8/17/12) In an attempt to escape the smoke filled valley air I buckled my seat belt and drove the 2-15 belt route heading East towards the Little Cottonwood Canyon.  Taking the Brighton Ski Resort exit I made my way through the winding roads and slow speed zones, at points sitting still as the road had been reduced to one lane due to construction crews at work... YES on a SATURDAY! With sandwiches, a small sack of grapes and my steel reusable water can to accompany my lovely lunch packed in my new hiking pack I remembered to grab a spare battery for my camera.  Luckily for me I ran back in the house and retrieved it as I most certainly did have to change out the battery on this excursion.  Turning into the Silver Lake parking lot I was surprised at the amount of visitors to the site, apparently I wasn't the only one seeking refuge from the polluted breathing. My eyes thoroughly...

Posted by ViewFinder on 5/16/2012 At 9:00 am I entered the Public Space containing a hearing- knowing that this Evidentiary hearing on Living Rivers appeal of the groundwater discharge permit to U.S. Oil Sands for a Tar Sands mine at PR Springs in the Book Cliffs of Utah, was actually a CLOSED hearing.   I approached the receptionist and requested entry to the hearing and was immediately declined when my name was not showing on the "list".  After requesting to speak with a Manager I was required to wait... eventually a lovely woman came out of a secure area of the first floor and gave me the same explanation that this was not a "public hearing" and if my name was not on the list as a participant in the hearing there would be no entry permitted.  We were however provided a second room in which we could convene and watch the hearing via a live video feed projected onto two large screens at the front of the room.  I requested to speak with the person...