SkiLink land grab  Published February 28, 2013 1:01 am   I have
figured out this SkiLink proposal to have the federal government
sell national forest land so a private gondola can connect
resorts in Park City and Big Cottonwood Canyon.  SkiLink is not
about improving the skiing experience. It won't, unless your
idea of a great ski day is paying a lot of money to ride lifts
for half of the day.  Nor is it about reducing traffic. It
won't. If SkiLink is popular, it will increase traffic.  SkiLink
is about setting a dangerous and odious precedent. If our dim-
witted representatives can force Congress to sell off public
land to a Canadian real estate and mining conglomerate, then the
line between public land and private development will have been
obliterated. That's the goal.  Developers all over the state are
licking their chops at the prospect of convincing their
congressional lap dog to put the fix in on prime public land for
their private benefit.  Remember, the SkiLink legislation was
introduced by the same c