March 7, 2008 by Baker.

On Wednesday, March 7, 2008 it was reported in the Community Council meeting that crime was down, overall, in the Rose Park Area.  Most crime in the Rose Park area seemed to be concentrated in the area around City Park Apartments.  Link to Salt Lake City Police Department Crime Statistics reporting

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March 6, 2008 by Baker.

Though national politics are not typically germaine to Rose Park News, we found a newsworthy story taking hold across various indie media on the internet.  It is about mainstream media making a giant mistake that almost seems intentional; our own Salt Lake City newspapers included.

In the days leading up to Utah’s own Democrat/Republican primaries on “Super Tuesday”, over 170 national newspapers published voter guides that made some glaring exclusions. 

 Perhaps it is safe to say that the Democratic presidential bid of Mike Gravel was not newsworthy as he polled extremely low against Obama and Clinton; but on the Republican side, there was a candidate who had just taken 2nd in Nevada, and 2nd in Lousiana,  beating both Romney and McCain each in at least one contest: his name is Ron Paul.

Paul had also recently beat an all-time fundraising record and had  more contributions and contributors than any other Republican candidate: $18 million at the same time that McCain was being forced to borrow money. Paul was also drawing crowds and gaining a following unlike any other Republican candidate.

To all of this, the Salt Lake Tribune published a voter guide just in time for Super Tuesday that excluded Ron Paul as if he didn’t even exist.  Incredibly, this same guide included Fred Thompson, who had dropped-out two weeks earlier in January, and not even one mention of Ron Paul!  Paul came in a distant third in Utah that day.

People from various political views and preferences agree that this action of amazing exclusion deserves criticism as a seeming manipulation of the democratic process and our strong dependence on major media sources.

Latest check shows Ron Paul the last remaining Republican primary candidate who has not yet decided to bow out and concede an obvious victory to John McCain, (if anyone out there is still counting).

The Project For Excellence in Journalism took notice of the media blackout here: http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/04/press-takes-a-harder-look-at-obama-and-itself/ 

One internet blogger has tried to document this event here.

Ron Paul in a presidential debate from Salon.com

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March 4, 2008 by Baker.

According to the Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service, 12 homes were sold during February 2008 in the 84116 Zip Code (comprising an area that includes all of Rose Park to the Davis County line, South to an area not far from North Temple).

The price range of sold homes during February was from $126,500 for a 2-bedroom/1bath home to $206,000 for a 4-bedroom/2 bath home.

The best mortgage rates ranged from between 5.9% and 6.5% during this time, trending upwards.

The ‘typical’ 3-bedroom 1-bath, 1950’s Rose Park home sold for an average of $158,900 in February.  Down about 11% from average highs a year ago, but still about a third higher than the price trends of 1999-2005.

Inventories in the 84116 Zip Code include 140 properties currently for sale, 50 of those under contract with buyers, this turnover showing that this area is doing much better than the rest of the nation, and even much of the Salt Lake Valley.

Report submitted by Kelton Baker, Rose Park area Realtor 

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March 2, 2008 by Baker.

1206 West 200 North

Saturday, March 22, 2008
2:00 – 4:00 pm
The community is invited to tour the mansion and
propose ideas for use of this historic home.
Renovation of the Fisher Mansion is a Salt Lake Solutions project.
“Salt Lake Solutions will engage all segments of our community.
The process includes input from those affected by decisions,
considers a wide range of ideas and options,
and arrives at public solutions based on
healthy dialogue and consensus.”
—— Mayor Ralph Becker

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