I am a business owner in Millcreek. I like being unicorp. area, I want to stay a township and the citizens have spoken. I will not be voting for Mark Crockett again after his display at Skyline H.S. last night. He is not interested in helping Millcreek residents. Lock up our borders for good by extending the Township law forever.

Millcreek should annex with South Salt Lake They have all commercial and little res. Millcreek is just the opposite.

Change the name of SSL to Millcreek City officially, since Millcreek itself runs right through the middle of what would be this new city.

Move city hall to Libby Edward now vacated school building on 33rd and 16th and there you have it a great city "Millcreek" no tax increase according to SSL Mayor, a centrally located city hall, more meaningful (actual voting power) local representation.

I’ll bet that allot of people in this area have been concerned about losing their identity through this. Turn that negative into a positive and the vote might be different.

When are these cities going to finally get it. The answer is "No - we don't want to be a part of your city."

To address the comments of Just Thinking, how much more in taxes are you willing to pay for this elaborate scheme? What would South Salt Lake residents think about being gobbled into a city that would render their current political structure dead - and I do mean dead? This would not be a marriage of equals - it would be a wipeout. Mayor Gray and his council would no longer be in charge in any way. It's a really bad idea.

Millcreek has some work to do in creating their own identity and allowing them the time to do this is not a bad thing. Allowing the West side to lock their borders is importatn to their future, too. The cities just need to walk away and let the Townships be.

Of course these guys are going to dismiss this legitimate survey...they have something personal to gain. Let's not forget Slick Willey, er, Schurtz' lobbying and work in introducing a problematic bill to smooth the way for his developer employer to incorporate the Hideout Canyon Project. It's pretty obvious what's going on here...personal agendas with a not so clever attempt to be hide behind public good, with a high level of bad sportsmanship from the legislative lobby-jock.

I keep hearing a lot about the "will of the people" and "self determination".

I have an idea, why don't we ease the de-annexation rules and let people come and go from cities every two or three years, based on how the current wind blows. As it is, if an area wants to leave a city right now, it is virtually impossible.

You cannot have it both ways. The people have spoken. Repeal the sunset and move on.

Where's Millcreek?

I wish elected officials (Mark Crockett) would pay attention to the survey results and the people of Millcreek. He has teamed up nicely with Lynn Pace of Holladay to get ready for annexation when only 17.3% want to annexed.

Please, Mark, put your personal politics aside and listen to the people. Stop pushing for a result that YOU like, as opposed to the results the PEOPLE give.

The citizens of Millcreek Township love their community and would like to preserve what they have. What does it mean to keep your community as it is?
The Salt Lake County Mayor believes this means the citizens of Millcreek Township want Salt Lake County to control their pocketbook and their decisions in perpetuity. It means Millcreek Township will continue to have no locally elected officials with the power to make decisions for their community. (They currently are only allowed to make “suggestions”.)
To Mayor Corroon, keeping things the same means that our locally elected (powerless) community council will continue to be ignored by Coroon’s appointees in almost ALL zoning decisions. It means that we will soon be seeing the effects of the plan he has implemented to increase Millcreek’s population density by encouraging the building of high-density rental housing in every block.

Mark Crocket is only one of 9 County Council members. Millcreek is 65,000 residents and the county has over 940,000 residents (according to the US 2006 Census Estimate.) Mark represents Millcreek, part of Salt Lake City, part of Holiday, part of Cottonwood Heights, Parleys Canyon Community, and Emigration Canyon Township. I think that your issue is with the Salt Lake County Government, not Mark Crocket. Millcreek, a community of 65,000 residents, has freely given away our power to the county. I think you would be much happier with a local city government. Millcreek should incorporate, your taxes would go down and you would be happier. Mark Crocket is an excellent council member. He is just out numbered. Mark Crocket said that he supported protecting the borders of Millcreek Township. Then the citizens could decide what thay want to do, but protect the borders first. Would you rather have then unprotected? Please, get the facts first before you complain about a person. If you are a Millcreek resident I invite you visit with Mark and get to know him and his thoughts. I find Mark very easy to talk with and I think you will too.

I have spoken with Mark many times on this issue. He has made repealing the sunset provision included in HB 40 the Council's number one legislative priority. Mark is very effective and so conservative when it comes to spending.