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My community consists of all the residents of the residents of Wayne County living in the area between the Red Gate (west of Torrey) and the eastern boundary of Capitol Reef National Park. The residents of this area are focused on recreational opportunities in the area surrounding Capitol Reef National Park, and on the conservation of the surrounding landscape.
My community (central Wayne County including the communities of Teasdale, Torrey, Capitol Reef National Park) share a common interest in the conservation and protection of the surrounding landscape, including Capitol Reef National Park, Boulder Mountain, the San Rafael Swell, and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. To a significant degree, these interests are not shared by the residents of other areas of Wayne County.
The economic engine of my community (Teasdale, Torrey, Capitol Reef National Park) is tourism and visitor services. Revenues generated by these activities, and by property taxes paid by residents of this area, are the economic pillar of the entire county. A major problem for my community is the lack of affordable housing (or any housing) for workers in the tourism sector. However, political power is centered in the communities of the Upper Valley (Loa, Fremont, Bicknell, Lyman) where agriculture and ranching are viewed as the only proper lifestyles for county residents. As a result of this division, the interests of my community, central Wayne County, are generally ignored.
Voting districts for the county commissioners need to be changed to ensure that at least one county commissioner is elected from my community, central Wayne County. For many decades, all county commissioners have been elected from the Upper Valley communities.
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