Since government employees always seem to get criticized by the public while seldom getting praised, I'd like to say something nice for a change.
I was at East Canyon Reservoir Saturday chatting with John Sullivan, the park manager, at the fee collection station. A man came in to pay his entry fee and said he and his wife had driven two vehicles. He asked if his wife could park hers just outside the park. Sullivan told him to just take both cars in for one price. A few moments later, another park user came with a flat tire, the result of a slow leak, and asked where the closest shop was to get it fixed. Sullivan dropped what he was doing, had the man drive over to the park shop and used a compressor to fill the tire which, since it had a slow leak, would probably get the man home. All of this was done with a smile and the attitude of a person just wanting to help out.
I'll bet both park users left thinking Sullivan was a great guy and thinking that $5 to use the park in the winter was a pretty good investment. I know I did.
– Tom Wharton