Billings in a swimsuit? Yikes, too much information
One can understand the effort Duncan Aviation took in checking out Provo, but Mayor Lewis Billings could have found a better metaphor for it.
Billings told of how representatives of the Nebraska-based aircraft-repair company examined the city from stem to stern before committing to building a 320,000-square-foot hangar at Provo Municipal Airport. He said Duncan teams examined the city's school system, Brigham Young University and nearby Utah Valley University, the religious culture, even recreation opportunities.
"I know what it is like to wear a swimsuit in a beauty pageant," Billings said. "I'm glad they didn't judge me on how I looked."
Now there's a mental image the audience wasn't expecting. Still, Provo landed the deal.
-- Donald W. Meyers
Billings told of how representatives of the Nebraska-based aircraft-repair company examined the city from stem to stern before committing to building a 320,000-square-foot hangar at Provo Municipal Airport. He said Duncan teams examined the city's school system, Brigham Young University and nearby Utah Valley University, the religious culture, even recreation opportunities.
"I know what it is like to wear a swimsuit in a beauty pageant," Billings said. "I'm glad they didn't judge me on how I looked."
Now there's a mental image the audience wasn't expecting. Still, Provo landed the deal.
-- Donald W. Meyers
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