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Allen Glines

Bike race in residential area handled poorly

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 2:24pm

The city of Ogden owes its citizens an apology for the atrocious way they handled the unnecessary bicycle race on August 10th. I usually don't mind bicycle races. Some people like them and they're sometimes entertaining. I thought it was pointless to hold it on the already difficult to navigate residential streets in the middle of Ogden.

When I drove around, I noticed more than 10 police and highway patrol cars posted at various points in the two blocks surrounding my house. If there were this many law enforcement vehicles in this small of an area, I can't imagine how many were used in a race that spread throughout the city. I don't see why a majority of our police force had to be devoted to a bicycle race.

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Hope still exists for what remains of Cinedome

Allen Glines

Last updated Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 12:35pm

(UNEDITED)On Monday, October 4th, I took a tour of the long abandoned Cinedome 70 building courtesy of Jay Francis from the Larry H. Miller Group. I appreciate being given the opportunity to go through this mammoth, decaying monstrosity that was once a vacious, thriving community theater. Every inch of this structure spoke of its history, but the endless silence that filled the building spoke of the doom that was to come. People have said that my efforts to save this theater were foolish, but I disagree with that notion. It's impossible for a building to sit in the same spot in the same city for 40 years and not impact many people. We all have friends that we spend a lot of time with and adore, but for some reason we suddenly don't see them very much anymore. That's what happened to the Cinedome.

The modern theaters came in like the new flashy toy of the day. Needless to say, we were stunned and

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Car sale at Cinedome was pure chaos

Allen Glines

Last updated Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 12:31pm

(UNEDITED)The Larry H. Miller Group had a car sale over the Memorial Day weekend at the parking lot in front of the Cinedome 70. Now that the weekend is over, there is a matter of the cleanup effort.

All of the cars and equipment used for the sale is long gone, but the fences remain and piles of litter dot the parking lot.

Granted, the parking lot where the sale was held and the building that stands on that parking lot have seen better days; however, that doesn't mean that they should leave it worse off than what it was before they came there.

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Car sale at Cinedome was pure chaos

Allen Glines

Last updated Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 2:33pm

(UNEDITED)The Larry H. Miller Group had a car sale over the Memorial Day weekend at the parking lot in front of the Cinedome 70. Now that the weekend is over, there is a matter of the cleanup effort.

All of the cars and equipment used for the sale is long gone, but the fences remain and piles of litter dot the parking lot.

Granted, the parking lot where the sale was held and the building that stands on that parking lot have seen better days; however, that doesn't mean that they should leave it worse off than what it was before they came there.

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