You want to spend how much more on Pioneer Park?

Pioneer Park is a rough Neighborhood. The Pioneer Park Coalition has launched a new campaign to clean it up. Good news, right? Or is time to pull out. Campaigns to renovate the neighborhood have been going on for decades now, and most recently Operation Rio Grande has had some amount of success reducing drug activity and moving the homeless into shelters, but it’s still no place to take your family for a picnic.
It’s become a taxpayer black hole. Millions have bent spent over the years to make the park something the city can be proud of, but it’s just not happening. Deb and Dave think it’s time to cut and run. The reputation of the park alone will kill most chances of locals taking their kids there to play, so it’s time to cut our losses. They suggest the city turn the block private and maybe put up some condos. More housing couldn’t possibly hurt the area more than the perennial criminal activity that shows no signs of ending.
Dave Noriega oversees sports television. He produces, shoots, edits, writes and occasionally reports on KSL Sports shows. He also hosts a weekly radio show called “Cougar Sports Saturday” with Alex Kirry on KSL Newsradio. On top of that, he produces a weekly audio podcast called "SportsBeat Radio.” Dave also hosts "Cougar Tracks Game Day.” Follow Dave on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaveNoriegaKSL/ and on Twitter: @davenoriega.
Debbie Dujanovic moved to KSL-TV in 2000, where she reported on the morning show and later was named the station's investigative reporter. In 2009, she left KSL to become the spokesperson for the FBI Salt Lake City Division. With news still in her blood, she returned to KSL-TV in 2013 where she rejoined the station's award-winning investigative team. You can keep up with Debbie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debbiedujanovicreports/ and on Twitter @debbieksl.
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