What city do
you consider your "home town"?
I grew up in
an unincorporated area which meant our town did not have its own jurisdiction .
Though we used a Midvale address, we were not really a part of it - or at least
that was my understanding. I do remember
just before or shortly after I went to junior high, there was talk of our unincorporated
being annexed to Murray. That was a proposal
brought up by one individual named Mr. Card.
I remember several people being upset about it.
I remember a
meeting had taken place at East Midvale Elementary School. We had gone there like so many others to
understand more about what was taking place.
I remember one individual in particular who spoke up for the boundaries
to be left alone. His son, Louie, was in
my same grade and he had at least one other son named Phil. I did not care for either Louie or Phil, but have
never forgotten their dad standing up for us.
Mr. M. lived on the other side of 7200 which was not a part of the annex
but he said the annex, though maybe not directly, would affect him because we were
his neighbors and that did affect him.
We allowed him to be our voice when he said things about Mr. Card's
proposal, and that if he wanted to be a part of Murray so much, he should just
move there and leave the rest of us alone.
Almost everybody cheered.
I don't know
if the proposal ever made it to the ballots or not as I didn't vote and my
viewpoint of the annex I'm certain was not the same as the adults who paid
taxes. I only know that the non incorporated
boundaries using a Midvale address remained using a Midvale address. I don't know what became of Mr. Card or if he
took Mr. M's advice and moved to Murray.
It doesn't matter. I didn't care
about him then. Why should today be any
different? He may be deceased right now
along with many others who were at that meeting.
Several
years later - when Kayla was old enough to vote, an issue that had made it to the ballot for
incorporating the boundaries as part of Midvale or becoming our own independent
city called "Union" - I remember several who campaigned for the idea
of "Union" believing it would create more jobs and result in being a
positive thing. Evidently not everybody
felt that way however as "Union" never came about and we were
incorporated into Midvale. I must have
voted for Union as most every issue or person I have voted for throughout my
life has not won. But I never did like
that name for a city.
I grew up with a
Midvale address. It is the one place
where I have lived longer than all other cities combined. When I get asked the name of my hometown or
where I'm from, I am from Midvale,
Utah. Love Oregon, but Midvale is my
hometown. Or was.
