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‘Threat’ to block state funds from Wasatch County stirs anger over ‘top down’ development pressure

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Last month, a public Heber City Council meeting that included Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s senior housing adviser Steve Waldrip started as a wide-ranging discussion about housing, growth and water pressures — but then it took a turn.

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