I am responding to the effort to ask the Utah Legislature for $15 million to put in a bid for a future Winter Olympics bid.

I think this would be great for Utah. I would love to go to events. I believe, however, that the bid money should come from the real beneficiaries of the event — the resorts and lodging, etc.

It's great that we have a surplus to spend. If we put the money into education, it would be a long-term benefit to the state. Let's think long-term.

Brian Carlson

Farmington