La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) Speaker Summaries 2017

LSDM Speakers

# of Speakers: 27

January 2017

Raquel (Rocky) Rodriguez, Miami Attorney and former General Counsel to Florida Governor Jeb Bush, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  03 January 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
Also, social media has made parties almost irrelevant.

Doug Smith, Owner Ralph Smith Trucking, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 4 January 2017, Wasatch Bagel Park City, UT.
Technology a two-edged sword.  Same technology that enables driver/truck tracking, which is disliked by drivers, could be extended to national tracking/shut off control in the event of stolen truck or use of truck by terrorists a la Berlin and Nice.

February 2017

Harlan Cadinha, Park City/Honolulu money manager ($1.2 billion under management; retail customers in 48 states) speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  13 February 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
My feeling is, "turn this horse loose in a green pasture, you could see higher than 4% GDP growth rate.

Loren Yager, recently retired GAO senior economist, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  14 February 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
Elephant Graph:  The striking message is that the low to middle income groups (mostly in India and China) did very well while most people in the wealthy countries did not do well--with the exception of the top 1 %--the trunk of the elephant.  

Roger Lipton, Gold Investor and restaurant analyst, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 15 February 2017. 
US debt levels are now so large, that here is no conceivable economic scenario where US debt can be repaid.

Self styled "cornucopia economist" and writer, ("Unlimited Wealth") Paul Zane Pilzer speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 21 February 2017;  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT. 
America is on the cusp of an economic boom that is almost unimaginable.

March 2017

Drew Breakspear, Head of Regulation of Florida Financial Institutions (Commissioner) speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 01 March 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
I predicted, that as a result of the passage of DF, the number of banks in the United States would decline from (then) 7000 to 5000 within 10 years.

Cas Yost. Ex member National Intelligence Council (Obama years), Senior Fellow, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.   Speaking to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 03 March 2017.   Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
Topic: Trump and the Intelligence Community.

Dor Kornzilber, Major, Israeli Defenses Forces, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).   04 March 2017.
Topic:  Israel in a Troubled Middle East.

Amy Roberts, novelist, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  14 March 2017, Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
My Kindle sales ("Remorse") to date are 2x hard copy sales.

Brad Olch, former mayor, Park City, UT, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  15 March 2017.
Developers have traffic studies they say support their case. But, traffic studies are like home appraisals...you can reach any conclusion as long as you pay.  Resident and city council sentiment has been largely unsupportive of an expanded Treasure Hill project.

Dennis Lockhart, recently retired President of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, speaks to ROMEOs of La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  18 March 2017.
I don't want to be a pessimist, but, one has to be cautious about the possibility of increasing GDP growth rates given the heavy lifting required to overcome the effects of demography and weakening productivity.

April 2017

May 2017

Cheryl Fox, Executive Director, Summit Land Conservancy, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  04 May 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
I'm not anti development.  But, I believe in a quest for balance.

Loren Yager, GAO chief economist (ret). Speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) on presidential transition.  09 May 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
The chart shows that in making presidential appointments Trump is well behind where Obama was after the first 100 days of their respective presidencies.

Blake Christian speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  22 May 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Park City, Summit County, and ski resorts have responded favorably to the idea [temporary housing from shipping containers].

June 2017

July 2017

Andy Beerman, candidate for Park City Mayor, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  19 July 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 
"We are not a resort town.  We are a town that has ski resorts."

Dana Williams, candidate for mayor, Park City, UT, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  20 July 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 
Vail is a relationship to be managed... not a friendship.

Roger Armstrong, Park City, UT candidate for Mayor, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  25 July 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 
I think I can, as mayor, with my legal background, better guide the discussion in alignment with real world considerations.

August 2017

September 2017

Ollie Wilder, Community Impact Director, Park City Community Foundation (PCCF) speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  29 September 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
Over 50% of those surveyed did not know where to seek assistance on mental health issues or drug abuse.

October 2017

Ed Rutan speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 04 October 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
According to the survey results, over half of the respondents had no idea where to turn to find mental health related assistance. 

Paster Elson Mageza of Northern Rwanda speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  04 October 2017.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
[Rwanda] Country of hills and smiles  

Loren Yager speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 17 October 2017, Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
All three of the previous two term job creator presidents (excludes W) started out with high unemployment rates and a rapidly growing workforce.  Trump has neither of those factors on his side.

Aaron Newman, Executive Head of Summit County Mental Wellness Project speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 19 October 2017.
The "Utah Paradox:" In many surveys Utah is the happiest state.  Yet, Utah has the highest suicide rate in the nation.

November 2017

Dave Kaufman, Executive Head of Utah 1033 Foundation, speaks to La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) 07 November 2017, Wasatch Bagel.
In 2016 three police officers were killed in the line of duty in Utah.  

Franco Libertini, Community Resource Officer, Park City Police Department (PCPD), speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 30 November 2017, Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  Also in image:  Captain Phil Kirk, PCPD;  Wade Carpenter, Chief of Police, PCPD.
PCPD Property Watch Program

December 2017

Glenn Wright addresses LSDM.  File image, 04 October 2016)
My father’s employer’s factory burning down changed my life for the better!

Catherine Canter (center).  Speaker, La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) 21 December 2017.  Left:  Speaker Sponsor and Better Boundaries Volunteer, Nancy Huntsman.  Right:  Attendee Tom Fey.
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