A letter from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about the planned temple in the Heber Valley sparked a flurry of responses from Wasatch County residents.
Published this week, the letter offered responses to common concerns about the temple’s construction.
But Heber City resident Bruce Van Dusen said the letter isn’t a true snapshot of how conversations about the temple have played out.
“The letter sort of intones that there has been a lot of outreach on the part of the church to work with and deal with the community and their concerns,” he said. “There has been one meeting.”
He said he’s frustrated the church has largely communicated through lawyers, without soliciting much community feedback, and that the letter tries to obscure some of the concerns residents have raised.
Read more at KPCW.org.
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